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Q: Why does Glenn Reynolds love his father so much?

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Nothing’s better than a feel good story – especially one involving courage, female empowerment, and twenty-seven dead terrorists. Read it here. (hat tip to Best of the Web)

I don’t mean just the playing of rap music, either. Look at this new project from Halliburton, the company Cheney has absolutely no financial ties to but promotes for purposes of pure evil (thanks to commenter Human for alerting me):

Reuters | June 17 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Halliburton Co. unit will build a new $30 million detention facility and security fence at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States is holding about 520 foreign terrorism suspects, the Defense Department announced on Thursday.
The announcement comes the same week that Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended the jail after U.S. lawmakers said it had created an image problem for the United States.
Critics have decried the indefinite detention of Guantanamo detainees, whom the United States has denied rights accorded under the Geneva Conventions to prisoners of war. The prison was called “the gulag of our times” in a recent Amnesty International report.
An air-conditioned two-story prison, known as Detention Camp #6, will be built at Guantanamo to house 220 men. It will include exercise areas, medical and dental spaces as well as a security control room, the contract announcement said.
The contract announcement did not specify whether the new prison would also hold foreign terror suspects.
Under the deal with the Norfolk, Virginia-based U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, the work is to be wrapped up by July 2006. It is part of a larger contract that could be worth up to $500 million if all options are exercised, the Defense Department said.
The project is to be carried out by Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root Services of Arlington, Virginia. It includes site work, heating ventilation and air conditioning, plumbing and electrical work, the Pentagon said.
The first prisoners arrived at the prison camp in January 2002 after the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked airliner attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
The Pentagon has said about 520 detainees from more than 40 countries are being held at the prison, without giving a precise figure.
Rumsfeld said on Tuesday U.S. taxpayers had spend more than $100 million on construction costs and no other facility could replace it.

Did you see that, people? It will be AIR-CONDITIONED! That will only allow for more Nazi torture tatics like Senator Dick Durbin described. It’s time we put a stop to this evil and demand that all prisoners be held in buildings with no AC. Someone start a petition!

I was reading the Puppy Blender and it took me to this article at NRO.
Here’s a portion of that article…
I thought about it before I got over here, and feel even stronger about it now that it may be my reality. God forbid, if something happens to me over here, I do not want to be used by the likes of Phil Hansen in Seattle, Michael Moore, Gary Trudeau, or Ted Koppel, to make their political points against the war, the President, and finally the country, all the while saying “they support the troops”. I have no doubt in my mind that Michael Moore would rather hear a report that 600 soldiers were killed last month in Iraq rather than 60 — but he “supports the troops”. Anyway, are you aware of any list that is around that soldiers could put their name on so that if something happened, while understanding our families couldn’t stop it, that these despicable phonies would be asked not to use our deaths to further their agenda that runs completely counter to why I volunteered to be where I am and counter to the real desires of 99 percent of the Iraqi people?
Much is said about the declining recruiting numbers in the Armed Forces. I don’t know why the numbers would be down. They ban recruiters from visiting college campuses, they accuse recruiters of kidnapping, and they never fail to mention the latest abuses such as lukeward food and spotty cable reception. Sure, sometimes prisoners “fall” but that can’t be helped.
However, this harping on recruiting numbers is unfair. Each month, there are many who DO step forward and follow their heart. To those of you who serve – thank you.
However, this article got me to thinking about a new law or regulation we could have for our military serving overseas.
The Final Letter Law
All servicemen and women serving in the Armed Forces shall write a letter – to be read at their funeral ceremony. The soldier/sailor/Marine/airman’s final comments will be the final part of the ceremony. No comments from friends or family allowed afterwards.
This would be ideal. I could just see a military funeral now…
At the podium..
Rabid Lefty Mom: “My son hated the military. He did it because he had to and we were poor. Bush lied. I will not rest until Bush is put in prison for lying to the American people. Arrrrgh. (frothing at mouth)”
Chaplain. “And now, Lance Corporal Smith will read the Final Letter.”
Letter: “Dearest friends. If you are reading this, then I guess things didn’t go as well for me as I would have like. I want to thank my parents for raising me. I want to thank my friends and loved ones, who I hope are gathered here today. I want to thank my fellow Marines who stood by my side in combat and promised to be there for me no matter how lonely, tired, hungry or scared they were. I hope I served well.
Please know that I love my country. Of all the opportunities I could have followed in life, and being in America – I had many, the one that meant the most to me was the chance to serve, and to follow in the footsteps of those who wore the uniform and risked it all for a greater good. There are many who don’t see the evils on the horizon. There are those who refuse to open their eyes and instead close them to see the world as they wish it to be. To those people I can only say that I saw it clearly, and I hope that you’ll see it too one day before it’s toolate. Friends, I know that one day we will meet again. Semper Fi.
Rabid Left Mother: Well. that’s not true…SPLAT(Gets a pie smushed into her face by the Chaplain)
Chaplain: The dead are allowed the final word. Thank you all for coming. CNN is outside filming the war protesters. Here’s the transcipt of the letter for Fox News.

Dick Durbin said that fiddling with the AC and playing rap music at Gitmo was akin to the abuses of the Nazis, Soviet gulags, and Pol Pot. I did some research, though, and found a number of abuses by the Nazis, Soviets, and Khmer Rouge that went way beyond that, calling into question the accuracy of Durbin’s comparison.
ABUSES BY THE NAZIS, SOVIETS, AND KHMER ROUGE THAT HAVE NOT HAPPENED AT GITMO

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Or denounce, him, as the case may be. Michelle Malkin has a great idea about calling our own Senators about Dick Durbin’s remarks. I’ll see what Republican Mel Martinez (who I voted for in both the primary and general election, so he owes me) and Democrat Bill Nelson have to say.
UPDATE: Done. Called both the D.C. offices and said I was very angry by Durbin’s statment and would like the Senators to make it clear that, while you can argue against Guantamo Bay, such rhetoric as Durbin’s is unacceptable. I urge everyone to do the same (but with your Senators).
UPDATE2: The latest from Durbin.