WELCOME TO OPEN FORUM FRIDAYS
This is a new segment we are experimenting with, which will allow you to “sound-off” on the current events of the day that matter to YOU. Everything from politics, entertainment, sports, or whatever you’d like to discuss is allowed. Talk about the BP oil spill. Talk about the Summer Heat Wave pounding the northeastern U.S. Talk about whatever YOU like.
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It’s… OPEN FORUM FRIDAY!
These two stories symbolize the utter travesty of the actions AND Inactions of American politicians in positions of leadership today, from the President on down and “WE The People” are worse off for it! Time Magazine: “Gitmo Controversy: The Queasy Case of Omar Khadr”By Tim McGirk Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010Excerpt: President Obama's promise to shut the Guantánamo Bay detention facility has come back to haunt him. Not only is the facility still open long past the January 2010 deadline that Obama set for closing it, but this week saw the first steps in the trial of its youngest and most controversial inmate. Omar Khadr, who has been held at the facility for seven years, faces a maximum life sentence for allegedly killing a U.S. soldier during a battle in Afghanistan when he was 15 years old. If Khadr is convicted by a jury composed of U.S. military officers, he will… Read more »