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Sugarfoot..I'm glad you've found some effective pain relief.

Obama.... The Bernie Madoff Of Washington

There is little in your comments above that I disagree with in it's entirety.
Of course those inside of the beltway are elected by those outside the beltway-=-many live here.

Politicians lie---no argument but generally they simply transpose the subject into something which sounds better.

The zealots of pro-life and pro-rights are excellent examples of religious interference.

The animal rights people should be discussing loose cats and dogs and not hunting!

Sex offenders come in two kinds: children and rapists. We have had this problem with humans since eternity but our population and electronics have brought much more of it to our attention. It stems from ignorance more than pure evil. Women want to attract men; men want any woman they can get and not get caught. That is why there are so many of the oldest profession and so many of those who utilize them.
That pill for that sickness for those who force the issue hasn't been invented yet.
Yes money and prestige and fear does have a lot to do with prosecution and sentences. Georgia's jails are full of those whom we fear and those we don't spend little time there and in country clubs.

The GITMO trials as opposed to a civil trial has but one purpose: To bring to light our terrible transgressions. I remember IKE ordering as many pictures taken of the death camps as was possible, because he said in 30 years no on would believe it.
I can not agree with vigilante justice in NYC.

As to the soldiers on food stamps this is caused by calling up the guard and reserves who already had families.
I am a proponent of the draft---with NO exceptions--even handicapped.
Also a much larger military in numbers to avoid failing to occupy what we can capture.

My friend, the most infamous of the Gitmo Bunch has been before a military tribunal and I believe was guilty. Irregardless, the purest of justice to me would be making public the time and place of his release near ground zero and tell him to start walking. Bringing more light to 'our' transgressions regarding 9/11? To quote Fred Sanford, "ARE YOU CRAZY, DUMMY?"

The Guard and Reserve call up to which you allude is crap!

Any intentional holding back of the whole truth is just another form of lying. It's a shame that Americans are fooled by this.

Well you shoot them on the way out if you wish. I'll loan you my M4.

Tribunals aren't very appropriate after torture.

I may be crazy one-track.

Guard and reserve call up is "crap?" Was never intended to be, that is why they joined.

Don't know of what you are talking about the whole truth.
Did someone hold back Abu Ghraib stuff? GITMO stuff?

Did anyone lie about the football player's heroism?

Hey, it is war isn't it?

I don't want us to be like the idiots who crashed airplanes into buildings (by torturing them) and then shooting them without abiding by our laws.

If you think the Iraqis and the Afghans will ever become capitalist, democratic, even partially honest societies---you have read the wrong history books about the last 5-6,000 years!

I know of no reason why the military can not abide by our laws just as most of us do.

The soldiers on food stamps aren't caused by calling up the reserves, When I was in the Navy, middle to late 70's, an E-5 with over 5 years service, with 2 children, qualified for food stamps. This is no recent problem, it's been going on since they invented food stamps, more's the pity.

I yam what I yam....Popeye

I didn't have any food stamps either, nor did I have a wife and kids at home nor was I trying to build up a pension at home before active.
Did my hitch, left. No reserves or guard for me. GI bill was good.

I also had no money most of the time.
We could buy $1.00 beer for a pitcher's worth and 7.5 cents per pack for dried up cigarettes. When we ate out it was joints with $1 spaghetti. Washed our own clothes, cut each other's hair and traded cigarettes for rum.
We could ride a train for a few bucks--even cheaper on a bus for a week!

Is it just too hard to say "I was wrong?--when you say food stamps and military receipt thereof was because of "Guard & Reserves with families being activated?" Did you read and understand Hutch's post?

Did these guys draw food stamps BEFORE they were activated?

It is one thing for a single guy to do well on the pay---another if he has a wife and two or three kids with no wife making any money!

I'm afraid I don't know what allowances these call-ups get for their families these days.

Reserves and Guardsmen and women are never ready anyway to fight. They are simply OBLIGATED to report and be trained properly. Remember at the beginning of Iraq war?
Ever attend a guard or reserve meeting? Mostly farce with old stuff.
I have worked with some of them.
They can quell a riot or guard.
You won't find many left in Guard or reserves as they get back.
Another system ruined by Bushie! (He was an excellent example of an old A-something plane trainee). Where would they have sent him to fight--they wouldn't, he would have needed two years of decent training first!

I guess you didn't read my post after all, the people I'm talking about were and maybe still are, regulars, not reserves, not Guard, REGULARS, Drawing food stamps.

I yam what I yam....Popeye

Our Bonker$ never admits he is wrong, and doesn't concern himself too much with facts. But ya' gotta admit, he do dance around good.

I yam what I yam....Popeye