Durbin and Whitehouse will oppose Mukasey’s nomination.
In an impassioned speech on the Senate floor today, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Judiciary Committee, said he “will oppose” the nomination of Michael Mukasey to be Attorney General because of his refusal to explicitly say that waterboarding is torture. Watch it:
Another member of the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), also said today that he would oppose Mukasey’s nomination.
UPDATE: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) sent Mukasey a letter today, co-signed by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John Warner (R-VA), indicating support for his nomination.
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ANYONE that Bush wants you need to reject, they are all criminals.
Buck Fush
October 31st, 2007 at 8:52 pmMcCain has only his honor and integrity to lose completely.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:59 pmHe has compromised himself on so many occasions in his sucking up to Bush, and now to learn that he will compromise his feelings on torture is the last straw. Of all people, he knows torture first hand, he knows what can and will happen to Americans at the hands of other unscrupulous enemies - and when that day comes, if he hasn’t already been declared, he will go insane, knowing we have no moral ground remaining.
Won’t matter. Mukasey will be confirmed, liberals will continue to squeal.
Brouhaha.
Comment by Newsflash
Noted for posterity, so when he’s denied, you can properly savor your loss.
Again, and again, and again.
Bon apetit.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:08 pmI’m sorry Marie, but McCain has sacrficed all for political gain. His former self would probably punch his current self in the face for this cowardly cowtow, if possible.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:11 pmYou suddenly think your “confidence†has any record of success?
November, 2006 showed how wrong you can be - and how wrong you are, again.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:13 pmBefore the mid-terms I copied and posted wingnut comments that were eerily similar to your latest , and lo, and behold, they don’t come around anymore (at least not without a fake beard and sunglasses).
You’ll be the same.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:16 pmSen. John McCain (R-AZ) sent Mukasey a letter today, co-signed by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John Warner (R-VA), indicating support for his nomination. 8:45 pm | Comment (14)
Good Lord John McCain . . .
How much torture do you need to undergo to understand the meaning of “torture.”?
You will never be president, but you will always be a human being who understands the nature of the beast.
Torture is a beast that America and the Constitution were designed specifically to beat.
Apparently, you are beaten. You torture all Americans by your lack of learning, by your swarmy, ass sucking to special interests (read: that great sucking sound that resonates with every plunk of a special interest dollar into your coffers).
I supported you . . . you have betrayed my trust. You have learned, yet you have learned nothing.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:33 pmHey “plunger”……
Aren’t you the same pain-in-the-ass whack job from Huffington Post ?
Knock it off with the goddamn 7,000 word posts ; I’ve read War and Peace already , and still own it.
I’ll open that up if I want to delve into a monumental word parade ; not a friggin’ post on a blog site……Knock that shit off.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:44 pmReport Plunger abuse. That’s what the “Report Abuse” tag is there for.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:48 pmPlunger abuse ?
Isn’t that what occurs at every GOP convention , led by Foley and Craig ?
October 31st, 2007 at 9:52 pmI think we already saw how firm McCain’s resolve is when it comes to stopping torture. He and Graham and Warner got the anti-torture provisions added to a bill and got Bush to sign it. And then, as Bush added his signing statement, essentially telling McCain to take his anti-torture bill and stick it, McCain replied “Yes sir. Where would you like me to stick it? I love you Mr. President.”
What a goddam pushover. And that goes for Graham and Warner, too.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:53 pmComment by MCMetal — October 31, 2007 @ 9:44 pm
I’ve said it before but ditto.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:59 pmBush, for all purposes, redefined the term “terrorists.” In fact, the people that he has dubbed “terrorists” are citizens of Iraq. They are not terrorists, they are citizens of Iraq who are not pleased that they are being occupied by an emperial power that places zero value on their people or institutions.
When dub’ya gets really rugged, he deems all anti-Americans “al Qaeda (sp?).
In fact, if an army of Muslims seized America . . . who wouldn’t fight? Would we all be terrorists? Would we all be agents of Al Qeada? No, we would be patriots. (granted, Bush, Cheney and company would be safe in hidey holes or in Paraguay).
