US wants to move gitmo prisoners down under

[akihabro]

Uhh I don't think this is what we meant when we demanded gitmo to be closed.
http://voanews.com/english/2009-01-02-voa20.cfm

 

[Bruno]

Same Old Change

 

[TastyWheat]

I made a deal with my friend that I'd go drinking with him if one of these 5 things happened (I never drink, but I think these occasions are worth celebrating):

1. Obama closes Gitmo and doesn't replace it
2. Obama legalizes marijuana for medicinal/personal usage or industrial hemp
3. Obama pulls completely out of Iraq by the end of his 1st term
4. Obama completely eliminates the PATRIOT Act
5. Obama presses charges against George Bush or Dick Cheney

I think I'm safe.

 

[Rael]

This is great news. No more waterboarding. Now we can lock them in a cell with a kangaroo, and the kangaroo will box the shit out them until they tell us what we want to know.

 

[RSLudlum]

This is great news. No more waterboarding. Now we can lock them in a cell with a kangaroo, and the kangaroo will box the shit out them until they tell us what we want to know.

LOL.....a literal Kangaroo Court!!!

 

[Ozwest]

No way Jos'e. This is government posturing.

You can bet your sweet ass, if the Australian government started a "Gitmo" down here, they would be immediately turfed.

There would be mass demonstrations by the majority of the population.

 

[Ozwest]

We are more "Irish," than the lovely people of Ireland.

 

[Ozwest]

This is great news. No more waterboarding. Now we can lock them in a cell with a kangaroo, and the kangaroo will box the shit out them until they tell us what we want to know.

Blood Oath!

How much can a Koala Bear?

 

[SeanEdwards]

Why can't they just shoot those bastards or let them go? Why hold on to them for years and years? They "authorities" have had plenty of time to interrogate the detainees for useful intelligence, it seems doubtful that keeping them in a cage in Australia for more years will lead to some intelligence breakthrough.

Give them their day in court. If they're innocent let them go, if they're illegal combatants then put them against a wall. This is not a complex problem.

 

[Ozwest]

Why can't they just shoot those bastards or let them go? Why hold on to them for years and years? They "authorities" have had plenty of time to interrogate the detainees for useful intelligence, it seems doubtful that keeping them in a cage in Australia for more years will lead to some intelligence breakthrough.

Give them their day in court. If they're innocent let them go, if they're illegal combatants then put them against a wall. This is not a complex problem.

I repeat, there is no f%&cking way the Australian government will be a party to this.

Unless they want to lose government.

This is no left-wing, greenie comment.

This is reality.

 

[Rael]

Blood Oath!

How much can a Koala Bear?

Too cute too be used for torture. We could try making them wipe their asses with the eucalyptus leaves they eat though.

Also, the oceans in Australia are filled with Great White Sharks. Don't want to talk? Care for a swim?

 

[Ozwest]

Too cute too be used for torture. We could try making them wipe their asses with the eucalyptus leaves they eat though.

Also, the oceans in Australia are filled with Great White Sharks. Don't want to talk? Care for a swim?

I have a perfect place for you, and it's "down home."

Alcatraz.

Cause you got Diddly Squat using Australia as your whipping Post.

I guarantee you, I speak for all Ozzies.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Uhh I don't think this is what we meant when we demanded gitmo to be closed.
http://voanews.com/english/2009-01-02-voa20.cfm

Ah, well...I mean...Ummm...oh FFS, "I told you so" is getting worn out.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I made a deal with my friend that I'd go drinking with him if one of these 5 things happened (I never drink, but I think these occasions are worth celebrating):

1. Obama closes Gitmo and doesn't replace it
2. Obama legalizes marijuana for medicinal/personal usage or industrial hemp
3. Obama pulls completely out of Iraq by the end of his 1st term
4. Obama completely eliminates the PATRIOT Act
5. Obama presses charges against George Bush or Dick Cheney

I think I'm safe.

Yeah, you won't be getting drunk anytime soon.

 

[Ozwest]

My Home page in Australia is ninemsn.

It's a useless commercial page that I check out the T.V. guide.

I happened to notice a non too obvious poll. This ain't no high brow, just normal folks.

Question: Should Australia accept Guantanamo inmates?

Yes: 3,881

No:38,678

 

[Ozwest]

I reckon you got more chance in San Francisco.

Alcatraz for you.

 

[Rael]

I have a perfect place for you, and it's "down home."

Alcatraz.

Cause you got Diddly Squat using Australia as your whipping Post.

I guarantee you, I speak for all Ozzies.

Don't be ridiculous. You have funky animals like koalas, kangaroos, Paul Hogan, and Kevin Bloody Wilson, and we intend to use all of them in the war on terror.

 

[Ozwest]

Don't be ridiculous. You have funky animals like koalas, kangaroos, Paul Hogan, and Kevin Bloody Wilson, and we intend to use all of them in the war on terror.

Haha. Now you are getting "high - brow."

I do have a boat, and sometimes I require "shark bait."

 

[Rael]

Haha. Now you are getting "high - brow."

I do have a boat, and sometimes I require "shark bait."

I just realized Paul Hogan seems like a cool dude.

From wikipedia:

"In Australian media, he is reported as a tax evader, accused of refusing to pay over AU$300 million worth of taxation. [3] In an interview with the Australian edition of 60 Minutes, when asked if the Australian Taxation Office would file an arrest for him, he replied, "Come and get me, you miserable bastards." [4]

On 29 October 2008, it was revealed that Paul Hogan scored a major victory in his tax fight with the Australian Crime Commission, who were forced to stump up millions of taxpayer dollars to pay his legal bills. In a humiliating backdown, the ACC has returned tens of thousands of personal financial documents to Hogan. [5]

 

[Ozwest]

I just realized Paul Hogan seems like a cool dude.

From wikipedia:

"In Australian media, he is reported as a tax evader, accused of refusing to pay over AU$300 million worth of taxation. [3] In an interview with the Australian edition of 60 Minutes, when asked if the Australian Taxation Office would file an arrest for him, he replied, "Come and get me, you miserable bastards." [4]

On 29 October 2008, it was revealed that Paul Hogan scored a major victory in his tax fight with the Australian Crime Commission, who were forced to stump up millions of taxpayer dollars to pay his legal bills. In a humiliating backdown, the ACC has returned tens of thousands of personal financial documents to Hogan. [5]

What, you reckon we are a bunch of malingerers cause we have a Health care system? We are the most irreverent elitist smashing bastards you will find.

That ain't socialism, that's our penal state mentality. Australia was settled by convicts of Mother England.

That's why Yanks and Aussies get along.