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   On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:29:23 -0600, Dänk 42Ö wrote:   
      
   > On 2011-07-23 12:47, 6139 Dead, 1282 since 1/20/09 wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:02:48 -0600, Dänk 42Ö wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2011-07-23 07:11, Harry Hole wrote:   
   >>>> July 23, 2011:  Gitmo Is Still Open And Going Strong!   
   >>>   
   >>> The left-loons lost all interest in Guantánamo once it became Chairman   
   >>> Obama's dungeon, just as they lost all interest in the anti-war   
   >>> movement once Emperor Bush's wars became Chairman Obama's wars.   
   >>>   
   >> ...and so now you are jubilant that it's open because...it annoys   
   >> liberals, who you ALSO claim don't care about Gitmo.   
   >>   
   >> Pretty incoherent, wouldn't you say, bubbles?   
   >   
   > Incoherent is making a campaign promise to and then signing an executive   
   > order to close Guantánamo, and keeping it open.   
      
   Nope, that's just an asshole politician not keeping his word.   
      
   You, on the other hand don't have his excuse.  You can take a moral stand   
   without playing games.   
      
   But you have no morals to stand upon, and only play games.   
      
   So have fun simultaneously condemning Gitmo and rejoicing that it's open   
   so you can taunt liberals, and don't waste time wondering why we don't   
   take you seriously.   
   >   
   > And before you quack something about how the evil Republicans won't let   
   > him close Guantánamo, consider that he signed the order in January 2009,   
   > when both House and Senate were controlled by Democrats -- who chose to   
   > use their filibuster-proof majority to pass Obamacare instead of   
   > shutting down Guantánamo.   
   >   
   > Also, while it is true that Congress has refused to authorize the   
   > transfer of Gitmo detainees, it has also refused to authorize the   
   > military action in Libya, but this hasn't stopped Chairman Obama from   
   > doing it anyway.  If he can violate one law, he can violate another, and   
   > the fact that he has not overridden Congress' refusal to close   
   > Guantánamo suggests he never had any intention of doing so.   
      
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