We must get out of Iraq. The citizens don’t want us there. US diplomats consider service there a “death sentence,” and we are spending billions on a death trap. Bush’s design is to entrench America to such a degree that we can’t, no matter how hard we try, extricate ourselves from the Hell that is Iraq. What better way than to encourage Israel to strike Iraq, pre-emptively declare that if Iran strikes Israel, the US will strike back, encourage Israel to set into motion the presumably inevitable strike against Iran in support of Israel . . . go Cheney! Rove may not be in DC, but he is very much on the shady roll.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:00 pmIn his written responses to questions from Senate Democrats regarding waterboarding and other issues, Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey almost exactlty regurgitated Alberto Gonzales’ 2005 assertion to Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) that “what we’re really discussing is a hypothetical situation.”
For the details, see:
October 31st, 2007 at 10:05 pm“Mukasey Now and Gonzales Then: Discussions of Torture ‘Hypothetical.’”
Being as the justice dept. has been somewhat, or more, politicised, and the thread below about Mukaseys involvement with Giuliani and thereby Mukaseys son with Kerik, does anyone else smell conflict of interest here?
October 31st, 2007 at 10:17 pmCNN host John King asked White House counselor Ed Gillespie directly, “Is waterboarding legal?”
“The fact is that those who have been briefed on the program in the US Senate, those on the Intelligence Committee, and others who are familiar with the program have said that it is legal,” Gillespie said. “And those are the ones who have a basis to know. But the fact is the government doesn’t confirm techniques regardless of whether they’re used or not used.”
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The Counselor to the President is the highest-ranking assistant to the President of the United States for communications, and a member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. In the administration of George W. Bush, the Counselor oversees the Communications, Media Affairs, Speechwriting, and Press Offices.
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This administration is mind-bogglingly out of control and utterly and completely full of shit……………..
October 31st, 2007 at 10:20 pmBeing as the justice dept. has been somewhat, or more, politicised, and the thread below about Mukaseys involvement with Giuliani and thereby Mukaseys son with Kerik, does anyone else smell conflict of interest here?
Comment by Xisithrus — October 31, 2007 @ 10:17 pm
There’s more than the stench of “conflict of interest” emanating from that hole ……..
October 31st, 2007 at 10:21 pmHistory of an Interrogation Technique: Water Boarding
The water board technique dates back to the 1500s during the Italian Inquisition. A prisoner, who is bound and gagged, has water poured over him to make him think he is about to drown.
Current and former CIA officers tell ABC News that they were trained to handcuff the prisoner and cover his face with cellophane to enhance the distress. According to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., himself a torture victim during the Vietnam War, the water board technique is a “very exquisite torture” that should be outlawed.
“Torture is defined under the federal criminal code as the intentional infliction of severe mental pain or suffering,” said John Sifton, an attorney and researcher with the organization Human Rights Watch. “That would include water boarding.”
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Water boarding was designated as illegal by U.S. generals in Vietnam 40 years ago. A photograph that appeared in The Washington Post of a U.S. soldier involved in water boarding a North Vietnamese prisoner in 1968 led to that soldier’s severe punishment.
“The soldier who participated in water torture in January 1968 was court-martialed within one month after the photos appeared in The Washington Post, and he was drummed out of the Army,” recounted Darius Rejali, a political science professor at Reed College.
Earlier in 1901, the United States had taken a similar stand against water boarding during the Spanish-American War when an Army major was sentenced to 10 years of hard labor for water boarding an insurgent in the Philippines.
“Even when you’re fighting against belligerents who don’t respect the laws of war, we are obliged to hold the laws of war,” said Rejali. “And water torture is torture.”
October 31st, 2007 at 10:30 pmThank you, Sen. Whitehouse. We need to stop Mukasey from getting out of the Judiciary Committee. Call all Dems and tell them to vote NO.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:31 pmNice low hanging fruit there-
Anyone voting for this clown is pro torture by default.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:42 pmAs long as Mukasey believes Bush is above the law, what does his opinion of waterboarding matter?
October 31st, 2007 at 10:47 pmMukasey’s judgment of waterboarding is worth noting, but a distraction, in my opinion.
The Judiciary Committee has taken its eye off the ball, here.
‘Hypothetical situation” my God!
To call the drowning of human beings “hypothetical” is loonacy. . . .It is a means of distancing . . . If you are so cerebrial that you can distance yourself from murder, you are a sociopath.
