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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 10:30 AM
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** House Judiciary hearing on Detainee Interrogation Rules **
11:31 today on cspan3 http://www.cspan.org/watch/cs_cspan3_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

Hearing on: From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part I


Philippe Sands, QC
Professor of Law
University College London
Barrister
Matrix Chambers
Marjorie Cohn
Professor of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
President
National Lawyers Guild
David B. Rivkin, Jr.
Partner
Baker & Hostetler, LLP
David J. Luban
Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center


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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 10:40 AM
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1. Geez, the repukes all want to give opening statements
They want to take up all the time with statements instead of testimony. I think they are a bit nervous about this meeting.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 10:46 AM
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2. No takers on this hearing? It sounds like it will be interesting
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 10:47 AM
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3. Witnesses are sworn. Yay.
Barney Franks is on this committee. I can't wait until Barney starts his questions.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 10:49 AM
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4. Sounds very interesting
maybe it will be shown again tonite. I can't anything at work.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:02 AM
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5. On witness opening statements now
It doesn't sound like they are much for torture.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:10 AM
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6. Wow, Phillipe Sands is ripping Rumsfeld, Addington, and the * Admin a new one
Said most of the people I met with were honorable and respectful people. Unfortunately, they were not all that way. Says there is no doubt 2 or 3 of the Geneva Conventions have been violated.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:33 AM
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16. He's amazing
To the Hague
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:11 AM
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7. Sands says that this did not come from down low. Basically said what we all know
Gonzo lied.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:12 AM
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8. Damn I like this guy, says its a story of crime and coverup at the highest levels
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:13 AM
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9. Questions starting
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:13 AM
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10. OK, looks like I'm typing to myself. Anybody there?
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:17 AM
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11. Whoa, question is does Military Commissions Act a defense for war crimes?
Answer is NO
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:17 AM
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12. CSPAN Launchers for Macs
http://homepage.mac.com/alfredo_tomato/FileSharing21.html

They are AppleScript launchers and are free.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:20 AM
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13. No statute of limitations on war crimes. Repuke up now
watch out for the tornado
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:23 AM
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14. Geez, talking about the water boarding that we do was a controlled situation
and only for a short period of time. Our soldiers endure that during training, so are we torturing our soldiers? What is the severest thing we should do to get information.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:30 AM
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15. When torquemada used water torture it was a controlled situation.
Just like Torquemada, bush has doctors present to keep the victim alive so the torture can continue.
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:47 AM
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28. Isn't the purpose of torture to be controlled -- enough suffering to coerce information
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:37 AM
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17. Rivkin is obviously the Republican invitee
He is the only one that is trying to excuse some of this stuff.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:44 AM
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24. He's an animal. Ooops...sorry animals. Sub-humane?
Edited on Wed May-07-08 11:44 AM by OmmmSweetOmmm
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:47 AM
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27. He's a Barbarian
good fucking grief.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:37 AM
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18. Thanks
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:40 AM
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19. Repukes keep asking questions about how can we get information from
Kalid sheik Mohamed for example if they don't want to give it to us. They make sure that Rivkin has a say in almost every question.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:41 AM
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21. Answer: Coercion doesn't work
Well, Duh
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:40 AM
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20. TORTURE DOES NOT WORK!
GET IT IT DOES NOT WORK
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:42 AM
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22. But they think it is fun
I'm ignoring the repukes. Their questions are ridiculous
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:50 PM
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102. they get off on it
there is something majorly wrong with these sickos
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:43 AM
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Stop using "War on Terror." They are criminals, not warriors. Don't
elevate them to heroes.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:51 AM
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30. Davis has asked a great question
Should Bush pardon these war criminals?

OMFG!!!! In cricket terms Rivkin is clean bowled.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:03 PM
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37. bush will, but the pardons only stand within the US. International courts
can pursue them with vigor.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:43 AM
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23. Ooohhhhhh, Sands is going after a 1997 McCain interview with Rather
Said that he was broken and he signed some kind of confession.

