ThinkFast: June 3, 2009
ThinkFast: June 3, 2009
Vice President Cheney personally oversaw at least four secret briefings with senior members of Congress in 2005 in an effort to forcefully defend the Bush administration’s torture program. The briefings “came at some of the most critical moments for the program, as congressional oversight committees were threatening to investigate or even terminate the techniques.”
Former U.S. attorney Chris Christie won New Jersey’s Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, beating back conservative Steve Lonegan with 55 percent of the vote. Christie will go on to face Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine in the general election.
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has been criticized as an “anti-gun radical” for a ruling in which she concluded that “the Second Amendment does not prevent state and local governments from restricting arms ownership.” Yesterday, however, “a panel of conservative luminaries on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reached the same conclusion.”
Meeting with Senate Democrats yesterday, President Obama “affirmed his support for the creation of a government-sponsored health insurance plan,” which he said would “help control health costs.” Obama also said “that he is willing to consider taxing employer-sponsored health benefits to help pay for a broad expansion of coverage,” despite campaign rhetoric criticizing such a move.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has “offered a bill that would allow American citizens and legal immigrants to seek residency in the United States for their same-sex partners, just as spouses now petition for foreign-born husbands and wives.” Leahy said the bill — the Uniting American Families Act — “should be part of any broad immigration legislation that Congress considers.”
Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the war in Afghanistan, said yesterday that “violence and combat deaths will intensify as more U.S. troops surge into Taliban-held areas,” but added that his new strategy would put safeguarding Afghan civilians ahead of “killing insurgents.”
“A military investigation has concluded that American personnel made significant errors in carrying out some of the airstrikes in western Afghanistan on May 4 that killed dozens of Afghan civilians.” A senior American military official “said the civilian death toll would probably have been reduced if American air crews and forces on the ground had followed strict rules devised to prevent civilian casualties.”
Adm. Michael G. Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said yesterday that the nation must do more for the mental health of American soldiers, warning that statistics show “there are going to be more [troop] suicides this year than last.” Mullen said that “the military lacks the number of mental health professionals necessary to help returning or soon-to-deploy troops deal with the high stress of war.”
And finally: Center for American Progress speechwriter Grant Ginder released his debut novel, This Is How It Starts. “Adultery, booze, gossip, name-dropping — it’s all just part of the game,” Roll Call writes of the book.
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Obama also said “that he is willing to consider taxing employer-sponsored health benefits to help pay for a broad expansion of coverage,” despite campaign rhetoric criticizing such a move.
I don’t understand this at all. Because I’m fortunate enough to have good health coverage at work, I’m going to be taxed so that the government can pay private insurers to cover other people? First of all, that sucks, and second, there aren’t enough people with health benefits to cover all the millions of uninsured by taxing those benefits. It’s crazy talk.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:09 amThe problem is not just people that are uninsured
It is people that have insurance that refuses to pay when claims are filed.
Insurance companies drive up the cost of health care. Remove them from the equation with single payer.
It will be the nation’s largest group policy and will be free of the overhead of private insurers.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:10 amAdm. Michael G. Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said yesterday that the nation must do more for the mental health of American soldiers, warning that statistics show “there are going to be more [troop] suicides this year than last.” Mullen said that “the military lacks the number of mental health professionals necessary to help returning or soon-to-deploy troops deal with the high stress of war.”
You treat your soldiers coming back from war with the Army you have, not the Army you wish you had. Thanks for destroying our military, Donald Rumsfeld.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:14 amFormer U.S. attorney Chris Christie won the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, beating back conservative Steve Lonegan with 55 percent of the vote.
You might have said which state.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:14 amUm, someone should tell Dick Cheney that his fishing skills seem to be just as good as his hunting skills and his skills as vice-president… the stream is behind you, Dick!
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:20 amWhy are not prosecuting Cheney?