Today marks one year from the date that I witnessed a drunk being tsared for shouting that “waterboarding is death.”
What kind of country do we live in that a clearly harmless annoyance is stun gunned, hacked down and taken off to jail (when he had a perfectly good home two blocks away) . . . somehow, “by the people, of the people . . . ” has no place in a culture designed by a Texas flunkie who has no idea of what it means to take care of American citizens.
Dub’ya has 3+ DUIs, Cheney has more than that, Laura killed her ex in a car wreck . . . none on the record.
Deferrments run amok . . .
These folks wouldn’t last a day in Baghdad . . . or maybe they would . . . watch out Baghdad . . . killers commin’
Won’t happen. The only water boarding the Bush family will ever experience will be at the Princess Hotel in Paraguay. . . . Boogie board! Bring it on!
October 31st, 2007 at 10:53 pmThe Judiciary Committee has taken its eye off the ball, here.
Comment by Chuck U. Farley — October 31, 2007 @ 10:47 pm
Indeed, until the CIC terms over I would expect no changes. I am more concerned with Mukaseys following of the Hatch act and his NOT politicising the DOJ as his predecessor did.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:57 pmBuckie sums of the libs position well. They would oppose Mukasey no matter what answer he gave to the question.
Comment by TCDon
No, TCDon, he may sum up some peoples position making this projection of yours false. Read my position and concerns again.
What does ‘Justice is blind’ mean to you TCD?
October 31st, 2007 at 11:02 pmANYONE that Bush wants you need to reject, they are all criminals.
Buck Fush
Comment by Buckie Boy — October 31, 2007 @ 8:52 pm
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Buckie sums of the libs position well. They would oppose Mukasey no matter what answer he gave to the question.
Comment by TCDon — October 31, 2007 @ 10:50 pm
Is it any wonder , TooCluelessDon ?
There isn’t anyone that Chimpy has appointed that’s even average , much less above that ; they’ve all been unqualified clowns/cronies …….
October 31st, 2007 at 11:03 pmAnd, TCDon, I recall that many conservatives also oppose Mukasey because of a case concerning deporting a non American citizen.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:04 pmANYONE that Bush wants you need to reject, they are all criminals.
Buck Fush
Comment by Buckie Boy — October 31, 2007 @ 8:52 pm _______________________________
Buckie sums of the libs position well. They would oppose Mukasey no matter what answer he gave to the question.
Comment by TCDon — October 31, 2007 @ 10:50 pm
Unfortunately, the facts support this opinion! Reality has a liberal bias, but we can understand how that makes you feel uncomfortable son! Reality is always icky for Conservatives like yourself!
October 31st, 2007 at 11:07 pmBuckie sums of the libs position well. They would oppose Mukasey no matter what answer he gave to the question.
Comment by TCDon — October 31, 2007 @ 10:50
Funny but isn’t Bush your guy and doesn’t he veto or add a signing statement to every bill the dems pass now. You guys started the polarization of this country and you thought it was fun while your side was doing all the obstructing. Well you reap what you sow. Live with it.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:12 pmTCDon - Mukasey has no place at the DoJ because waterboarding is a means of murder. Americans don’t murder. Any fool (sociopath) who can’t recognize murder in its most inhumane form is far too blind to be entrusted with the virtue that is “justice.”
Justice is blind. Americans are not.
Bush can hide and hide and hide. . . . too bad for him . . . Americans can see. We truly value the virtue and dream of America. Don’t shit on our essence.
Hey dub’ya! That stench IS your legacy.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:14 pmDon’t get me wrong X. There are reasons to oppose Mukasey, but BF sums up the position of many libs that would simply oppose any nominee of Bush for any reason, or no reason.
Comment by TCDon — October 31, 2007 @ 11:24 pm
And you don’t see any reason why anybody should be suspicious of Mukasey right. It’s all a liberal issue. Do you people ever take any responsibility for anything?
October 31st, 2007 at 11:29 pmAnd, TCDon, I recall that many conservatives also oppose Mukasey because of a case concerning deporting a non American citizen.
Comment by Xisithrus — October 31, 2007 @ 11:04 pm
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Don’t get me wrong X. There are reasons to oppose Mukasey, but BF sums up the position of many libs that would simply oppose any nominee of Bush for any reason, or no reason.
