Sunday, Sunday, Sunday -

[kyburg]

Quickly, before I have to go get dressed, finish packing and get the bleep out of here for a week. Don't know how often I will be able to update and post - but there are computers out there, I'm sure it won't be a complete blackout.

I'll just be away from home for a week.

So first, the news:

Proof positive that badgers never die, they just get re-invented: Potter Potter Potter

riverheart - Let the cultures colide - it's for a good cause. Think you and yours might be able to throw an experienced (and talented) hand their direction?

Uh...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A reported U.S. plan to keep some suspected terrorists imprisoned for a lifetime even if the government lacks evidence to charge them in courts was swiftly condemned on Sunday as a "bad idea" by a leading Republican senator.

The Pentagon and the CIA have asked the White House to decide on a more permanent approach for those it was unwilling to set free or turn over to U.S. or foreign courts, the Washington Post said in a report that cited intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials.

Some detentions could potentially last a lifetime, the newspaper said.

Influential senators denounced the idea as probably unconstitutional.

"It's a bad idea. So we ought to get over it and we ought to have a very careful, constitutional look at this," Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on "Fox News Sunday."

Uh, yeah. Like - go talk to the folks over at the Japanese-American Museum. It's very, very, very BAD idea.

Shit, it was a bad idea from the start, what am I talking about?

The White House has become the home of a three year old who hears "NO" more than any other word. Want a prediction? I predict we're going to see a lot of "NO" directed towards the White House this year by its own party. Looks like this is just the beginning.

(And it can't come too soon. "Some detentions could potentially last a lifetime, the newspaper said."

Without charges. Without a trial. Without anything. Uh, yeah - that's a little un-American, I'd say! Just a tad. *facesmacks*)

*growls*

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[miwasatoshi.livejournal.com]

"Some detentions could potentially last a lifetime, the newspaper said."

You know, theoretically, if Iraq played by these rules, and had the power to do so, wouldn't Dubya be moldering in an Iraqi prison for the rest of his life?