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Five detainees ordered released "forthwith" after seven years at Guantanamo

If the U.S. Congress had its way, these men would continue to be imprisoned despite there being no evidence of their guilt.

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  • Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:26 PM

    Oh!, ethics_professor

    Thank you for volunteering. I'll be sure that your Christmas bonus is approved and mailed on time for the holidays or before I apply for a bailout, whichever comes first.

    I generally try to ignore comments such as that and give them a quick wince. They certainly don't rise to the level of thoughtful commentary to which this board aspires.....but then again, I don't rise to that level all the time either so I really can't complain.

    Our mutual friend has turned her cell phone off and is taking this "vacation" stuff seriously. Of course, it could be that the phone didn't survive her fall into the latrine. Hopefully, her laptop will survive the wilderness and we'll be able to find a decent WIFI connection near the pool. If my son, The Chef, hasn't loaded up my laptop with garbage, viruses, facebook porno, and AOL advertisements, we can use that one also....since I intend to retrieve it from him shortly after we arrive now that he's making more money than I do. ;-)

    Did you overnight those fishnets?

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