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:21 amFrom the WaPo article on the first item:
This practice has to stop immediately. The CIA must be required to keep records on who briefs members of Congress. Those records can remain classified, but they have to be kept. What if they a find a mole in their ranks? Wouldn’t they want to know if this mole gave sensitive, legally-mandated briefings to Congress?
If the CIA doesn’t even keep track of who they send to brief Congress, how can anyone say the CIA has never misled Congress? How can they say they trust them completely, when the CIA has proven that it can’t be trusted to tell Congress the truth?
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:22 amIt’s my state: New Jersey, and Christie will probably beat Corzine.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:25 amPresident Obama should ask the Saudis to take all Gitmo detainees, as long as he’s in Saudi Arabia.
Most of the 9/11 attackers were Saudis. Saudi Arabia has a ‘terrorist rehab program’ they’ve been using on those returned.
I don’t know what kind of success rate they’ve had, but it’s the least they could do in lieu of the fact S.A. has basically ‘ducked’ any responsibility for 9/11.
After all, even if you could escape, you’ve got a 1,000 miles of desert to cross before you get anywhere.
Come to think of it, Saudi Arabia would be a good place for Cheney to go. He could make nice with those detainees…I’m sure they harbor no ill feelings for the way the were treated.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:27 amGary Kleppe Says:
RantingTommy Says:
The problem is not just people that are uninsured
It is people that have insurance that refuses to pay when claims are filed.
Insurance companies drive up the cost of health care. Remove them from the equation with single payer.
It will be the nation’s largest group policy and will be free of the overhead of private insurers.
I have what I would consider excellent coverage with my employer. It doesn’t change the fact that it’s still expensive even with coverage. There were many times I did not see a doctor for something I probably should have, just because the initial consultations could run into the hundreds, and that’s AFTER my insurance covers its part.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:28 amThe private insurers, both for-profit and non-profit (think the Blues) have what they call a “medical loss ratio” which is how much they actually have to pay for medical services rendered to their members versus premium income.
Think about it. They are insurers, and their goal is to keep profits high at the expense of paying for services. Even the so-called not-for-profits have huge profits that they funnel into lavish offices, high compensation for execs and bonus structures. The remaining “profits” go into advertising and market expansion. No taxes are paid.
No wonder they’re all quaking in their Italian leather boots at the thought of a government option.
PEACE
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:38 amAnd your point is??????
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:51 amCFP, what exactly is your point? Do you think Bin Laden cares who the President is? Do you think the enemys of America would just stop doing what they have been doing because of Obama? Do you live in the real world or what? Oh wait I get it, your just trying to bait people here.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 amConservativeForProgress stands in the shadows and makes a tick mark every time a democrat forgets to tie their shoelaces but was asleep while bush was in office when real mistakes were made.
by the way, your username is a paradox.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:57 amCFP, And Obama did this why? You are kind of stupid aren’t you?
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:58 amFrom CFP’s link. As usual, he left out quite a bit.
And which part did goonie choose to quote?
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:58 amCFPee, pissing in the wind, as usual.
He’s much like his hero, Cheney.
Cheney fishes away from the stream.
CFPee pisses INTO the wind.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 amaww, CFP was afraid we’d forget he’s a bedwetting little pansy coward
OBL still scares you to death, eh, CFP?
why are you such a pussy?
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 amOH NO, the big bad tewwaawists are going to get us. Quit wetting your pants CFP. Like some terrorists are gonna truck away thousands of pounds of nuclear material or fuel. RIIIGGGHHHTT.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 amJust as Bush/Cheney needed Bin Laden to keep justifying their machinations, Bin Laden needs a big, bad U.S. to keep his campaign going.
But, I’m sure CFP already knew that.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 amGood morning, campers
Last week, someone wrote in to the Port Huron Times Herald that we need Flush Limpdick, Hannity, Beck, and their ilk more than ever.
I responded that these talk radio yappers were fascist hatemongers.
