Al Qaeda Suspect cleared of all but 1 Count

[heironymouspasparagus]

Conan, I can see how you would be confused by that last post.  The second part of it was addressing your comment about people engaging.  Will try to remember to put salutations as appropriate.

The first part was to Guido's comments about the group in his post about how torture is considered not only legal now, but a valuable tool of foreign policy.

Responding in kind with insults - anyone who wants to take it to heart.

[heironymouspasparagus]

As far as 'root of all bad', well it's kind of a triage thing.  When someone is bleeding out through a severed artery, that is the point to concentrate treatment.  So when the RWRE is the leading cause of "arterial bleeding" in our little corner of the world, that is what gets the most attention.  (Going from 900 billion in debt to 13 trillion is hemorrhaging!  And it is continuing at breakneck speed!)

Other topics that would bubble up to the surface if the RWRE lies and corruption in recent years was not so over overwhelming;

Balanced budget amendment - we need one!  Why didn't we already get one?

Gun control - I honestly thought this would be a huge problem the last two years.  And it isn't yet.  But true patriots and good citizens would still be joining the NRA.  Lifetime membership, preferably.

Infrastructure.  Geez, what a mess!  Hey, how about instead of killing our kids in Iraq, and squandering those wasted trillions, maybe we put a few hundred billion into fixing EVERYTHING in this country!!  The highways.  Sewer treatment facilities.  Fresh water treatment facilities.  Energy investments ( no, not just "drill, drill, drill".)

Take a few of the billions thrown at the nuclear industry and divert it to fusion research/development.  We have been hearing how it "isn't ready" yet for about 50 years.  Well, it takes a REAL effort to make it ready.  And uranium is on the way out due to a variety of reasons beyond the obvious problem of disposal - in fact, that is the least valid reason to get rid of fission.  (And safety is no issue at all.)

And how about a true effort to get closer to Canada and Mexico.  Maybe even with the final result of joining them as additional states.  It can only help.  (I know, not my idea, but a good one - even promoted by Reagan.)

And get rid of the Oklahoma County Commission system for county administration.  Surely there is a method that could have enough "checks and balances" to eliminate some of the problems that run rampant.  (This will probably create me more enemies in the state than anything I have ever said before!!)

And get rid of the tax deduction for mortgage interest.  Why should about 60 to 65% of us be required to subsidize the richest 35% (ones that can afford a house and mortgage).  Oh, wait, I forgot - that is the way we do it in this country.  On a much bigger scale with "less than 1/2 price" tax rates for the top 1%.  Sorry, scratch that...

And get rid of those porn picture scanners in the airports.  If we are having THAT much trouble figuring out airplane security, let's go talk to the Israeli's.  They had it figured out over 30 years ago.  We don't need all that BS.

And education.  Well, we can't have that here in Okra-homa can we?  How about putting some real brain power into figuring out how to improve our 25-30% high school dropout rate?

And we absolutely know beyond ANY doubt or possibility of valid debate that investment in higher education returns orders of magnitude bigger returns on investment than just about any other investment the state can make.  Plus the attraction of a highly trained population with low cost of living to just about ANY industry that currently exists, but isn't here.  Bigger subsidies, up to and including free tuition and books to citizens who end up staying and working in the state.  This could be in the form of forgiveness of student loans over a period of time.  Stop the idiocy about worrying about attracting companies until there is infrastructure to support it.  (Kind of a "build it and they will come" approach.  And they will.  Can you spell "Texas"?)

And a FULL state university in Tulsa.  (LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, etc, etc.  I know, I know...I crack myself up, sometimes!)

Bite the bullet and get rid of the turnpike corruption.  How about just one tiny glimmer of honesty in state government??

And last, but not least, can't we do SOMETHING to get Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan OUT of the public eye???  Please, God, make it stop!!!!

Is this off topic??

[heironymouspasparagus]

Is it still raining?

[Conan71]

Is it still raining?

*sniff**sniff* did someone fart?

[Hoss]

*sniff**sniff* did someone fart?

I did.  According to Tony, that would be my coherent thought for the month.

[guido911]

Military tribunals at Gitmo set to resume.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/07/obama-resume-military-trials-guantanamo-source-says/

I thought Gitmo was closed...

[Townsend]

Military tribunals at Gitmo set to resume.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/07/obama-resume-military-trials-guantanamo-source-says/

I thought Gitmo was closed...

No, remember?  We don't want the terrorists in our house.

[guido911]

No, remember?  We don't want the alleged terrorists in our house.

Fixed that. Yes I added "alleged". That way we can avoid you wetting yourself. 

[Townsend]

Fixed that. Yes I added "alleged". That way we can avoid you wetting yourself. 

Good for you to keep trying.  Good for you.

[guido911]

KSM getting a military commission trial at Gitmo.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20050405-503544.html?tag=breakingnews

[heironymouspasparagus]

Too bad that all is left available is a military tribunal.  Much less likely to obtain a death penalty that way.

But then to bring them to New York, where a civilian court COULD impose a death penalty - well that would be just too much to endure, wouldn't it.  Too bad a law was passed last year that outlawed it.

[Conan71]

Too bad that all is left available is a military tribunal.  Much less likely to obtain a death penalty that way.

But then to bring them to New York, where a civilian court COULD impose a death penalty - well that would be just too much to endure, wouldn't it.  Too bad a law was passed last year that outlawed it.

Why? So we could quintuple (or more) the annual cost of his incarceration while that jackass would continue to get free appeals for 15 years?  The death penalty is a rip-off for taxpayers.  Make the SOB suffer in a cell the rest of his life.

[heironymouspasparagus]

But then he is DEAD.  Problem permanently and totally solved.  Forever.

[Conan71]

But then he is DEAD.  Problem permanently and totally solved.  Forever.

No not dead, just martyred and deified.  Then comes the justification for many other Muslims to kill in his name.

[Gaspar]

No not dead, just martyred and deified.  Then comes the justification for many other Muslims to kill in his name.

Just don't burn his reading material and your safe.