Required Reading for 11/14/05
Today's required reading:
1. White House declines to totally rule out torture: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usattackstorture
2. McCain: Torture Ban Needed for U.S. Image: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051113/ap_on_go_co/mccain_torture
It's a sad testament to the state of affairs in this country, and the quality of character of this administration, that we even have to have the above articles. A U.S. Administration advocating U.S. sponsored torture! These are not our values!
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Helloooooooo......do you remember the beheadings of US citizens on Middle Eastern TV?
Personally I suspect that if you thought about it instead of spoutiing the liberal party line you would prefer that the beheaders be treated way short of the monsters they are on foreign soil rather than attacking naive liberals here in America and perhaps even capturing and beheading someone like say....you.
Comment by Not living in a dream world like some people— 2005/11/14 @ 04:56 PM — (Reply)
"no spin zone"? are you serious? a light skimming of the uh to be charitable "material" on this particular blog reveals such liberal bias that even Carville and the Clintons would be dizzy after reading a sentence or two, assuming they can find any that are even remotely grammitically correct.
Comment by Uninfluenced by false advertising— 2005/11/14 @ 05:02 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Ran into Blogmeister by Accident— 2005/11/14 @ 05:10 PM — (Reply)
Reading the tyrannical rantings of this blog reminded me of
"Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty."
Ronald Reagan
Comment by The real deal— 2005/11/14 @ 05:14 PM — (Reply)
One of the problems the author of this blog who lives in a fantasy world faces:
"Facts are stubborn things."
Ronald Reagan
Comment by The Real Lack of Spin— 2005/11/14 @ 05:19 PM — (Reply)
One of the problems the author of this blog who lives in a fantasy world faces:
"Facts are stubborn things."
Ronald Reagan
Comment by The Real Lack of Spin— 2005/11/14 @ 05:20 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Reality check— 2005/11/14 @ 05:24 PM — (Reply)
I am proud of my liberal/left of center beliefs.
The neo-cons have tried to turn the word "liberal" into some dirty, four-letter word.
Secondly, I am a registered Independent, so I am not towing anyone's "party line."
I see you are the same person posting under different usernames. You are such a coward and not at all proud of YOUR beliefs, and that leads you to post anonymously.
Now, on to the issue at hand.
Our American values should say that we never use torture as a form of interrogation. Senator John McCain, a former POW, recognizes this, and has said in this week's issue of Newsweek that "abusive interrogation practices lead to bad intel."
Furthermore, if we are truly trying to win the hearts and minds of Iraqis, then I would submit to you that we DO NOT tell those very same Iraqis that we are smearing menstrual blood on them. We don't force them into some homoerotic pyramid while they are naked.
These should not be our values.
I want you to think about something:
This Administration has consistently changed the "rationale" for going into Iraq. But one of the "rationales" they gave was to help liberate the Iraqi people from a brutal dictator.
And I want you to ask yourself one question: How is it that we began to torture the very same people that we claimed to want to liberate? We tortured the people we said we were going to liberate.
Think about that, and read John McCain's op/ed:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10019179/site/newsweek/
Comment by Shalana— 2005/11/14 @ 07:20 PM — (Reply)
http://wayneb.bloghi.com/
One look is worth a thousand words hon
ps the word would be "toeing" not "towing"
Comment by The News YOU need to know— 2005/11/14 @ 07:53 PM — (Reply)
Shalana, did you write an article that is posted on Demopedia about the Republican convention?
Comment by elmers brother— 2005/11/14 @ 07:54 PM — (Reply)
To Elmers Brother---Yes, that article was written by yours truly!
Comment by Shalana— 2005/11/14 @ 08:06 PM — (Reply)
cool, it's now posted on my blog
Comment by elmers brother— 2005/11/14 @ 08:15 PM — (Reply)
Elmers Brother:
Since you asked about my article on the Republican Convention over at Demopedia, here are some links to some other articles and information I have contributed to there as well.
1. Rewarding Incompetence:
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Rewarding_incompetence
2. Dumbing Down of America:
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Dumbing_down_of_america
3. The Case Against Bush:
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Case_against_bush
4. Bushims:
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Bushisms
5. Chelsea Clinton:
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Chelsea_clinton
6. Rep. Peter King:
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Peter_King
7. Walden O'Dell:
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Walden_odell
8. Wag The Dog:
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Wag_the_dog
9. Bush Accountability:
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Bush_accountability
Enjoy!
Comment by Shalana— 2005/11/14 @ 08:22 PM — (Reply)
One liberal diatribe at a time please
Comment by elmers brother— 2005/11/14 @ 08:24 PM — (Reply)
How do you look yourself in the mirror and call yourself an independent when you write stuff like that?
Comment by elmers brother— 2005/11/14 @ 08:41 PM — (Reply)
I actually left the Democratic Party earlier this year.
I was very angry that only one U.S. Senator (Barbara Boxer) had the courage to do the right thing and sign on to the objection of the Ohio electors when the Congress met to certify the results of last year's election.
Comment by SMillard— 2005/11/14 @ 08:44 PM — (Reply)
lol: hyterically
Comment by elmers brother— 2005/11/15 @ 02:40 PM — (Reply)
Why wasn't she concerned about he results in New Hampshire, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin where the margin for Kerry was smaller than the margin for Bush in Ohio?
Answer: Kerry won those states.
Comment by elmers brother— 2005/11/18 @ 10:35 PM — (Reply)