FIND THAT INTERVIEW.

But he didn't do what he admitted to.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:45 AM
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25. That was great.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:46 AM
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26. Did you hear the murmur from the crowd?
It was like "he didn't just go there, did he?"

He is British, he doesn't give a shit. Go for it Phillipe!!
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:52 AM
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31. All of this boggles the mind and to think that there is need for a dialogue
on torture is sickening.
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:52 PM
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104. Oh that is quite telling
you admit anything under torture
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:49 AM
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29. Torture is illegal in Isreal. Rivkin is trying to wiggle out of it with a "but"
Arthur Davis isn't letting him get away with it. Rivkin trying to talk about the barbarous acts by the opposition in Iraq.

This has been a great hearing.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:54 AM
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32. Trying to imply that Pelosi and Jane Harmon are culpable in the torture
Said they knew all about it and didn't protest. I don't disagree with that part, but they were also sworn to secrecy.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:00 PM
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34. Is it still right that they stayed quiet?
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:02 PM
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35. Thats debatable. It would have been considered treason to divulge it
I don't think that is protected by whistleblower protection.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:04 PM
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38. I don't consider it treasonous. They were involved with covering-up crimes.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:06 PM
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40. It was a deflection to make sure that a dem was brought up in a bad light
during the hearing.

You may not consider it treason, I don't think I would either. Unfortunately, we don't count in that determination. What would Alberto or now Mukasey say? Add the courts to that.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 11:57 AM
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33. Damn, Issa is an asshat
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:03 PM
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36. Keith Ellison is a good egg.....
:thumbsup:
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:04 PM
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39. Yes,, he is
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:09 PM
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41. Ellison asks if they know of any ticking time bomb cases
The answers are hilarious. Somebody said I only know about 1, it was on "24".
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:09 PM
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42. Wow!!! Ellison!!! There has been no "ticking time-bomb" case
of imminent threat but they tortured anyway.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:09 PM
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43. Do you know any ticking bomb cases? Panelest Cohn, yes I do,
it was on the tv show 24!!!!!!!
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electropop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:12 PM
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44. Thanks for the tip.
I hope some war crimes are exposed. I doubt anything will come of it though.
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:15 PM
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45. Cohn!! Dissed the administration and speaking Truth to Power!!! This is excellent!!! nT
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:19 PM
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46. King accusing panelists of "extending the war by extending
the outrage" with their views and truth-telling.

Wow. Thanks for alerting us to this hearing.

