tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post2384495919964925101..comments2024-03-04T11:41:37.259-05:00Comments on lovable liberal: Alexander Haiglovable liberalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-68709756591210833922010-03-02T00:31:23.462-05:002010-03-02T00:31:23.462-05:00Disappointing, sure. Actively bad, not at all.
O...Disappointing, sure. Actively bad, not at all.<br /><br />Of course, you'd prefer a third Bushist term, so you're concern trolling.lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-60452735063941828992010-03-01T23:45:54.071-05:002010-03-01T23:45:54.071-05:00>Lots of new law gets proposed
and disposed.
...>Lots of new law gets proposed<br /><br />and disposed.<br /><br />The transformational president is looking like the third term of Bush. But worse.globeisatrocioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920803265187006386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-63584565426347550612010-02-28T22:26:34.446-05:002010-02-28T22:26:34.446-05:00Lots of new law gets proposed after prosecutors fa...Lots of new law gets proposed after prosecutors fail to bring to account violators of old law. The Republican Party favors torture, claims we didn't torture, and nonetheless backed off the practice of torture. It's typically incoherent, the rantings of people who believe that they can do no wrong - even if they have to change the plain meaning of a word mid-paragraph. It's really a god complex.lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-66020913580969119502010-02-28T21:56:46.928-05:002010-02-28T21:56:46.928-05:00The Dem bill would outlaw waterboarding and
- “Ex...The Dem bill would outlaw waterboarding and<br /><br />- “Exploiting the phobias of the individual” (caterpillars)<br /><br />- Stress positions and the threatened use of force to maintain stress positions<br /><br />- “Depriving the individual of necessary food, water, sleep, or medical care”<br /><br />- Forced nudity<br /><br />- Using military working dogs (i.e., any use of them — not having them attack or menace the individual; just the mere presence of the dog if it might unnerve the detainee and, of course, “exploit his phobias”)<br /><br />- Coercing the individual to blaspheme or violate his religious beliefs<br /><br />- Exposure to “excessive” cold, heat or “cramped confinement” (excessive and cramped are not defined)<br /><br />- “Prolonged isolation”<br /><br />- “Placing hoods or sacks over the head of the individual”<br /><br />if these things will be illegal, are they not legal now? Good to know that KSM will get a good night's sleepglobeisatrocioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920803265187006386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-30238363038553573532010-02-28T14:05:52.888-05:002010-02-28T14:05:52.888-05:00No, I didn't do what you demanded I do. Why w...No, I didn't do what you demanded I do. Why would I? Torture is illegal. Waterboarding is torture.<br /><br />Any attempt to pretend the contrary is self-service colonoscopy.lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-12735346140403311632010-02-28T13:53:12.174-05:002010-02-28T13:53:12.174-05:00It's not illegal - you did not google it and r...It's not illegal - you did not google it and read it.<br /><br />Here's another hope and change special, one year on (and late on a Sat. night): President Obama Signs One-Year Extension of Patriot Act<br /><br />http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/13183<br /><br />Maybe we can turn this thread into the blog you won't doglobeisatrocioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920803265187006386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-23057548250698973802010-02-26T10:23:55.300-05:002010-02-26T10:23:55.300-05:00Waterboarding was illegal all along, and it still ...Waterboarding was illegal all along, and it still is. Even the Bushists backed off of it, despite the tissue of lies concocted by the OPR to cover their asses.lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-46541461095074052162010-02-26T09:37:40.746-05:002010-02-26T09:37:40.746-05:00The Dems still have not outlawed waterboarding. I...The Dems still have not outlawed waterboarding. It is still perfectly legal, today. Perjury not so much. <br /><br />Google: "While You Are Distracted by the Summit, Obama Democrats Are Targeting the CIA"globeisatrocioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920803265187006386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-19831633188081262792010-02-23T14:43:44.902-05:002010-02-23T14:43:44.902-05:00Accidentally rejected globeisatrocious's lates...Accidentally rejected globeisatrocious's latest comment...<br /><br />Here it is in all its, uh, glory:<br /><i>>Not sure what any of this has to do with Al Haig.<br /><br />I am as mystified by what Clinton's workplace sexual harassment trial has to do with another Obama disappointment.</i><br /><br />He has accused me of "revelatism". Well, someone's revelling.<br /><br />Offenses <i>should</i> be punished relatively, though I'm well aware from previous conversations at Philosoraptor that gia is obtuse on this point. Jaywalking doesn't merit prison. You'd think that simple example would be enough to get light to dawn on Marblehead, but no...lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-62536058019916005372010-02-22T16:30:09.361-05:002010-02-22T16:30:09.361-05:00Not sure what any of this has to do with Al Haig.
...Not sure what any of this has to do with Al Haig.<br /><br />John Yoo and Jay Bybee - and this decision - have <i>eliminated</i> professional responsibility in the Justice Department, which is now responsible only to give the President whatever loose tissue of legalistic bullshit he asks for. Government of laws? Ha.<br /><br />And they did it as war criminals. At least, if they had written such briefs for any of our enemies, we would have prosecuted them as war criminals. Were we wrong before?<br /><br />An inconsequential lie vs. covering for torture? Yeah, there's the craaazy love of hypocrisy at the heart of Republicans.lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-88878977727158331162010-02-22T14:37:56.851-05:002010-02-22T14:37:56.851-05:00Clinton lied under oath. Oh, and he paid a fine, ...Clinton lied under oath. Oh, and he paid a fine, too. What a great reference point for relevatism, the essence of the Clinton legacy. And on Washington's birthday, what a contrast.globeisatrocioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920803265187006386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-31733983788983513762010-02-21T12:09:48.548-05:002010-02-21T12:09:48.548-05:00It's appalling the Bill Clinton surrendered hi...It's appalling the Bill Clinton surrendered his license to practice law while these criminals face zero sanctions. The Washington establishment protects its own.<br /><br />(For those who'd like to read for themselves, the WaPo story is <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/19/AR2010021904157.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and the key OPR document is <a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/OPRFinalReport090729.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a> (long PDF).)lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167210975362071658.post-37205837209311969812010-02-21T10:51:28.564-05:002010-02-21T10:51:28.564-05:00Authors of waterboarding memos won't be discip...Authors of waterboarding memos won't be disciplined<br /> <br />By Carrie Johnson and Julie Tate<br />Washington Post Staff Writer<br />Saturday, February 20, 2010<br /><br />Bush administration lawyers who wrote memos that paved the way for waterboarding of terrorism suspects and other harsh interrogation tactics "exercised poor judgment" but will not face discipline for their actions, according to long-awaited Justice Department documents released Friday.globeisatrocioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920803265187006386noreply@blogger.com