Comments on: Ruby-Sachs: Plans for Guantanamo Bay http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-plans-for-guantanamo-bay/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Ian B. http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-plans-for-guantanamo-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-29759 Ian B. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:43:31 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=4186#comment-29759 Well in the years I spent living in Gtmo I can say it was quiet, comfortable, and great until the prison came around. The base, itself, still serves a vital purpose but everyone who lived there knows it was just an excuse for them to experiment with methods of torture on muslims without questioning the legality of it or fearing any legal recourse. More importantly, though, it existed to fatten up Dick Chenney's pocket book, since only contractors he had invested in were used to construct the 30 million dollar prison. Granted living there and being gay with my internet and phone calls to my boyfriend constantly being monitored and "friends" approaching me wondering if the things they'd been hearing/reading while spying on me were true and cause for any form of alarm. Meh. At least they called and offered their condolences when they said they listened in on my grandmother calling to tell me my grandfather had died. Yeah... that's pretty much the only perk I got out of living there. That and a lot of time focusing on finishing my Bachelor's and Master's degrees. Well in the years I spent living in Gtmo I can say it was quiet, comfortable, and great until the prison came around. The base, itself, still serves a vital purpose but everyone who lived there knows it was just an excuse for them to experiment with methods of torture on muslims without questioning the legality of it or fearing any legal recourse. More importantly, though, it existed to fatten up Dick Chenney’s pocket book, since only contractors he had invested in were used to construct the 30 million dollar prison. Granted living there and being gay with my internet and phone calls to my boyfriend constantly being monitored and “friends” approaching me wondering if the things they’d been hearing/reading while spying on me were true and cause for any form of alarm. Meh. At least they called and offered their condolences when they said they listened in on my grandmother calling to tell me my grandfather had died. Yeah… that’s pretty much the only perk I got out of living there. That and a lot of time focusing on finishing my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.

]]> By: Mercedes http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-plans-for-guantanamo-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-29663 Mercedes Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:51:46 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=4186#comment-29663 National Security has been used as the catch-all phrase eroding our civil rights and shifting the balance of our three branch system of Government in favor of the Executive Branch. Just on that basis alone we need to push back in favor of the equal balance of power between our three branches of government intended by our founding fathers. From where I sit, that is all we need to know. Demand Federal Court trials and make the government prove secrecy is vital....no more free passes using the National Security Card. National Security has been used as the catch-all phrase eroding our civil rights and shifting the balance of our three branch system of Government in favor of the Executive Branch. Just on that basis alone we need to push back in favor of the equal balance of power between our three branches of government intended by our founding fathers.

From where I sit, that is all we need to know. Demand Federal Court trials and make the government prove secrecy is vital….no more free passes using the National Security Card.

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