Posted on 09/28/2006 8:54:10 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1709588/posts?page=1
House passes detainee bill
Republicans pushed a bill supported by President George W. Bush to set rules for interrogating and trying terrorism suspects through the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday and Senate Republicans were expected to follow within a day.
The House passed the bill 253-168 largely along party lines, dismissing warnings from Democrats that courts would strike down the plan for failing to meet judicial standards.
Republicans who control both chambers want to send the bill to Bush by the weekend, when lawmakers head out to campaign for November elections that will determine control of Congress.
The bill sets up procedures to try foreign terrorism suspects at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Supreme Court struck down Bush's original plan, saying it violated U.S. and international standards.
As Senate debate on the bill got under way, Republicans defeated an attempt to pass an alternative that Democrats said would meet Supreme Court standards and help restore America's image, damaged by harsh treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
The Senate was expected to pass the bill on Thursday, after considering several other amendments.
Republicans, seeking to polish their terrorism-fighting credentials in the final days of their campaigns, depicted the new rules as tough but fair.
"By formally establishing terrorist tribunals, the bill provides a critical tool in fighting the war on terror and it provides a measure of justice to the victims of 9/11," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, a California Republican, said the bill provides "basic fairness in our prosecutions but we also preserve the ability of our war fighters to operate effectively on the battlefield."
But Human rights groups and many Democrats said the deal gave Bush too much latitude to allow harsh interrogations and to deprive detainees of legal rights.
Rep. Ellen Tauscher, a California Democrat, said agreeing to "such an ambiguous compromise would allow the president to define torture when and how he sees fit."
Rep. Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat, said the bill sends a signal that "America's leaders are willing to abandon our values ... in favor of thuggish tactics they hope might make them safer for a little while."
Democrats also predicted the courts would find the bill unconstitutional because it deprived detainees held without charges of the right to file legal challenges to their imprisonment.
Under a compromise worked out last week, the CIA will be able to continue aggressive interrogations, but supporters of the bill said agency interrogators would comply with the Geneva Conventions' requirement for humane treatment.
The bill also expands the definition of "enemy combatants," who can be held indefinitely without charges, to include those who knowingly support terrorist groups with arms, money and other activities.
Backers of the bill said that provision would choke off supplies to terrorist groups, but critics said it was too broad and could subject many more people to indefinite detention.
Pretty hard to have a "pissing contest" if you are sitting down.
Thanks, cibco. Got Rush now...woo hoo!
no understanding the moonbats...
you'll head will hurt like mine just trying...
I'm serious. Lay down, no pillow, take the arch out of you neck. Legs apart and arms not touching body. Start to consciously relax the muscles in your forehead, then your eyelids, nostrils,jaw, lips... keep working down. I've never made it past my shoulders. I'd fall asleep for about 10-20 mins and wake up with no head ache and full of p!$$ and vinegar!!!
Is that a recent photo?
UGH. Lahey, STFU!!!
As subtle as a brick sometimes;)
Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!
Remember when they used to denounce the '80s as the "decade of greed"?
EVOO she should cut down on that!
Man Shocked Trying to Steal Electric Wires wsbt ^ | 09/28/06 | samuel king Posted on 09/28/2006 11:54:06 AM EDT by hoosierboy (WSBT) A South Bend man was hospitalized with severe burns after he suffered an electrical shock trying to steal copper from a underground power line. It happened on Sample Street, behind the old South Bend Lathe Building, where the man works. That's where crews are tearing down the old Studebaker Factory. Police say the man didn't know the lines were charged, and that's why he went ahead and tried to steal the wire. "The incidents of metal theft have really spiked in the last six to eight months," said David Mayne, spokesman for Indiana Michigan Power. "In the case, of stealing wire off the electric distribution system, you could die for just a few dollars." At last check, the man was in a Fort Wayne Hospital with serious burns to his arms and face. He has not been identified
wealthy useless has-beens and celebrities...
Bland, dull, vapid... It's a terrible show.
Bad-a-bing;)
Your velcome..
Huh. Better send this to Wolf. Looks like a three-way.
Rush - "Nancy, you ignorant...." You just know that he wanted to say, "Nancy, you ignorant slut."
Sorry Kevin, that #204 was meant for EC.
Figures she'd manipulate The Golden Rule to suit her political agenda. Some Christian.
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