Following that, another denounced me in the local paper as seeing things that were not there.
This morning, the paper’s editor called Limpdick and eye of Newt as racist hatemongers in their attacks on Obama’s SCOTUS nominee.
I call them as I see them, the local newspaper agrees.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 amConstantlyLyingForRegression says:
Somehow, I just don’t feel the MSM Messiah factor is having much influence on our enemies.
If the President didn’t demand Pakistan crack down, trolling goons would condemn him for being weak. When he does demand a crackdown, goons fret that he’s p!ssing off Osama — because everyone knows we want to be bin Laden’s BFF. Total dishonesty as usual.
Oh, and the only “people” who referred to the President as the Messiah? Neocon lying wingnuts and hateful radio hosts.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 amgummble-bee-itch Says:
From CFP’s link. As usual, he left out quite a bit.
Of course CFP left it out. Because it didn’t fit in his attempt to skew the facts….
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:03 amIts because he is the typical totally dishonest wingnut. As if no one has figured that out yet.
buzzbomb – I wonder why we used the adjectives, “big, bad” at the same time?
Was it because CFP posted something that made it obvious how scared he is?
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:03 amsesli-chat Says:
Flagging your lame a$$, spammer
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:08 amWayne says:
I second the motion. Flagged
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 amConservativeForProgress Says:
Somehow, I just don’t feel the MSM Messiah factor is having much influence on our enemies.
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But oddly enough, it does seem to cause severe bladder-control issues on your part…
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:12 amYou don’t suppose our oxymoronic troll comes here to actually have his ego boosted, do you?
How sad a life would one have to lead in order for posting lame right-wing taking points and delusions on a progressive blog, drawing the scorn and ridicule of others, to count as a validation?
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:12 amgummble-bee-itch Says:
Oh, and the only “people” who referred to the President as the Messiah? Neocon lying wingnuts and hateful radio hosts.
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If C4p didn’t have his straw men, he wouldn’t have any imaginary friends to play w/ at all.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:13 am… and TRoHS slams a hanging curveball against the centerfield wall and cruises into third with a stand-up triple!
And the crowd goes wild!
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:13 amCFP says:
blah, blah, blah………………
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Suggestion: change your screen name to reflect what you are rather than an oxymoron.
Conservative
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Fascism
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June 3rd, 2009 at 10:13 amtoiletintexas is projecting
he supports torture out of cowardice because he is a pansy little scared frightened right wing pussy
why are right wingers such pussies?
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:17 amHey, CFP, what do you make of this?
So much for ineffective leadership.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:17 amJohnintexas Says:
13 . . . AmericasBack . . . what crimes, nitwit?
Here’s my question: When are we going to take some of you pussified, whiny, apologetic, self-loathing, America-hating liberals . . . and drop you off in Afghanistan or Pakistan?
Or we can drop off you whiny, bigoted, lying, Constitution-hating chickenhawks, so you can call them “ragheads” to their faces.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:19 amShe’s baaaaaack!
Joanintexas, again flinging her feces.
Yes, we are truly the lucky ones!
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:19 amJoe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham have an amendment to prevent detainee abuse pictures from ever seeing the light of day,
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:19 amjohn, us big strong liberals don’t think America is so weak that we have to torture to protect ourselves from brown men living in caves
why do you right wing pussies think she is?
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:20 amYa know guys… I think it’s tiem to use that little “Flag For Abuse” thingy on you-know-who. The odor is getting to be a bit much.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:21 ampoor little texastoilet
still a pussy
still scared
being owned by liberals
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:21 amWho is “we”? You aren’t running anything anymore except your mouth.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:22 amAH yes, but you do don’t you idiot. What the fck are you doing here? Suit up, grab your rifle, and go patrol the empire already.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:22 amjohnintexas apparently has decided there’s more of a future in being a parody troll than in being a normal, garden-variety troll.
