this past sunday on 60 minutes, there was a segment about the police investigation of a brutal rape and murder of a student at the university of oklahoma in 1996. the only evidence the police had was semen.
so, to catch the killer, police asked every innocent person that even remotely knew the victim to give them samples of their dna, imposing what are called dna dragnets.
many of the victim?s associates, mainly students, volunteered.
Would I volunteer a sample of my own DNA?
Probably not. I saw a story on a science show (catalyst) down here in Australia about how easy it would be for someone to frame someone else simply by planting some DNA. So now I'm a little distrusting of DNA evidence. I certainly wouldn't want it to be the only piece of evidence that convicted me. Basically, I just don't trust it fully, and I think the authorities trust it way too much.
ouch !.
things seem to be going really pear shaped and picking up steam:.
pitiful job growth in july, a sagging stock market and now this ... what has gone wrong with the us economy?
Heres one!
Paul Krugman, a very prominent American economist who predicted the Asian crisis, gave this interesting interview a few months ago on Australian TV predicting that the U.S.A. could go the same way Asia did a few years ago and have a huge financial crisis.
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2004/s1064193.htm
Economics errrrrr!?!?!?!?!?!?!
utterly disgusting.
those responsible should be lined against a wall and shot.
publicly.. i think that would win more hearts and minds than bombing cities and using gunships on civilian areas.. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4855930/.
"While in no way condoning the deplorable treatment of the POWs, I am incredulous that ANYone with any humanitarian sense would try to equate the military RESERVISTS stupid treatment of Iraqi POWs to that of Saddam's regime."
This is so so true. And it is so good to see that America will punish these people....of course they really have no choice but to, now it's out. They would keep it quiet if they could though. See their reluctance to even begin an inquiry into a massare of taliban by the NA and overseen by America CIA dudes. That got a good airing down here in Australia. But thats just crazy talk
ooops about guantanamo....no accountability again. But they're just criminals and don't deserve a fair trial.
But, yes it is really really good the US will punish these reservist dudes. And it is really really good they punished Sadam, but only after he threatened their oil in 91 did they start paying him attention Not that the US could have given a damn about his abuse of kurds before hand. It was the do gooder Left that had to first published that issue, if you go check your facts, back in 87...and prior abuses by Saddam. The US couldn't careless about it back then, they were too busy being buddy buddies with Saddam. The double standards disgust me too.
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and we were worried about foriegn terrorists this whole time!.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20030822-1226-wst-cardealership-fire.html.
...or maybe it's just called "selling a book"
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and we were worried about foriegn terrorists this whole time!.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20030822-1226-wst-cardealership-fire.html.
Her new book includes stunning evidence of Iraqi involvement
This is whats called "connecting the dots" isn't it?
we australians have just found out that one of two australians detained at guantanamo are finallygoing to get a trial.
america repatriates its own citizens and they get a nice civil trial on home soil.
our citizens on the other hand get a military trial.
Oh, I get it....Guilty people shouldn't get fair trials. I with you Czar!
we australians have just found out that one of two australians detained at guantanamo are finallygoing to get a trial.
america repatriates its own citizens and they get a nice civil trial on home soil.
our citizens on the other hand get a military trial.
what about the principal of a fair trial, is that high on your concern?...Only for American citizens I bet!
we australians have just found out that one of two australians detained at guantanamo are finallygoing to get a trial.
america repatriates its own citizens and they get a nice civil trial on home soil.
our citizens on the other hand get a military trial.
jesus christ...what a dead thread. Either I make too much sense or I'm just nuts and no-one takes me seriously.
oh well. I'm havin' another beer!
P.S. I thinkl howard is a bitch by-the-way SMack. I have no time for him or Bush really!
we australians have just found out that one of two australians detained at guantanamo are finallygoing to get a trial.
america repatriates its own citizens and they get a nice civil trial on home soil.
our citizens on the other hand get a military trial.
nice bike!
we australians have just found out that one of two australians detained at guantanamo are finallygoing to get a trial.
america repatriates its own citizens and they get a nice civil trial on home soil.
our citizens on the other hand get a military trial.
We Australians have just found out that one of two australians detained at guantanamo are FINALLYgoing to get a trial. America repatriates its own citizens and they get a nice civil trial on home soil. Our citizens on the other hand get a military trial. They are judged and defended by the same military that captured them, in a trial were the usual standard of proof is a little relaxed. David Hicks must be so happy.Well, atleast he can choose a lawyer who can act as an advisor to his defense, maybe thats something I guess!
But who am I to complain anyway. We know these people are guilty, we know David Hicks is guilty of something really bad, so why bother with the fiasco of a fair trial. It's like Rumsfeld said, these people are the worst of the worst...well...apart from the 80 odd who, after being detained for a year or two in cuba, have quietly been shipped back to afghanistan and probably never had anything to do with al-qaida and the taliban.Lucky them.
