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By Matt Cockerill at 7:15PM

Nov 20, 2009

A dissapointing moment for a Great man

In this epic struggle of statists vs freedom fighters, Rand Paul is one of the heroes. Like his father before him, Rand's kindness and decency is palpable to anyone watching him speak. He has a real job, an independent mind, and all the right people saying good things about him.

That said, I found this story to be very dissapointing. Rand Paul is advocating the "trial" of terror suspects in Guantanomo, rather than in a civilian court in the US. This is coming in the explicit form of a press release intended for public viewership.

SO?

It is amazing, as his time in office comes to an end, the level of disdain Vice President Dick Cheney still has for the rule of law, the Constitution, and the American people (or possibly just people in general?). In an interview on Fox News Sunday Cheney, once again, demonstrated that disdain with the same two letter word he used to dismiss the over two-thirds of Americans who believe the Iraq War was a mistake and should be ended as quickly as possible. Here is just a small sample from today’s interview tha
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