Maybe this means Merde got fired and there’s an opening at Parody Troll Central.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:23 amahh, texastoilet is just another parody
not a good one
but he is just parodying the right wing cowardly point of view
slightly better than Nerdad, but still not good
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:24 amOf course your tired rants come right from the sorry-ass Hannity and Limbaugh playbooks: “Liberals are bad!! Bomb everything!!”
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:24 amJoanintexas, who is so frightened of brown people, would willingly “crush the testicles of little boys” (her quote, not mine) to make her feel safer.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:27 amNice.
I truly hope she can’t reproduce. EVER!
Jonnyboyintexas, So you signed up and you are going to defend our country from those terrorists. When do you ship out? Being the great American you are, I’m sure you signend up to be a grunt and sent right to the front. So, when do you leave? Bahahahahahaha!!!
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:28 amJohnintexas Says:
I’m sure they’ll also make good use of your skinny asses in other ways too . . . but you’d probably enjoy that! LOL
Not to take their side or anything, but… you’re accusing the Taliban of practicing sodomy? That just betrays a woeful ignorance of what they’re all about.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:31 amDoes every thread have to get hijacked by trolls?
PEACE
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 amConservativeForProgress Says:
Lady Ms Piss Pants.
If you use “the google” you can find every nuclear facility in the U.S. without the government’s help, FCUKWIT.
Most even have their own websites.
http://www.comanchepeak.com/
YOU STUPID SHIT D O U C H E R.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:35 amjohnnyboy, Still haven’t told us when your shipping out to go kill them terrorists.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:37 amour friend johnintexas pointing out yesterday that even if he were born of another race, he would still be racist.
So take that all you libs who think he’s only racist because he’s white!
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:38 amI guess you mean like Iraqies who had no intention of attacking us, that about it dummy?
Talk is cheap, Little john, when you have no brains in the game.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:41 ampost 63 crosses the line of civility……flag his ass and write tp until something is done about this pos.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:46 amjohnnyboy, when, were and who were you with? As for me, RA 169 75 774 2nd of the 27th 25th infantry, wolfhounds, 66-69. Your turn tough guy.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:47 amJoanintexas Spews:
Nevertheless, there is a strong and growing pro-fag problem in the Arab world.
That’s it.
Nothing more needs to be posted.
Joan is here for her pleasure only.
I truly, deeply feel sorry for her, and hope she seeks the help she so desperately needs.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:48 amJohnintexas Says:
59 gee, spencers mom . . . I would think you liberals would enjoy debate. But you don’t do you? You can’t stand being proved wrong again . . . and again . . . and again . . .
“Debate” doesn’t involve some nasty little bigot spewing filth and claiming it to be truth. You wouldn’t know a “debate” if it bit you on your pasty ass, bigot.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 amTP moderators, if you could give us a good reason why these hate-filled trolls are allowed to continue to post their racist, bigoted rants, I will stop flagging and e-mailing.
Until then, TP has become a site that is no longer pleasant to visit.
PEACE
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:51 amjohnnyboy, still waiting tough guy.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:52 amThe folks who run TP seem to have their heads firmly shove up someone’s a$$ regarding the lack of moderation of posts in flagrant violation of the Terms of Use.
In fact, the trolls are so aware, they’re on one of the hardest offensives ever here, thanks to the wide-open door policy in practice here.
Is TP too dense to realize their message is being muddied?
In other words “Mission Accomplished”?
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:55 amUntil then, TP has become a site that is no longer pleasant to visit.
I’d like to 2nd that, but I’m probably somewhere in the teens in line to complain.
You’re 100% correct too. TP sucks lately, and I mean BIG, FAT, HAIRY LIMP-BALLS.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:57 amjohnnyboy, just as I thought, another remf being a tough guy.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:59 amJohnintexas Says:
got mirror?
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:59 amDNFP, I agree. The last three or four days have not been much fun here. I have flagged merdad, johnnyboytexas and a few others over and over again. It seems like TP has just given up on this blog.
