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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-22-09 01:41 PM
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Al Sharpton is in Bermuda to lend support to the Prime Minister
for all you Sharpton haters out there, the man does a helluva lot more good than harm:

Bermuda Premier Faces Scrutiny
Decision to Accept Former Guantanamo Prisoners Fuels Debate Over Leader's Motives

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Bermuda's top elected official survived a vote of no-confidence after a 14-hour parliamentary debate here over the weekend, but Prime Minister Ewart Brown remains the focus of fiery public debate over the motives that led him to accept four freed prisoners from the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Mr. Brown, in an interview, said the decision was "the right thing to do" and that he was happy "to be of help to the United States and to President Obama."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124562951416235833.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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