Use Hamdan to Bring Torturers to Justice
The highly recommended diary on America's torture policy that crystallizes the vicious immorality and yes, evil, of this Administration got me thinking: using Hamdan, we can do something about it. It...
View ArticleHamdan fallout: Torturers scramble to cover their ass.
The SCOTUS Hamdan decision is starting to sink in throughout the Executive Branch, and it could have significant repercussions. Today, it was disclosed that the DoD announced the following in a July...
View ArticleBREAKING: Justice Kennedy WAS hospitalized.
As we all know, our Bill of Rights and other civil liberties hang by a thread in this country. And that thread is Justice Anthony Kennedy. So, I was surprised to see this report (on the flip) about...
View ArticleUPDATE: SCOTUS Kennedy Hospitalized
I wanted to be sure everyone knows the full story on Justice Kennedy and if you believe in the power of prayer or just in the good karma from warm healthy thoughts, please send some his way. The story...
View ArticleMy promise to Bob Iger
Bob, I want you to know something. I am a New Yorker who lived through 9/11. I experienced the death, the dust and the disaster that was that day and the weeks that followed. Thousands of our fellow...
View ArticleThe REAL path to and from 9/11
I am in full support of the efforts to rebut ABC, and I want to use my diary today to take the gloves off and help our community think about the REAL path to 9/11 and the path to hell Bush has...
View ArticleBush the Torturer
Yesterday, Bush went to Capitol Hill to lobby for torture. LOBBY FOR TORTURE. Those are not my words, they are the words of the Washington Post editorial board, a group that was in full support of the...
View ArticleKarl Rove really is Darth Vader
Didn't realize Karl was Darth until I read this story about his tortured upbringing.
View ArticleBroder Attacks; My response
As David Sirota notes, David Broder published a skillful propaganda piece today. Broder began by excoriating the Bush Administration for its advocacy of torture. As I read, I said to myself, David,...
View ArticleImagination time kids! What happens when Habeas goes bye-bye?
A few observations for your consideration: 1. All disputes thus far over the "detainee" legislation have been Kabuki, i.e. a well-orchestrated, supremely choreographed dance. I call this dance a...
View ArticleBush the Destroyer, Master of Time
Mike Kinsley wrote a great article Friday about how Bush has been able to re-define victory in Iraq to his advantage. Kinsley distills Bush's ability to master time through language. Like a magician,...
View ArticleThe Time is NOW.
I no longer have words for this situation. So I will let others far more eloquent than I speak. From an article by Ariel Dorfman in tomorrow's Wapo: Are we so morally sick, so deaf and dumb and blind,...
View ArticleDemand REPEAL: What were they thinking and why?
This is a simple diary. I want the Torture Bill repealed. I know we can't stop Bush from signing it. When he does, our campaign to restore America's decency and liberty begins. REPEAL. It's that...
View ArticleRepublicans: Party of Pedophilia and Torture
The Republicans have seen fit to destroy our liberty and desecrate our Constitution. They have sought to cover up and validate the Executive Branch's power grab, while at the same time covering up and...
View ArticleTop 10 Post-Nov. 7 White House Quotes
Now that even the Republicans are beginning their "blame Bush" campaign, I thought that it would be a good time to consolidate all the post-Nov. 7 Bush CYA satire in one place. Please join in. The top...
View ArticlePayback...Oppose the Occupation...see what happens!
John Murtha. Vet. War Hero. Supporter of a strong defense. Scion of the military contractor establishment for years.Suddenly goes off the reservation.Refuses to continue to support PermaWar and an...
View ArticleThe Torturer's Apprentice
Tomorrow, Alberto Gonzales, the Torturer's Apprentice, will appear before the Judiciary Committee.As Greenwald has noted, Gonzales stays true-to-form with this last-minute disclosure. As with the...
View ArticlePolicing Web Vid for Propaganda
Today I watched the testimony of the Attorney General of the United States before the Senate Judiciary Committee.Then, I went to read about how it was being portrayed in the media.Along the way, I...
View Article"Privilege" means something
A recent diary by neoperiapt has called into question what I would call a consensus here at DKos that Alberto Gonzales, the current Attorney General of the United States, made an outrageous attack on...
View ArticleVietnam Redux - Why?
This morning I was reading this article about another fatherless child Bush and Cheney have created. They are truly the destroyers of men and nations.Then, I read SteinL's excellent diary about Ret....
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