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:02 amA senior American military official “said the civilian death toll would probably have been reduced if American air crews and forces on the ground had followed strict rules devised to prevent civilian casualties.”
The shit just keeps rolling downhill.
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:07 amI’d just love to see a big steelhead swim up and jump out of the stream to bite Dick on his gonads.
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:15 amInfo I expected to see on TP:
Sen. Lieberman (I-CT) has submitted an amendment to the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009 (S. 2346) which would withhold any “photograph relating to the treatment of individuals engaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed Forces of the United States” if the Secretary of Defense certifies that the release of the photos could endanger citizens or the armed forces.
This incredibly broad statement could cover photos of all detainees captured in any future actions taken by the U.S. military. If passed, these government records which belong to the people would no longer be available under FOIA.
http://www.ombwatch.org/node/10028
Senate Adopts Lieberman-Graham Amendment Banning Release of Detainee Photos
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed an amendment last night introduced by U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) which establishes a procedure to block release of the detainee photos.
http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=69128d10-802a-23ad-47be-400c6eb4776f
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 amstateofthedivision Says:
Info I expected to see on TP:
You’re mistaking an inbred, “social” networking site for a political blog again???
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:22 amstateofthedivision Says
I think everyone agrees that these horrible photo’s do not need to be exposed to the public. they will still be available if prosecutions go forward and that will be the appropriate time to bring them out…..
Have you a point?
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:22 amFred, you and everyone best get busy. You have a few Holocaust museums to shutter.
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:32 amGood Morning youngsters….I see it’s starting off with the usual looser trolls spewing their hate speech…They are, as usual sounding like little cheneys, limpdicks or o’lilie’s…My question to them would be “Who’s you daddy”?…
Read another good email from Winter Patriot this morning…winterpatriot@gmail.com………….Watched Rachel’s great show last night, love her work….
Refuse to respond to these brain dead nut case trolls, just reporting them as spam..Out to hug trees, walk the Bear and plant some more veggies…..Blessings all
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:38 amThanks for reminding us again of all the things we already know…..your rewards are awaiting you in nirvana.
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:39 amHi Witch, all well with you and yours?
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:42 amBack at ya Fred, all’s well…Missed you while you were gone, good to read you here..How are thing’s for you.?…Stay posting, love to read you…Blessings
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:44 amWitch, in the words of eor, thanks for noticin. I’ve been busy with our young adult children and work but lurk when I have a minute.
All good here. My oldest son and his bride of 2 years are moving here to the midwest from LA to start their family. They just couldn’t see raising children in the city.
Mom and I are excited for the future.
peace.
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:49 amAll good new’s Fred, glad to read it…P. B. & J. to you and yours…
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:51 amWhy are the photos important? Because they show American guards perpetrated heinous acts on prisoners.
Recall the tool of using suspected terrorist relatives to get at the bad guys. Capture the wife or kid and abuse them, making sure word gets back to the bad guy.
This is a huge civil rights issue in terms of what Americans are instructed/encouraged to do as part of an intelligence/ terrorist capturing operation. You can shut your eyes or pretend like you know everything. That’s your right, but please ignore my posts in the future.
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:53 amSo cnservatives are concerned that Sotomayor has opined that state and local govt has the right to regulate gun ownership. The ignorance of such people boggles the mind. News flash for the constitutionally-challenged conservative: Federal, state and local govts have always had the right to regulate the use or ownership of arms. That known liberal activist, Antonin Scalia, acknowledged as much in the Heller case last year. Certainly, there is disagreement as to the EXTENT of regulation under the Constitution but there is NO disagreement as to whether the 2nd Amendment “right” can be restricted.
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:59 amMy eyes are not shut and you can’t tell me what to do. You post in a public forum with info we all have and want a pat on the back, get over it.
It would be different if these acts were still occurring, they are not. Grow up and get real.
