Not a whole lot is floating my proverbial boat for "this day in history," so I just share this one. Boris Yeltsin died on this date in 2007. Here's a clip of him gettin' down!
Hey...at least it's not the bile - producing bouncing Boss Limbaugh! I am anti - torture, ya' know! ;D
And, because this segment last night was so incredibly powerful, it bears viewing over & over & over & over & over again.
Justice soon, PLEASE?! Let's Countdown.
#5 "Torture Policies" AKA "The Torture Timeline" AKA "Tortured Logic" AKA "Malice Aforethought" AKA "Choosing Torture" - All righty! People are starting to catch this TurdBlossom time line of thinking concerning the effectiveness of what was being done to detainees in Gitmo. The plot to blow up that building in L.A. that is being touted as the success story of the TORTURE (yea, I don’t mind saying the "t" word) going on was unearthed months BEFORE we began waterboarding anyone. An FBI special agent admitted that KSM & Jose Padilla were given up BEFORE the waterboarding began. Oh well, I’m sure we have many more performances from DICK, his lovely daughter, Liz, TurdBlossom, et al to which to look forward because these people don’t let silly things like the facts interfere with their worldview. In July 2003, nearly everyone in the GWB inner circle except GWB met to confirm to themselves that everything doing on down in Gitmo was both hunky & dory. Huh...GWB didn’t know. Well hell, I guess we can add that little tidbit to the ever – growing list of what GWB didn’t & doesn’t know! AG Holder is not going to piece – meal release the memos – kind of like what DICK wants so he can hock his book. However, and ain’t there always a "however," Robert Gibbs has indicated that President Obama is anti – independent or special counsel to investigate this ilk. Yea, let’s not get too excited about this – YET. Remember good ‘ol Rahm shooting off his pie – hole last weekend? Once again, talk is cheap. My eyes don’t lie, and when I begin to see live coverage of perp walks from my "favorites" from GWB’s ilk, you will hear my celebrations from sea to shining sea. SOD Robert Gates doesn’t have a problem with the memo release. Uh - oh, FAUX News et al ain’t gonna like that! Here’s Matthew Alexander again. Interrogators didn’t have access to an FBI person who knew KSM backwards & forwards? NICE! GWB & his peeps got the idea for what to do with the Gitmo detainees from a Pentagon program to get our guys ready to be tortured should they be captured. The SERE Program trains our personnel to evade capture & how to survive if they are captured. William Haynes knew all about SERE because he was Donald Rumsfeld’s chief lawyer. There’s my Richard Wolffe. Honey, you are a sight for sore eyes; well, you always are but especially today. I remember Richard asking GWB that question about what torture was! I think my Richard is PI$$ED.
#4 "‘Torture Techniques’" AKA "Tortured Bipartisanship" AKA "Drowning Party" - John "Small Price to Pay" Boehner used the "t" word today, and it wasn’t about embracing tea baggers! HELLO?! How ‘bout that explanation from "Small Price to Pay’s" lap dog?!
It is clear from the context that Boehner was simply using liberals’ verbiage to describe these interrogation techniques. The United States does not torture.
He must’ve got a tongue – lashing from Boss Limbaugh! And, of course, he’s trying to point to the Dems, too, and say, "They knew, too!" Details...details...details... anyone (including him & Speaker Pelosi) who was given this type of information in confidential meetings could not breathe a word TO ANYONE. Although, I gotta be honest & say that I’m not inclined to believe ANYTHING EITHER ONE OF THEM SAY! EVERYONE on Capitol Hill – no matter their party affiliation – has been, is, & always shall be in full – blown CYA mode. Take whatever anyone says with a part of a grain of salt.
** A couple of PA guys broke a texting record. Did y’all see the bill?! There are way cool balloons near Moscow! Mommy, get me one! **
#3 "There is No Debate" AKA "Waterboarding is Torture" - For years & years & years, it’s been pretty damn well – established VIA FEDERAL & INTERNATION LAW that waterboarding is torture – except if you’re Glenn Beck. When Michael Mukasey refused to call waterboarding torture during his confirmation hearings, some JAGs wrote the Judiciary Committee with their displeasure. Thank you again, Senators Feinstein & Schumer! Hm...let’s see...who ya’ gonna take seriously in defining torture – JAGs or Boss Limbaugh?! Hey Boss Limbaugh, the next time you start hitting yourself, let me know, and I’ll help! Our country has prosecuted OUR OWN SOLDIERS for waterboarding. Hey gang, guess what?! I just found a new picture of Peggy Noonan taken just after her appearance on This Week!
In Texas in 1983, a sheriff & some deputies waterboarded some prisoners & were convicted for doing so. Guess who didn’t pardon them? Oh, just a certain governor of Texas who really isn’t a Texan.
WPITW – An IL Congress critter, the same guy who said that global warming was around during the dinosaurs & that God only would determine when Earth would end, said President Obama’s energy plan is a bigger threat to us than terrorism. BillO’s "producer" bought some shares of GE stock so he could ask questions about Keith’s interview with Janeane Garafalo about the tea baggers. Huh?! Damn, dude! BillO doesn’t know his history – AGAIN. Nixon didn’t meet with Mao after all!
#1 "Hannity Inanity" AKA "The Hannity Challenge" AKA "Trivializing Torture" - The Mannity has volunteered to be waterboarded for a charity for soldiers’ families! #1, where can I volunteer to pour the water? #2, if I can’t pour the water, where do I send my donation for the Mannity to get doused? Lawrence O’Donnell smacks down the Mannity again! Yea, the ‘ol Mannity has really stepped in it no matter what happens! If he follows through, he gets waterboarded; if he doesn’t, he disses military families! Keith has offered $1000 to charity for every second the Mannity lasts waterboarding. Let us know if you need back up, Keith! I know you can afford it, but I’d LOVE to do my part! LET’S DO IT!!