telling Obama he is wrong. That he can't use the old "just following orders" defense. And he gave a very good historical overview, showing how unresolved problems like these fester and then resurface. Worth a look; about 15-20 minutes into the program.

or was that The Judean People's Front?

Splitters!

Did you know my fwend, Biggus Dickus?

He had a wife, yew knowww. . .

wait for it

Incontinentia.

Incontinentia Buttocks.

Time's Joe Klein purports to list all the dangers for Obama in alienating the CIA as he has: morale will drop; they'll all retire at the time he needs them most for Afghanistan and Pakistan; Obama is sparking a "potential rebellion in the clandestine service."

How is this instead? --

CIA workers will all breath a sigh of relief that they won't have to follow others in a culture of torture and they will find a renewed pride in their job once they know they can go back to upholding the professed values of the nation they swore to protect.

And btw, does Klein think anyone with a job will just leave in this economy?

Indeed. And I made a mistake in saying "going back to," because if you look closely that the history of the CIA, you're opening a whole can of worms, for example, in South and Central America.

Btw, the book that first opened my eyes to the world of politics was Schlesingerand Kinzer's Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala.

I read it as a textbook in a history course, and it works as a good primer on how the U.S. asserts its privilege in other countries. In very ugly ways.

There is a context here, and that is, that powerful people get consideration that the rest of us do not. And that is profoundly anti-democratic. This whole horrific mess has to do with who is above the law and who isn't. What kind or color of people can be tortured without consequences for the torturer. Who gets to just brush off their obligations under the law and who doesn't.

I was handed a flyer about Chuck Norris while walking by the local Tea Party. I think the cells are really getting ready to go.

Flyer at sig.

Yes, Yes, a thousand times Yes!

The little-known ancient statue of that name is linked at my sig.

Nah, I don't want to bug.

:)

and the need for independence in journalism couldn't be more critical.

Visual Ode at sig.

bystander--thanks! Also, from a few blogs ago: my girl is curled up on the couch right now. Nothing expresses pure comfort better than a dog in her favorite cushy, blankety spot. She likes to do a bit of digging to get the lumps in the proper place first.

C-hag: my favorite separated at birth was Barbra Streisand and The Beast from the TV show, Beauty and the Beast.

the fucking corporate kleptocracy. And that is the one reason I want him back. Even if he didn't go far enough, he did something about it.

is kinda like the clerk in the Dead Parrot sketch.

A pictorial rendering of the Gregory MO at sig.

Think Progress has a petition/letter campaign to impeach Bybee. Link at sig.

Thanks, Jim White! I will work on that...

referenced that photo floating around the web of the guy who couldn't spell "moron"! Hilarious.

This is just too damn funny. I am overcome with glee at Glenn's take on crazy Jane.

that being true to myself and my country made me lose the pageant, even though my country only has opposite marriage people in it. I think the homosexes are causing discriminations against me. That was my crown, bitch."

Jon Stewart looked at media responses to the torture memos being released, and had a perfect response to Peggy Noonan's unbelievable take on the whole thing--"walk on by...some things in life are meant to be mysterious." Somebody slap that piece of shit, by the way. Link to video clip at sig.

but since you seem to be making that assumption, you are wrong.

Here is just one of many articles that make the connection between lower income and weight:

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/28/womens_weight_found_to_affect_job_income/

Not that you need any reason, I suppose, to hate fat people.

He also has a few choice words for that craphound, Noonan.

Link at sig.

Thanks! I use the direct link. I chose your direct link, and you can see it at my sig.

And that is why, stevedew and DCLaw, my jaw dropped the other night when he and Olbermann were discussing the memos and he said, "I encourage all viewers to go to the ACLU web site to read about this...."

Thought I was in the alternative universe. With a goatee.

Image at sig for Trekkies.

She made an excellent point in demanding of that fucking blowhard, Dick Cheney, where the hell he was when the low-level soldiers were on trial for torturing. If, as he claims, it was the right thing to do, why didn't he and Rumsfeld and all those assholes come forward at the trials and say, this is classified, so we can't discuss details, but we gave the orders for these kinds of interrogations, and for good reason, etc., etc., and these soldiers therefore should not be tried.

However illegal the premise was, at least it would square with what Dick is saying now.

Speaking of Dick, I am sick to death of hearing his bullshit being spewed all over the place. With credit to the great mockumentarian from Down Under, Chris Lilley, the picture at my sig is what I think of Dick's remarks.

Maybe she would pull a Harman on us.

Picture at sig.

Arne, the thumbs up is just horrific. I can think of lots of people who should be subject to what they demand be done to others.

And now, David Gregory redux, at sig.