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:00 pmTo quote Fred:
“Grow up and get real”
you can’t tell me what to do…
Impressive…
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:07 pmApparently, little is posted outside Cheney, Limbaugh, Gingrich, Steele. Not everyone has Fred’s “all knowingness” and count on TP for news.
http://thinkprogress.org/search/search.php?q=lieberman&x=0&y=0
It’s become a caricature, with crude self appointed enforcers, like Fred.
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:14 pmBut this is a different type of war we are fighting . . . a war where irregular forces attack our soldiers and melt into the countryside and population. In short . . . they’re not fighting by the rules and neither can we.
This, sir, is where I believe you are wrong. Wrong in your premise, and wrong in your approach. Just because a group claims it is “at war” with a country does not mean that the country has to accept the declaration and respond in kind. Lots of terrorist groups claim they are “at war” with the US. That doesn’t mean we have to send our military after them.
I think the right wing was wrong to think of the attacks of 9/11 as “acts of war”. They were crimes. Horrific crimes, yes, but crimes, not acts of war committed by a nation state. It was not necessary to send thousands of military people out after the perpetrators.
The vast majority of our successful efforts to stop the terrorists worldwide have come through the use of police work, not military force. I do not object to sending a small team of Navy SEALS (or some other “black ops” unit) in to an area to kill key terrorists, but I object strongly to sending in thousands of troops to fight an unwinnable war. (But I do not object so strongly that I would even consider the idea of killing a recruiter. Only a lunatic thinks that guns should be used to resolve differences of opinion.)
The problem this country faces is that the right wing (because they were in charge at the time) has successfully framed this as a “war” that has to be fought with our military forces, rather than correctly framing it as a “crime” that that has to be responded to with our police forces.
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:16 pmstate, I’m not the only one here who considers you to be a troll and you know that and seem to enjoy the attention…..verifying our suspicions.
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:29 pmFred, why is it so difficult to ignore my posts?
I post news, mostly under the ThinkFast thread, a news summary post.
If you are going to make accusations, you should substantiate them. Show me where I “want a pat on the back.”
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:37 pmState, explain to me exactly why you are pushing for exposing these photo’s. Isn’t a description and acknowledgment of thier existance enough for now?
What can possibly be gained from putting these evil photo’s on display?
TP did an entire thread on this very topic. Where were you?
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:41 pmWhat was gained from WWII trials over torture? What does the world get from a Holocaust museum?
The answers are legal justice, clarity of the law for the future and a reminder of man’s inhumanity to man, especially that ordered by the power of the state. Too many questions remain unanswered and the Obama team is less than forthcoming.
That leaves citizens doing their best to find the truth, using what rights we have. Lieberman-Graham diminishes that.
Israel started summary executions, the U.S. followed. Israel started capturing family members of suspected terrorists for leverage. Did the U.S. follow?
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:52 pmWhile TP did posts on the detainee photos, none were on Congressional intrusion into the topic.
http://thinkprogress.org/search/search.php?q=abuse+photos&x=0&y=0
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:49 pmAs someone that enjoys flyfishing, I find photos of Cheney standing in the stream with a fly rod in his hand offensive.
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:59 pmCats, I find it offensive to see him standing anywhere…Would much prefer seeing him sitting on a jail house bunk…..Blessings
June 3rd, 2009 at 2:18 pmMicrosoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer said the world’s largest software company would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts President Barack Obama’s plans to impose higher taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign profits.
“It makes U.S. jobs more expensive,” Ballmer said in an interview. “We’re better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the U.S. as opposed to keeping them inside the U.S.”
Microsoft joins private equity in threatening to export jobs if they have to pay more in taxes. How long before Congress caves?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3yutzL3xApI
June 3rd, 2009 at 3:25 pmI’m guessing ol hallichainy has to fish alone since he probably would HOOK anyone daring to fish the same river with him, eh?
LOL
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