Are we the only ones seeing this? Where are the 4th and 5th threads?
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:22 PM
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50. For a while, I was alone here typing to myself
I almost quit, but a few more showed up, thanks.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:21 PM
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49. She is fantastic.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:20 PM
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47. is this hearing still going on?
please feed the cube rats. Sounds good so far.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:21 PM
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48. Yes. Dem Scott up from Virginia
Is there retro immunity? Cohn says no, cites supreme court decisions
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jtrockville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:22 PM
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51. I just tuned in. It's still going. Phillipe Sands is testifying.
He's the director of the Center for International Tribunals.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:27 PM
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59. just a question
did Sands say anything about the International Tribunal can go after *, or is this not able to do.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:23 PM
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52. Does anybody outside this administration think that waterboarding is not torture?
Cohn: No. Brings up the japanese prosecutions against water torture.
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 01:01 PM
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115. that really nails it
they are so screwed...
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:24 PM
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53. Ooohhhh, information obtained by torture is not admissible in court
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:24 PM
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54. Cohn in a round about way called Shrub a war criminal!!!!!
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:26 PM
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58. A few moments ago, It wasn't in a "round about way"t. n/t
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:28 PM
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64. lol!!!!!! No, it wasn't!!!!! For those who weren't here. Cohn said the reason why Mukasey didn't
give his opinion on waterboarding was because if he did, he would be saying that his new bosses were war criminals.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:48 PM
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100. AND that they couldn't use any evidence in a court of law
It was inadmissible.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:24 PM
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55. Can the administration change the law by memo?
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:25 PM
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56. It would be Unconstitutional.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:26 PM
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57. Finally somebody says it out loud in a hearing
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:53 PM
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106. At least somebody gets the truth
Unconstitutional and a War Crime
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:27 PM
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60. Mel Watt (D NC) up now
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jtrockville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:27 PM
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61. He suggested a SPECIAL PROSECUTOR
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:30 PM
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67. oh, he's good what is he saying?
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:28 PM
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62. Professor Cohn calls for special prosecutor to investigate war crimes. n/t
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:33 PM
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74. a special prosecuter not appointed by Mukasey right?
cause Mukasey is no better than Gonzo. Could they get Fitzgerald?
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:28 PM
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63. Come on folks, vote this up. It needs to be high on the greatest page
It is important for people to see.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:30 PM
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66. Sorry! I was so engrossed in the hearing I forgot to recommend. Done!
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jtrockville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:30 PM
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68. d'oh, thanks for the reminder!
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:29 PM
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65. Thank you MiniMe.. I was out!
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:31 PM
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69. "War Crimes Were Committed"
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:34 PM
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76. was that said????
finally if it was!!!
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:35 PM
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yes - Sands said it. Just like that. In those words.
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:31 PM
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70. ATTENTION PEOPLE! WATCH THIS NOW!!! n/t
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:31 PM
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71. "Friendly Allies will have Prosecutions"
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:32 PM
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72. If the US doesn't prosecute, others will.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:33 PM
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75. I was about to post this
To the fucking Hague!!!
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:36 PM
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83. Yes!!!
this filthy administration is not immuned to be prosecuted, thank god, some people believe in the law.
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:33 PM
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73. Under treaty obligation, US is bound by law to investigate
charges of torture.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:36 PM
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82. Marjorie Cohn
I love you. Nail these bastards. Let them begin to sweat. :yourock:
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:42 PM
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88. moved. n/t
Edited on Wed May-07-08 12:42 PM by Texas Explorer
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:55 PM
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108. She is right if Congress doesn't step up soon here
they will all be accused of letting Bush run amok for 8 years by the World
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:34 PM
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77. Sands saying that if the US doesn't address the torture (prosecute),
he has spoken to people overseas, who will want to prosecute for war crimes there.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:40 PM
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86. Yes, go get them.
the rest of the world is not going to sit back and watch these criminals take down their countries. Yes, go get them. They deserve to be prosecuted and put behind bars!!!!!!!!
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:56 PM
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109. yep and the World will be looking at Congress on WHY didn't
they do ANYTHING
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 01:09 PM
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116. and possibly looking at us.
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jtrockville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:34 PM
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78. These guys are SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS at the thought of an investigation.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:47 PM
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96. they should be shaking cause they haven't done anything to
stop Cheney or Bush.
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:57 PM
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112. And lest us not forget Watched Movies of Abhu Ghahib
and only prosecuted the underlings not the Big guys
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:34 PM
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79. DAMN this is good to hear!
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:35 PM
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80. I'm so glad that more are hearing this now.
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:35 PM
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81. National Lawyers Guild urging other nations to investigate and
prosecute torture crimes.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:36 PM
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84. Tears in my eyes here that it is being said loudly and not by just one person, and it is now in
the Congressional Record!!!! WAR CRIMES!!!!!!!!!!!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:39 PM
Original message
Absolutely correct
This is an historic day.
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:47 PM
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99. I, for the first time, FEEL as if we're finally gonig to see justice. n/t
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 06:06 PM
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123. I hate to say this, but unless this gets major exposure, justice just won't be done. At least
not here in the US.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:39 PM
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85. I hope that they don't try to detain Sands before he returns to the UK. I'm serious.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:40 PM
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87. I dare them
The European Court might start the War Crimes trial immediately.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:42 PM
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90. If no problem there, I wonder what will happen when he tries to return to the US?
Edited on Wed May-07-08 12:43 PM by OmmmSweetOmmm
He was fabulous!!!!
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:44 PM
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92. I hope they are getting all the evidence to do so
before another invasion happens :scared:
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:42 PM
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89. or put him on "the list"
Brits don't give a shit they tell it like it is.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:44 PM
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93. Yes, I implied that in my follow-up post! At least this Brit tells it like it is, not all.
Don't forget, Blair and his fellow war criminals in the UK.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:45 PM
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94. Phew! I feel so good
about that hearing.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:47 PM
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98. Same here. Just to hear the Truth get out there!
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:43 PM
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91. CRAP!!! It's over! Did you guys hear Prof. Cohn whispering
an elated "Yes!" once adjourned?
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:46 PM
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95. None of the rethugs challenged her when it came to her saying War Criminals!!!!!
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:59 PM
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114. Aschcroft Gonzales Rumsfeld Rove Rice Bush Cheney Powel
Addington the whole lot have fingerprints all over it Tenet too
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:47 PM
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97. Thanks for the help blogging this everybody
I wish more people were able to hear it. :hi:
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:48 PM
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101. thanks for the play by play.
I hope this testimony rattles them all.
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:52 PM
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105. If it rattled them like it has elated me, then they
will need a stiff drink and a tranquilizer right about now.

