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June 30, 2006

Happy Independence Day, Gitmo!

I am so glad the Supreme Court ruled the way they did on Gitmo military tribunals.

It reminds me why I am still proud to be an American, just in time to celebrate America's founding by those who were more urgently outraged by tyranny than today's crop of leaders.

(Okay, it's a pretty lame reason—the fact that Gitmo exists in the first place casts a dark shadow on our country. But we're going to a Fourth of July picnic Sunday and I need a reason to celebrate.)

June 30, 2006 at 03:27 PM in Political Rant |

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