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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:33 PM Original message |
How long are Democrats going to give Obama a pass on Private Manning? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. what's the frequency, kenneth? |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't get your reference |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Dan Rather. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I guess I'm dense, but you're still being far too cryptic for me |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
71. Don't Forget REM |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That object is very shiny |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Link? n/t |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Here are two . . . |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thank you, I will check out the MSNBC one. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Too Long. He'll Have to Die to Get Their Attention. |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. Forever |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. The relative silence is deafening. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sssshhh!! Torture is fashionable again under the new Boss(D). |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Ha! I guess it is more "Underground" than "Democratic" around here nowadays! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Until someone restores the rule of law in this country |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
46. +1; and |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
70. History will not judge this Presidency kindly when it comes to human rights |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. Rec'd although |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yes -- my post had two recs that mysteriously disappeared |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Just gave one back to you. You asked an important question |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Yes, obviously unrecing this thread means you support torture |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Plausibly for sure. Not necessarily probable but within the realm of reasonable possibility |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. This is why I never unrec |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. Um dude. He was charged. With crimes. In July. If you are a supporter of his, |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. He was detained -- not formally charged |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Really? So the CHARGE SHEET---is just a fabrication? Best tell his lawyer....who thinks he's been |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Yep - forged by the same people that forged his birth certificate. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Put Orly Taitz on the case......n/t |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Orly!!!! RAT NOW!!!!! |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. I stand partially corrected |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. There were thousands of classified documents |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Where does this BS come from? Who invents it? |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. The charges say that... |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
58. ROFL |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. On a pretty lake in the woods next to a campfire and a puppy shows up to warm your feet |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Charged or not we are not supposed to |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Precisely |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 03:37 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Good question, in fact that is a very good question ~ |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
63. Here is his online confession |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. And here is Greenwald's take |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. That's why we have investigations |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. That may all be true . . . |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #63 |
87. All heroes seem like idiots in their times to some people. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
43. Pre trial punishment is illegal. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Without authorization" is misleading |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:07 PM Original message |
Wow. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. I find the conditions of Manning's captivity vindictive and petty |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Do you have any clue what solitary confinement does to a person? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Oh yeah... |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. So destroying a person's mind is any less horrible? |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. Time Will Tell... |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. "Six months without being charged with a crime"? |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I stand corrected about his being charged... |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. It is not unusual for the accused to remain in jail while awaiting trial. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. His detention is not the issue... |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
51. He gets out one hour a day. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. No. He is taken to another room in shackles and his "exercise" |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
81. It's not punishment until after conviction. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. From the Uniform Code of Military Justice |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. What? Yes, his conditions are abusive and it is exactly pre-trial punishment |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
82. A spokesman quoted by the New York Times says so. |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
59. If you put Manning in general population you take the chance of him |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. You are presenting a false choice |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. We're not going to agree on this |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
73. From the Uniform Code of Military Justice |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. Probably as long as the Democrats are going to give Obama a pass on war crimes. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
69. Sadly, yes. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
78. Bingo. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. I suggest you all catch up on Greenwald's reporting on this |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
45. He's been in solitary for oever 7.5 mos. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
47. So you think Obama should release a person who leaked |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. His detention has been so abusive that the UN Special Rapporteur |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 03:42 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. It is interesting that he is only 'suspected' of leaking the |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Supposedly his detention is not unusual. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. The administration has botched this case so badly |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. You didn't answer the question, this person allegedly gave SOMEONE some classified docs... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Regardless of who he is, you should be outraged that an American citizen |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
56. More pout-rage, Manning allegedly gave classified docs to SOMEONE and that's the illegal act |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. The key word is "allegedly" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
75. Objecting to torture is "poutrage" on your planet? |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
61. private manning is going to be spending a long time in jail, and |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. So I take it then that you... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
77. So, he's guilty before trial? |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
79. He hasn't been convicted of anything. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
76. There is no Private Manning. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
80. How long are Democrats going to give Obama, et al a pass on Bush/Cheney war crimes? |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. I agree 100% |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
84. Meh... |
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