Comment by TCDon — October 31, 2007 @ 11:24 pm
Hey Clueless Wonder , have you been paying attention these last 7 years ; or been locked away in a coma ????????????
AN ABYSMAL RECORD THESE LAST 7 YEARS/LIFELONG RECORD OF FAILURE IS THE ONLY REASON ANYONE NEEDS TO GIVE YOUR STUPID , STUBBORN AND WILLFULLY IGNORANT RETARDED ASS ………
October 31st, 2007 at 11:29 pmOne would think that a practicing attorney would be able to stick to the point of an argument. Just sayen’.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:31 pmAs a prosecutor,
Where does Mukasay as AG put me?
I am charged with prosecuting murder . . . if my boss is a murderer and sanctions murder, how do I prosecute murderers?
October 31st, 2007 at 11:34 pmOh yeah. If it’s politically expedient, I prosecute, otherwise, say in the case of Blackwater, immunity would be in order.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:38 pmOr say, Laura Bush as opposed to Wentworth Miller, just let it slide.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:39 pmOne would also think a practicing attorney, an ethical one, would place the Constitution and “the Law of the Land” above personal, or party, loyalty. Just sayen’.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:40 pmBuckie sums of the libs position well. They would oppose Mukasey no matter what answer he gave to the question.
Comment by TCDon — October 31, 2007 @ 10:50 pm
Very funny. You have seen with your own eyes the results of Bush’s decisions: if his shill isn;t confirmed, he’ll do a recess appointment. If the law he doesn’t like is passed, he’ll do a signing statement. this isn’t a president, this is a petty tyrant, utilizing all the loopholes his bought-and-paid for traitors can engineer through a treasonous, antiAmerican rightwing congress, destroying the Constitution, rule of law, and America’s moral position throughout the world. of course everything he does will be opposede by liberals; everything he does is designed to piss any clearthinking patriot off. That’s whe he’s a 24% and falling. Don’t try to change the direction of the fault here; Bush actively looks for the most divisive, least qualified hacks he can find, and forces them through. I don’t understand for a minute why he has the support of even the 24%, but there you go.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:40 pmPete, you were probably “just sayin’” not “just sayen’” - just sayin’.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:45 pmBush actively looks for the most divisive, least qualified hacks he can find, and forces them through. I don’t understand for a minute why he has the support of even the 24%, but there you go.
Comment by Lefty Patriot — October 31, 2007 @ 11:40 pm
You left out that Shrub’s hacks are loyal to him and his administration and their ‘visions’ alone , or they are not kept around or given a job ………
October 31st, 2007 at 11:45 pmDon’t get me wrong X. There are reasons to oppose Mukasey, but BF sums up the position of many libs that would simply oppose any nominee of Bush for any reason, or no reason.
Comment by TCDon — October 31, 2007 @ 11:24 pm
Or he represents experience, which tells us that Bush will put yet another criminal in his place. But don’t let reality cloud your anti-liberal bias there cheating wingnut!
October 31st, 2007 at 11:49 pmAw crud. RR sprung my trap. Just tryen’ to see how easily distracted our “honorable” troll is. Truthfully, I aint done mispelld no wurds, accident like, sence I was a litter feller.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:54 pm#52 Bush is intellectually challenged . . . but he’s also a very gifted thug. People are not so much loyal to him as they are afraid of the damage that he will gleefully inflict upon them if they defect. He’s surrounded himself by hit men.
Ask John McCain . . . his experiences in South Carolina are illustrative:
Random phone call:
“if you knew that John McCain was the father of an illegitimate black child, would you still vote for him?”
Go Dub’ya!
McCain has an adopted son who is dark skinned. Not illegitimate, adopted.
These phone calls were orchestrated by the Bush campaign in SC and went out to thousands.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:56 pmMaybe bush could nominate Richard Curtis instead of Mukasey - he’s available now. Mr Curtis understands the importance of involving law enforcement in investigations, and trying to cover up anything that looks unseemly! Like a good GOP nominee!!!
November 1st, 2007 at 12:00 amThese phone calls were orchestrated by the Bush campaign in SC and went out to thousands.
