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GITMO Gets "U.S.", Not Them
As an American Citizen who tries to stay informed, I can say these images of the military prison at Guatanemo Bay, Cuba are some of the first I have ever seen. I saw a video on TV once of a GITMO inmate strapped down to a wheelbarrow-like transport and being wheeled to or from a presumable ...
Posted to Recycled by MichaelBernard1 on January 13, 2008
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Western Civilization
Whenever I read Christopher Hitchens, I learn a few lessons. In this case, Hitch upheld The Netherlands/Dutch as historically heroic for, among other things, offering refuge to Spinoza's family. Who knew? Unfortunately, when reading Hitchens, I always come across masterfully artful examples of his selective Polemics - (argumentative techniques.) ...
Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard1 on October 9, 2007