The Bush Administration: McCain Was NOT Tortured (Per Andrew Sullivan)--UPDATE with DIGG

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Tuesday August 19, 2008 · 1:28 PM PDT

2008/08/19 · 13:28

Andrew Sullivan reminds us today of something that is missing in all this talk of crosses in the dirt.

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Saturday February 02, 2008 · 2:37 PM PST

2008/02/02 · 14:37

We all know there's been a lot of anger and divisiveness between the Obama and Clinton supporters lately--nationwide and particularly online. This is understandable and, in fact, normal I think. However, I've become increasingly disturbed by the rhetoric I've been reading and hearing lately from strident Democratic candidate supporters who insist that if their candidate loses, they will not vote for the Democratic nominee in the general election.

Even worse, some of my close progressive friends have even suggested recently that they would sooner vote for John McCain (the presumptive Republican candidate) if their candidate of choice loses the Democratic nomination. Seems that a sizeable hunk of Independents and even some Democrats out there have bought into the idea that John McCain is the bipartisan, courageous political maverick the MSM has suggested he is. I've even heard a few hysterical voices of late claim that McCain is truly a moderate who would be a reasonable, effective leader. They couldn't be more wrong.

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"Lost" White House Emails Are NOT Lost (a note from your friendly, neighborhood IT Guy--Updated)

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Wednesday April 11, 2007 · 7:13 PM PDT

2007/04/11 · 19:13

So, the White House is asserting they "lost" some email, huh? You've got to be kidding me. Is this a joke?

As an IT guy, I know all too well that most emails are nearly impossible to "lose," especially if one really wants to find them. In fact, if the emails in question really are gone for good it probably means that there was a tremendously expensive, concerted effort to destroy them (and, if so, it should be very easy to prove that they were intentionally destroyed).

Even so, I find it very difficult to believe that copies of these little devils aren't lurking on various electronic devices hither and thither throughout the country (if not the world). Unless a Department of Defense grade hard drive wipe was initiated on every single workstation or device that came in contact with the emails in question, they can be found. And that's not even mentioning the multiple email archives and backup files that doubtless exist.

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