Comment by rockyroad — October 31, 2007 @ 11:56 pm
and shows how weak and useless McCain, and by reflection Republicans, are; how thoroughly immoral and how deeply flawed rightwingers are. they are almost human, but still way behind on the evolutionary scale.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:00 amPete,
u musta bean the cutest little feller in yo litter.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:01 amComment by rockyroad — November 1, 2007 @ 12:01 am
Nope. I was the clever one.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:05 amReport Plunger abuse. That’s what the “Report Abuse†tag is there for.
Comment by rockyroad — October 31, 2007 @ 9:48 pm
Nope!
Plunger interjects his own thoughts in between some important copy and pastes.
Let’s not be a Bill Maher or Noam Chomsky….Left gatekeepers
Personally, I have no allegiance to the left or the right.
Plunger is on our side.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:05 am#57 - Evolution - No, not part of their agenda.
Bush will not evolve.
His apes for ancestors have denied their heritage.
Bush is a byproduct of a poisoned apple a couple thousand years ago.
Troglodyte? Looks like one, thinks like one, but . . . yeah, butt.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:09 amAwe fellas,
I’m getting it from all sides.
Here Pete, I complement you. little fella,
then I try to take the advice of my Think Progress friends and turn in the “Plunger” . . . maybe I was wrong, but Pete, you’ll always be my “lil fella.”
November 1st, 2007 at 12:18 amPlunger,
Let’s talk waterboarding. As a plumber, you no doubt have a little water experience. Do you ever just submerge your head in the bowl for grins? How’s that working out for you?
Pete,
Don’t even know what to ask. . . .Clever as you are, you probably have words of wisdom in connection with water sports. Please share!
November 1st, 2007 at 12:22 amPlunger,
Whether your nom de plum is a veiled reference to Watergate or just something that you came up with because you have some connection with plumbing, speak up.
In your book, is waterboarding good clean fun . . . or does it violate the Geneva Convention?
November 1st, 2007 at 12:33 amAlmost bedtime so I’ll keep this short and simple. “Waterboarding” has been declared torture in many courts. Period. If any military, or government, official orders, participates in, or condones such an act; the are guilty under U.S. and international law. Any persons complicate in such a vile act should be tried, convicted, and sentenced to the limit of humane punishment. I put it on a par with pedophilia.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:42 amComplicit . . . not complicate . . .
little fella
But I completely agree. Well said.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:46 amI wonder how I might feel if someone suggested waterbooarding a pedophile
November 1st, 2007 at 12:47 amThat won wus the spellcheckers fault. Plus my pills are kicking in. G’night humans. And you too trolls.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:51 amYeah, blame it on the spellcheckers. . . I don’t read, I juss N-too-it.
. . . ‘nite
dreams of the Lincoln bed-broom. . . Pete’s gonna run fur Prez . . .if dub’ya can doo itl any9ne can!
Happy all sts day!
Boo
November 1st, 2007 at 1:01 am.
Q U E S T I O N :
When is torture EVER an American Principle?
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November 1st, 2007 at 1:25 am.
The Vietnam “tortured” Vet supports torture?
And he seeks to become the Commander in Cheif… why?
So he can “give it to ‘em” and freely torture? or not?
McCain supports torture? Or does he?
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November 1st, 2007 at 1:30 amHapppy All Saints Day -
For all of you down on the Gulf Coast . . .
Bless your lucky souls . . . Lake Ponchatrain may have drowned your families . . . Bush was a no show . . . but at the very (that would be VERY least) . . .
he just abandoned you for being poor black people . . .
He didn’t waterboard you.
Really kind of seems the same . . . as you scramble to your attic and the water’s rising . . . .but you had no leverage . . . couldn’t even offer up a lie to save your soul.
I sincerely hope that you all have hope and are rebuilding. Please let us know how we can help. We want to, just don’t know how.
November 1st, 2007 at 1:49 amPoor blacks were not the only victims of Katrina . . . lots of poor whites also met their maker.
Bush didn’t see this as a humanitarian disaster . . . he and Karl Rove saw it as an opportuntiy. . . . an opportunity to turn a blue state into a red state . . . that
is the reason that Bush’s plane didn’t touch down . . .
Rape, assault, devestation going on in the Super Dome, and a calculated decision not to touch down. Better a drowning state of Democrats than a lost opportunity to turn a blue state red.
