Have you actually read the minority opinion? More importantly do you realize how many of these prisoners were detained in the first place? Many were reported by angry relatives, neighbors and local chieftains. Some were ordinary criminals but were reported by rival gangs/groups solely to remove their competition..
Many of these detainees were recruited in detention, their abuse at our hand led them to join the jihadists. Affiliations non-existant upon their arrest but firmly instilled in them by the conditions of their detainment, physical and mental abuses.
We have created the best recruiting ground for the spread of terrorism in our own facilities..by wrongful detention and the use of torture on many innocent, non-combatant men.

Torture can never be advocated, utilized or accepted on America's behalf. We reduce our own honor, reputation and world leading position as advocates for human rights and the moral treatment of men.

Shame on those who label a detainee as a jihadist, enemy combatant solely because they have beem detained. History has shown many such detainees have been wrongfully held and abused.

Terrorists can and have been sentenced by our judicial system. If there is sufficent proof to show that case to be beyond a reasonable doubt, them bring them to trial. Lacking that proof could never make right our acts upon those innocent men.

Yet look at the $15.3 billion mortgage plan the Senate wrote..$12.3 BILLION for the LENDERS and all the rest a whopping $3 Billion for borrowers..I agree we shouldn't bail any person or Corporation out from this crisis.. But hey, McCain could become the next President..remember the S&L Bailout in the 80's..and refresh my memory who was Micael Keating? Which Senator was his helpful pal? If you're old enough it was you and I that paid for their shady business practices..and resulting collapse of that industry.

Hey, it's only my opinion

A few questions...do you anti-union folks work a 40 hr week? Does your job include health insurance? do you make a decent wage? Do fringe benefits come with your job? Are your preteens working 7 days a week for virtually pennies?

If you answered yes to any or all of the questions you need to realize you have unionized labor to thank for it..Without unions there wouldn't be a decent wage in sight..Consider the CEO's that have stock prices declining..make over 400 times their average employees salary (in the 80's it was 40 times) Then when they nearly destroy the company they receive golden parachutes in the millions (often over 100 million) The stock options, where they make a killing, originally proffered at then below market prices..get replaced with options at a price under the destroyed current stock prices. The rare "sucessful" CEO has slashed jobs, wages and benefits then often send the workers jobs to another country . How about takeovers hostile or otherwise? In the 80's the rules for funding pension plans were relaxed so companies no longer fully funded that pension plan..Large Corporations rushed in stole every penny possible from the plan and then sold the company..Usually ending up with a tax write off loss.It's about time people voted their pocketbook and self interests.
Now let's look at the management assault on unions. Removing the chance for unions to support candidates, while funneling $100's of thousands to pro management opponents. Our oil companies like exxon making $40,000,000,000 profits a year and gas hovering just below $4 a gal.

Union member and damn proud of it!

I received a similarly toned email recently and I had to repspond as I am here. First Mr Mesker, who do you think elects these represenatives? Second consider the fact that there are no less than 3 political groups/parties represented in our elected Congress and Senate. NONE with a VETO-proof majority. So those that you're "names" identifies have often been the author's of legislation exactly because of that nonexistance of a truly independent House or Senate.
You don't even mention those that really are the makers of our problems..Where is mention of the shockingly huge numbers of non-voters? Where is mention of the lunatic fringe or the ideologues that would NEVER support another groups or parties proposals.. There is a problem and it lies not in who we elect but rather the ideas, morals and public interest of those we elect. I have yet to hear anyone state that they are backing a candidate because of their strong allegience to promoting the idea of ONE AMERICA, an America not split along party lines but an America where the country ranks atop their priorities. That doing what's best for the country is their only agenda. There is enough blame for our dire situation but Congress is not the only villain we the citizenry, whether we vote or not, has to lay claim to a large part of the shame.
Just stating what I think. No offense intended

Sad fact is the poor can't contribute hundreds of thousands to any elected represenative.