I wrote Pelosi and took he to task for it.

Pelosi...  the same Pelosi who wouldn't support Kucinich's articles of impeachment for GW?

Gotta say... and this coming from a big, scary Liberal... Pelosi has done nothing but suck during her tenure.  I forget, what important changes have been made again?

But I never post photos of boobies, Tom. I only post photos of
women.

Ah, right... the PLAYBOY defense.

wrote Pelosi and took he* to task for it.  

*Meant her

Pelosi...  the same Pelosi who wouldn't support Kucinich's articles of impeachment for GW?

That's why I wrote her, that was a crock of shit.

and this coming from a big, scary Liberal

And that's another thing, when did we allow Liberal to become a dirty word?

"(Matt, somehow you accidentally managed to crop all those women's heads
off in that mosaic you posted. But I admire and respect you for it anyway...)"

Women with big boobies have heads?  Never noticed before...

(and in case anyone takes too much offense, I'm kidding!)

but that would mean we should open our borders to anyone and everyone without restriction and when they were here give them all the rights of any US citizen

I'm so glad my relatives were lucky enough to be able to emigrate here.  They were tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free, simply wretched refuse.  But someone lifted a lamp beside a golden door and these homeless, tempest-tossed people were able to find a beacon.

I don't know what America you guys live in, but I like the one where we get to have dreams and ideals.  I like the America that holds its head up as a bastion to the world, as a land where all people are free and hold truths to be self-evident. 

They snuck across the border Tom?  They didn't come through, for example, Ellis Island legally?

Sarah Michelle Gellar is a Republican.

It's more unusual for someone with a lot of money to not be a Republican.  :P

Geoff, I was reading his comments in context only of the recent
decision.

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I think you were making certain we were all being fair without assuming
bad intent-- I really appreciate it. It makes the conversations and
discussion better, so thanks!

Perhaps I didn't word it as clearly as I might have (when quickly replying to something between things at work you don't always have the luxury).  My context was speaking purely of the Guantanmo prisoners since that's what the case was about.  I don't feel foriegn combatants or illegal aliens should have the same rights on our soil as, say, a tourist or someone else legally in our country.

They snuck across the border Tom?

My maternal grandparents came via Ellis Island from Germany, yes.  We found their names in the registar on our last family trip there.  (Incidentally, my maternal grandfather served in WWII fighting for the allies not ten miles from the town of his birth.)  The paternal side of the family is something of a mystery, though.  We strongly suspect that my great-great-grandfather snuck across the border from Canada (which would explain my sense of humor) sometime in the mid-1800's. 

I say we should dig the old guy up and ship his corpse back to Canada.  Lousy invaders, stealing our jobs, our decent American grave sites and creating a burden on society.  Sorry Al, but the truth must come out!

edited to add: my husband's relatives came to this country on the Mayflower, totally univited by the Natives who lived in the Jamestown area. 

That was my point (though I could have made it clearer), Tom.

I don't feel people here illegally or foreign prisoners should have the same rights as someone here legally.  Immigration is a great thing and I think (almost) anyone should have the right to apply and become a US citizen, and get those rights, as long as they do so legally, so I'm not sure we disagree about this point.