Heck of a job dub’ya.
November 1st, 2007 at 1:55 amEthnic cleansing seems to be the Bush adm MO. We ignore it because denial is a safer place than acceptance.
November 1st, 2007 at 2:12 amBush allowed poor white and black people to drown on the Gulf Coast . . . the reason that death numbers are down in Iraq is not because we’re “winning the war”, it’s due to ethnic cleansing. Without the presense of Sunnni, there’s noone present to fight . . . the fact that the Sunni were citizens who inhabited these territories for centuries without distress with their Shia neighbors until the US showed up to save the day is irrelevant. They’re dead and gone.
Plunger,
I read your postings. Yes, I really asked whether or not you condone waterboarding as anything less than torture.
I may be wrong . . . nonetheless, by asking the question, you certainly don’t answer it.
What’s your position? Up or down? Torture or not?
November 1st, 2007 at 3:32 amPlunger
Being that I am not a fan, there’s no way that I’m going to hit on your blog. If you’re looking to up the number of hits on your site and thereby entice advertisers . . . dream on.
You just ain’t got anything I want . . . namely, integrity. Boss is the man who knows his mind and speaks it without pause. Boss is the man that snatches the rat and puts it out in the back yard to scamper as rats do. Doesn’t kill the rat . . . but puts on his tux knowing that that silly rat will be back to play another day. We don’t kill the rat . . . just toy with it. . . . Gotta love the Boss.
Plunger. you are my rat.
November 1st, 2007 at 3:48 amPlunger,
Clearly, I was wrong. Sorry.I agree with your position and will go to the website created on your behalf.
You have got to be an attorney. No one else speaks in terms of “but for.”
I do have strong opinions but am always interested in becoming better informed. . . if “Plunger’s Best” has that to offer, I will go there.
Thank you for reising the level of discourse.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:05 amraising, not reising.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:06 amMust say though Plunger . . .
You do seem a bit defensive.
What’s that all about?
November 1st, 2007 at 4:16 amAre you a law geek?
Hate that.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:17 amAlso, you never answered the Watergate vs. wannabe /water question re “Plumber”?
November 1st, 2007 at 4:20 amPlunger,
I am not sold. You are my rat.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:28 amEew my little rat, I think I know you, or at least who you are.
Scamper in the yard . . .
November 1st, 2007 at 4:39 amHow hard is it to do the right thing?
Not that hard.
Tomorrow, I’m going to climb a 14er. How hard is that? Well, it’s snowing. The altitude is high enough that you have to worry about High Mountain Altitude Sickness, pulmonary edema could be problematic.
What isn’t problematic is: should we be talking war against Iran? Should oil companies be able to blow the tops off of these mountains? Should I be the last of my generation to watdh an eagle soar on the winds in the canyons? or to see Big Horn Sheep graze carelessly without fear of being wiped out by a Hummer zipping along at 90 MPH or a water supply polluted with toxic waste from a mine on BLM land?
At sea level in Houston, the street lights come on mid-day due to the refineries, even at 10,000 feet you can’t drink the water, at sea level, you could get shot in the face by Cheney, the Aspen are dying . . . in a sense, we are all dying. We elected (OR NOT), a moron. We’re all dying. At 14,000 feet, we’re safe . . . for now.
Yeah, it’s hard. We must say “Get Lost.”
Lost is where we’ve been for the past seven years . . . let’s find the courage to impeach and re-claim our destiny. . . . America for the people, by the people and of the people . . . truly, we’ve been given the gift of the mountains, of hope and of the prospect of bountiful prosperity, there is no mountain high enough . . . We’ve been lost and now we’re found.
Impeach the waterboarding fluke.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:38 amThis is the same Senate, you should recall, that recently confirmed Leslie Southwick.
Comment by Newsflash — November 1, 2007 @ 7:26 am
Yes, a bunch of lockstep Republican Nazi robots and a handful of Blue Dog Dem idiots, who wil also be gone. Nice of you to be so proud of your party’s destruction of American justice and law, traitor.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:42 amMcCain is just a sad sad excuse for a person. I just can’t stand the sight of him anymore. It’s one thing when a person is just an opportunist pure and simple, but he has just gone down hill so much within the last 7-8 years.
November 1st, 2007 at 1:38 pm