As is my skin, what's your point?

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If you stop trying to bring the Bible into the classroom, I'll stop secretly sneaking biology textbooks into the pews on Saturday nights. Deal?

If the flag is precious to YOU, then don't burn YOURS.

I cant believe how many people are upset about saddams verdict

unbelievable

Not upset, more indiffrent. This mans death does nothing to end or even slow the killing in Iraq. If anything, it may heighten it. I'm sorry if I'm not interested in dumb patriotic symbolism right now. There's a raging, horrific civil war happening that we kind of started and it will still be raging the day after Saddam dies.

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If you stop trying to bring the Bible into the classroom, I'll stop secretly sneaking biology textbooks into the pews on Saturday nights. Deal?

If the flag is precious to YOU, then don't burn YOURS.

The sentence fits the crime, particularly under Islamic law.

Saddam as a martyr? Either execution or imprisonment works equally well for those who want him to be a symbol.

Rot in a dark hole? Never see the light of day? Isn't that torture? Or are these just euphemisms for confinement with meals, exercise, health care and the occasional interview by 60 minutes (whoever) to look into the mind of evil? Evil of course using the soapbox for his own reasons.

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"You don't have to practice being miserable. Everything else we're gonna work on." - A wise Platoon Sgt.

I'm not really that concerned with it. This is a trial in Iraq and for Iraq. I just hope it reflects what the people of that country want.

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"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

What troubles me is how many people call for the trial and death of George Bush, a democratically elected leader of a free country, vs the amout of people who are indifferent or upset about the Saddam verdict. Unbelievable.

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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way.

"There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation" - Pierre Trudeau

“No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.” - Kate Beckinsale

My post was very democratic personally. My concern is the people of Iraq getting what they want.

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"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Still, you have many of the same people probably very excepting of what was happening to Milosovec, and then angered or upset about Saddam. They were two of the same.

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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way.

"There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation" - Pierre Trudeau

“No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.” - Kate Beckinsale

excepting = accepting

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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way.

"There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation" - Pierre Trudeau

“No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.” - Kate Beckinsale

Stuff like this makes me question you.

To a grunt, they always think about the solders first, just as I did. What reverberates in our minds is the impact on the foot soldier no matter the issue.

There has never been a time when you have ever thought of the troops first, which strikes me as very suspicious.

You are very partisan, which I am also, but to the extent where it doesn't override my concerns for the soldiers.

You don't do that, it's down the partisan line no matter what.

It is obvious that Hussein's execution will entice violence against our troops. Quite suprised it never crossed your mind or you just didn't care. You know what demoralizes the troops? People that think like you, never concerned about the soldier constantly looking over his shoulder as you gloat over events that will wreck more havoc on them.

I'm happy about the verdict, not the sentence.

I'm very suspicious of you.

This line caught my eye.

Yes, Bush, just like you replaced it with the rule of law when you invaded, increasing terror and torture.

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A federal judge ruled today that graphic pictures of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison must be released over government claims that they could damage America's image.

Someone should tell them that bad press can be prevented by not abusing prisoners in the first place. Censorship is only needed to preserve the good reputation of those who have tortured and/or murdered already.

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A federal judge ruled today that graphic pictures of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison must be released over government claims that they could damage America's image.

Someone should tell them that bad press can be prevented by not abusing prisoners in the first place. Censorship is only needed to preserve the good reputation of those who have tortured and/or murdered already.

democratically elected leaders of free countries can commit war crimes and crimes against humanity on par with the worst dictator, as george bush and his cabal have demonstrated. i think people are more agast at the level of hypocrisy here than anything else. saddam, a third rate dictator, is sentenced to death by a court created by an occupying army, who commited a crime against humanity by invading the country to begin with. boy, that rich. those who fail to see the irony can keep drinking the milk and eating cookies.

I don't recall saying a democratically elected leader couldn't be tried. But by the logic used there is hardly a leader of any country, state, or province who shouldn't be tried. Should we try them all, since the crimes are on par with Saddam? This is no justification for people not accepting a Saddam verdict done by due process. That is hypocritical.

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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way.

"There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation" - Pierre Trudeau

“No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.” - Kate Beckinsale

Considering it's an American appointed, American financed court, coming in with a verdict and a death sentence perfectly timed for the American elections, and a court that ignores the Iraqi constitution, that gives the President of Iraq, immunity from prosecution for crimes committed during his time in office.
I would imagine there will be plenty of people around the world who will have a problem with this, and not because the love Saddam.

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“The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine.”

Senator Thad Cochran, Mississippi (R)
on McCain

“I decided I didn’t want this guy anywhere near a trigger.”
Senator Pete Domenici, New Mexico (R)
on McCain

“My anger did not help my campaign ... People don’t like angry candidates very much.”

McCain on McCain