http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:21:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51800 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51800#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:21:40 +0000 RobertRays http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51800 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51800/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51331 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51331#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:15:37 +0000 CharleyCarp http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51331 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51331/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51319 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51319#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:15:04 +0000 Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51319 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51319/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51306 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51306#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:42:39 +0000 Ronbo http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51306 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-51306/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50825 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50825#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:50:25 +0000 attackerman http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50825 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50825/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50824 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50824#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:49:46 +0000 attackerman http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50824 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http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50597/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50580 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50580#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:03:56 +0000 lukequinton http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50580 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50580/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50520 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50520#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:58:32 +0000 Racysteed http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50520 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50520/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50514 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50514#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:40:52 +0000 NeonTrotsky http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50514 "What in the world were we supposed to do?" Oh, I dunno, maybe paid the higher taxes that a responsible government going to war would have tried to levy, or we could have pushed for a system of mandatory national service, with a choice between military and civilian (e.g. Americorps, Peace Corps) service. Either one would have made the average citizen more aware of the costs of war and would have wrapped up our current quagmires more quickly, one way or another.]]> "What in the world were we supposed to do?" Oh, I dunno, maybe paid the higher taxes that a responsible government going to war would have tried to levy, or we could have pushed for a system of mandatory national service, with a choice between military and civilian (e.g. Americorps, Peace Corps) service. Either one would have made the average citizen more aware of the costs of war and would have wrapped up our current quagmires more quickly, one way or another.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50514/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50512 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50512#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:34:12 +0000 NeonTrotsky http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50512 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50512/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50495 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50495#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:07:25 +0000 kitten_witawip http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50495 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50495/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50489 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50489#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:01:28 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50489 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50489/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50488 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50488#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:58:31 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50488 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50488/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50480 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50480#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:58:39 +0000 hman http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50480 Guantanamo Bay is and is not the United States of America, depending on the law you need to flout..." This is what has always bothered me about the place, much like Cheney choosing whether he was in the Executive or Legislative branch. Not only did I not know of a goddamn gift shop at Guantanamo, I can also pack away 'sclerotic' as a word to know. Thanks for this.]]> Guantanamo Bay is and is not the United States of America, depending on the law you need to flout..." This is what has always bothered me about the place, much like Cheney choosing whether he was in the Executive or Legislative branch. Not only did I not know of a goddamn gift shop at Guantanamo, I can also pack away 'sclerotic' as a word to know. Thanks for this.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50480/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50478 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50478#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:50:20 +0000 kitten_witawip http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50478 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50478/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50474 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50474#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:13:35 +0000 Sutton http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50474 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50474/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50472 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50472#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:59:48 +0000 sigerson http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50472 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50472/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50468 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50468#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:44:07 +0000 sigerson http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50468 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50468/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50460 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50460#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:59:09 +0000 attackerman http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50460 hadn't yet made any decisions about classifying any GTMO detainees in its so-called "Fifth Category" of detainees -- those who must be held in indefinite/preventive detention bc they allegedly can be neither responsibly tried nor responsibly released. Now. The Obama people have reviewed these cases for a fucking year. We're only talking about a cohort of about 230 people. And we're supposed to believe that they haven't found a single one of them for indefinite/preventive detention but that when they do we're supposed to believe that those dudes really are too dangerous for trial or release? This is pure venue shopping -- determining the proper venue for a politically-acceptable way of keeping these people imprisoned.]]> hadn't yet made any decisions about classifying any GTMO detainees in its so-called "Fifth Category" of detainees -- those who must be held in indefinite/preventive detention bc they allegedly can be neither responsibly tried nor responsibly released. Now. The Obama people have reviewed these cases for a fucking year. We're only talking about a cohort of about 230 people. And we're supposed to believe that they haven't found a single one of them for indefinite/preventive detention but that when they do we're supposed to believe that those dudes really are too dangerous for trial or release? This is pure venue shopping -- determining the proper venue for a politically-acceptable way of keeping these people imprisoned.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50460/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50457 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50457#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:52 +0000 Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50457 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50457/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50456 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50456#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:53:22 +0000 steno 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http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50422 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50422/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50419 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50419#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:37:59 +0000 LondonLee http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50419 Quick: does anyone really think that avoiding an extra trip to H&M or another Venti Latte would have stopped this kind of depravity Well obviously not, but I don't think that's the issue with Bush's "Go shopping!" exhortation. I don't think we were supposed to do anything apart from join the military or give to related charities, it's about what Bush was supposed to do, like not ram through huge tax cuts and use 9/11 as a partisan battering ram against his opponents.]]> Quick: does anyone really think that avoiding an extra trip to H&M or another Venti Latte would have stopped this kind of depravity Well obviously not, but I don't think that's the issue with Bush's "Go shopping!" exhortation. I don't think we were supposed to do anything apart from join the military or give to related charities, it's about what Bush was supposed to do, like not ram through huge tax cuts and use 9/11 as a partisan battering ram against his opponents.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50419/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50417 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50417#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:36:52 +0000 mathnet http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50417 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-guantanamo-gift-shop-by-spencer-ackerman#comment-50417/feed 0