We must aquire the video for this hearing and media/blog-blast it worldwide as quickly as possible. I stand ready to assist in such an endeavor.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:57 PM
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110. I want to find the video of that McCain/Rather interview from 1997
That would be prime. We need to send that to MoveOn
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:50 PM
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103. I'm putting out an APB on video of this hearing because I feel
like this is the single most important hearing to date concerning the crimes of booshco. I feel heartened that the NLG has lawyers pounding the shoe leather all over the planet building the case against this treasonous admin.
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pberq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 02:05 PM
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117. Link for video
I was able to watch the hearing by pasting this link into the "open" dialog box of Real Player:

rtsp://video1.c-span.org/project/ter/ter050608_guantanamo.rm
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 02:09 PM
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118. Thanks! I have follow-up thread I'll go post this in. n/t
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 02:50 PM
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119. how did you get that link? i've been on the cspan website looking
for it and couldn't find it--where did i need to look? (and thanks for putting it up btw)
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pberq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 06:45 AM
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125. It's convoluted
First, I tried a keyword search, which brought up nothing.

Then I went to the link for "110th Congress", which brought up a page with a link to this video.

However, just clicking on the link didn't do anything - maybe it's a problem with my computer.

By right-clicking on the link and selecting "Copy Link Location", it was then possible to paste it into the Open dialog box of Real Player.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:54 PM
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107. MiniMe! You did a stellar job! Thank you!!!!!
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:57 PM
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111. Seconded. I wouldn't even have known about this
hearing had it not been for the heads-up and now, for the first time in seven years, I am hopeful. Thank you minime!

Now, let's go get the video of this and blast it into the blogosphere!
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 12:58 PM
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113. And thanks for the help.
:hi:

I was feeling lonely for a while. Its frustrating when you think something is really important like that, thats why I kept blogging it.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 02:53 PM
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120. i know i wasn't on the thread, but i had some other shit going on
Edited on Wed May-07-08 02:54 PM by orleans
while i was trying to watch it.

i knew someone would put up a thread on this hearing. i'm surprised it wasn't jammed and extended to other threads.

thanks for putting it up. i just read through it.

this hearing was sooo good/important imo.

pberq put up a link to the video on post 117.

thanks for doing the thread minime.


on edit: k&r
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 05:07 AM
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124. You're welcomed MiniMe! So frustrating though. This hearing has been ignored. Not a peep in MSM.
:hi:
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 04:01 PM
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121. Bump to the top
everybody needs to see this
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 05:29 PM
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122. Kick n/t
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