Ghost of BiB

Nope, went by turtle. It's enroute, though.

I have no one on my ignore. Think of the entertainment I'd be missing.

I hear you there.

That's only one thing that pops into my mind-but not an insignificant aspect. Recruitment of domestic terrorists is a scary thought. Isolation is critical for other reasons, as well. As far as I have been led to believe, our existing prison system is already stretched beyond capacity. Also, how many cans of worms are opened by interjecting them into our domestic prison system, legally? And, these are military detainees...at best, they would have to go into the Federal System, not a State Prison, once again, capacity. And, "normal" prisons are not ammenable to the style of detention required, or interogation issues.

Creamsickles are NO MORE????

Isolation. People in prisons with the opportunity to get out can be recruited for the "cause", actually pretty easily.

I HATE basketball.

All to the detriment of the country as a whole.

Once again Charlie Daniels speaks his feelings and once again he is right on the money. Charlie needs to be writing for a major news magazine. The Straight Scoop from Charlie Daniels I've just returned from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Naval Air Station base where we did three shows for the troops and toured several locations around the post visiting with some of the finest military personnel on planet earth. The kids seemed to really enjoy the shows and especially liked "This Ain't No Rag, It's A Flag" and "In America". We had a great time with them. We saw Camp X-Ray, where the Taliban detainees are being held only from a distance, but I picked up a lot of what's going on there from talking with a lot of different people. The truth of the matter is that this operation is under a microscope. The Red Cross has an on site presence there and watches everything that goes on very closely. The media is not telling you the whole truth about what's going on over there. The truth is that these scum bags are not only being treated humanely, but they are probably better off health wise and medically than they've ever been in their lives. They are fed well, able to take showers and receive state of the art medical care. And have their own Moslem chaplain. I saw several of them in a field hospital ward where they were being treated in a state of the art medical facility. Now let's talk about the way they treat our people. First of all, they have to be watched constantly. These people are committed and wanton murderers who are willing to die just to kill someone else. One of the doctors told me that when they had Taliban in the hospital the staff had to really be careful with needles, pens and anything else which could possibly be used as a weapon. They also throw their excrement and urine on the troops who are guarding them. And our guys and gals have shown great restraint in not retaliating. We are spending over a million dollars a day maintaining and guarding these nasty killers and anyone who wants to see them brought to the U.S.A. for trial is either out of their heads or a lawyer looking for money and notoriety. Or both. I wish that the media and the Red Cross and all the rest of the people who are so worried about these criminals would realize that this is not a troop of errant Boy Scouts. These are killers of the worst kind. They don't need protection from us, we need protection from them. If you don't get anything else out of this soapbox, please try to realize that when you see news coverage much of the time you're not getting the whole story, but an account filtered through a liberal mindset with an agenda. We have two fights on our hands, the war against terror and the one against the loudmouthed lawyers and left wing media who would sap the strength from the American public by making us believe that we're losing the war or doing something wrong in fighting it. Remember these are the same people who told us that Saddam Hussein's Republican guard was going to be an all but invincible enemy and that our smart bombs and other weapons were not really as good as the military said that they were. Here I must commend Fox News for presenting both sides much better than the other networks. They are leaving the other cable networks in the dust. People like being told the truth. Our military not only needs but deserves our support. Let's give it to them. The next time you read a media account about the bad treatment of the Taliban in Cuba, remember what I told you. Been there, done that. Footnote: I got an e-mail from a rather irate first cousin of mine the other day who has a daughter who's a lawyer and she seemed to think that I was painting all lawyers with the same brush. Please understand that I'm not doing that at all. That would be like saying that all musicians were drug addicts. There are a lot of good and honest attorneys out there. I happen to have one of them. But it seems that they never get any airtime. It's always the radicals who get their opinions heard, who fight the idea of the military tribunals and cite The Constitution and the integrity of America as their source of justifying their opinions. Well, first of all The Constitution says "We the people of the United States", it doesn't mention any other country. And secondly as far as integrity is concerned, I don't think some of these folks would know integrity if it bit them in the posterior. What do you think? God Bless America. Charlie Daniels P.S. Please consider sending this to everyone you can..the truth needs to be told.

Only on holidays.

Undoubtedly. The oil companies are basically total crooks, as far as I'm concerned - and to me, that is where most of the fault lies. I was just making the point that crude prices not not directly relate to current gas prices.

$80 + is not unrealistic. Gas prices, though are more a result of lack of refining capacity than the actual unit price per bbl of crude. Oil and gas commodities are hedged. Someone somewhere is getting their oil for $38 a bbl right now. The current price per bbl and the price of gasoline aren't synched.

I'm a Druid. Reformed. We worship small ornamental shrubbery.

Hey - they paid my bills for a while.

That's my girl.

My Buds at KBR.

It's all part of the plan...

Can't wait for Gitmo II.

Been watching. Have fun.

Uh...right...like a bunny can handle a light sabre without any opposable thumbs. shoving it up your ass and waving it doesn't have much effect, overall. about the only option they have.

You said "tool". I have to leave now. I have a dinner date with one of LA's Avatars. Yeah, it's Monday...what the hell.

You are WAY behind the power curve. You should have jumped on the IBP (Independant [anti] Bunny Party) when you had the chance. Too late, worthless minion.

So said Caligula.

Kirk.

Profit.