The Senate Intelligence Committee released its much-anticipated report on the Bush administration's CIA torture program today, and it's a pretty big deal. If we're to believe Fox News, it might be as inflammatory as that "Innocence of Muslims" video that sparked riots all over the Muslim world, except not in Benghazi.
Meanwhile, an editorial in today's NYT urges us to pardon all these monsters, so we can get this "out in the open".
Police can torture and kill with impunity to maintain order. Government workers can torture and kill with immunity to "get it out in the open".
<i>The program, he added, was &ldquo;the right thing to do, and if I had to do it over again, I would do it.&rdquo;</i>
Remember when the Vice President&#039;s job was to bang a gavel in the Senate, attend ribbon cutting ceremonies, and otherwise just be around in case the President died?
But the majority of us did endorse it. For the record, neither did I (nor did millions of us), but we were outnumbered by those who did. In fact, we still are- 60% would OK torture now and that&#039;s before another 9/11 event that would push millions over the edge and make them renounce their humanity in a rush of blind fear and anger. We collectively are not nearly as &quot;exceptional&quot; as we like to believe we are...
Is there precedent? Apparently Dubya shoved firecrackers into frogs (perhaps up frog-butts?) in bouts of youthful indiscretion*.
<blockquote>&quot;We were terrible to animals,&quot; recalled Mr. Throckmorton, laughing. A dip behind the Bush home turned into a small lake after a good rain, and thousands of frogs would come out.
I may never eat hummus again.
Meanwhile, an editorial in today&#039;s NYT urges us to pardon all these monsters, so we can get this &quot;out in the open&quot;.
Police can torture and kill with impunity to maintain order. Government workers can torture and kill with immunity to &quot;get it out in the open&quot;.
&quot;If the White House does it, it&#039;s not illegal.&quot;
Where have we heard that before?
&quot;The program was authorized&quot; is the new &quot;I was just following orders.&quot;
Oh, and Dick -- do you recall what happened to the people behind the orders?
I&#039;ll just leave <a href="https:\/\/uk.answers.yahoo.com\/question\/index\?qid=20071101160955AA94EWa" target="_blank">this</a> here.
This is supposed to be a &#039;appy occasion!
Did they puree the nuts as well, or were they left intact? We are discussing torture here.
Torture stories make me want to watch kittens play, but they make Dick hungry. We will probably never be friends.
If only the Cheney administration had worked so hard at preventing the attack that started all of this.
<i>The program, he added, was &ldquo;the right thing to do, and if I had to do it over again, I would do it.&rdquo;</i>
Remember when the Vice President&#039;s job was to bang a gavel in the Senate, attend ribbon cutting ceremonies, and otherwise just be around in case the President died?
Reached for comment, former President George W. Bush responded, &quot; .... &quot;
Sure, we forced hummus up prisoner butt, but Librals force gay marriage down our throats!
BOTH SIDES DO IT
<blockquote>Majid Khan&#039;s &quot;lunch tray&quot; ... was &quot;pureed&quot; and rectally infused.</blockquote>
Now we probably know why Donald Rumsfeld preferred a standing desk. <i>&quot;Oh, the things I&#039;ve seen!&quot;</i>
But the majority of us did endorse it. For the record, neither did I (nor did millions of us), but we were outnumbered by those who did. In fact, we still are- 60% would OK torture now and that&#039;s before another 9/11 event that would push millions over the edge and make them renounce their humanity in a rush of blind fear and anger. We collectively are not nearly as &quot;exceptional&quot; as we like to believe we are...
Is there precedent? Apparently Dubya shoved firecrackers into frogs (perhaps up frog-butts?) in bouts of youthful indiscretion*.
<blockquote>&quot;We were terrible to animals,&quot; recalled Mr. Throckmorton, laughing. A dip behind the Bush home turned into a small lake after a good rain, and thousands of frogs would come out.
&quot;Everybody would get BB guns and shoot them,&quot; Mr. Throckmorton said. &quot;Or we&#039;d put firecrackers in the frogs and throw them and blow them up.&quot; <a href="http://partners.nytimes.com..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp...">http://partners.nytimes.com... </blockquote>
* Also &quot;youthful indiscretion&quot; was used to explain his being a fucking drunk until his forties.
<i>The program, he added, was &ldquo;the right thing to do, and if I had to do it over again, I would do it.&rdquo;</i>
Bush/Cheney foreign policy may have been a disaster, but on the other hand they also tanked our economy, so it all evens out.