President Obushama's non answer to Helen Thomas provides the answer, through body language. As for torture, the USA has supported dictators who torture for decades and that the USA public now embraces the use of the same tortures on its own citizen is just the normal course of events. Torture has been used by police departments, jailers and the incarcerated against others incarcerated since America has existed. First when Cheney/Bush bragged about torturing foreigners was just the beginning to allow our government to continue and expand government torturing of domestics citizens. Even the ingrate cretin Attorney General Asscroft knew it is illegal although his conduct facilitated domestic torturing by the government. His singing was torture and probably used to torture prisoners by sound.

The Pentagon basis its request for its budget on the basis that it should be 4% of GDP. That's it, no analysis, no justification and their request should not be questioned. This 4% solution is from the Reagan era when the Soviet Union was the evil empire. The USSR was a phantom threat, I know, I went there in 1984 so I know first hand. The abacus was their cash register. There electronics department had the best vacuum tubes available in the world. The Russian who invented the automatic choke hadn't been born yet. The side street in Moscow were unpaved. The water in then Leningrad was not potable[drinkable].The only fruit available was some Georgian apples for sale at a very small, probably illegal, fruit stand at the end of a subway line.The manager of Grumps department store in Moscow was just executed for economic crimes. The was the store that used the abacus, and sold the vacuum tubes. Another Soviet manager of a fishery was just executed for putting cavier in can of what was supposed to be canned fish, a staple of the Soviet diet and comparable to our cat food. Ron Reagan Jr. took the same tour I did in early 1985 and I don't know if it was coincidental or not, but then President Reagoon quit using the evil empire characterization soon after.It cost me $350, all inclusive with airfare, to realize that the American taxpayers are being duped by the military security state. Remember, the CIA all the so called intelligence agencies was shocked that the USSR collapsed in 1989. $1,000,000,000,000's trillions of spent against a phantom threat. This is why I don't pay taxes, legally.

True to form the anti choice crowd has invoked unhealthy shame by invoking the term "our shame". I have enough shame of my own I will not accept taking on the shame of others. This is also co-dependence which is mental illness which counts on the use of unhealthy shame by institutionalizing it in subject churches. This Bush gang was institutionalized unhealthy shame and co-dependence in government as well. Businesses use unhealthy shame in its advertising by trying to shame those in the market place for not having the latest product that your neighbors obviously have. Institutionalized unhealthy shame is what the fig leaf in the garden of Eden is meant to represent. One moment all are naked without shame, the next moment they were shamed where non existed before. This is unhealthy shame, taking on the shame of others and creating shame when none existed.

United States aid to Israel amounts to $500 per year for each Israeli, every year. Israeli town all have public tennis court with clinics conducted by pros. My small town has no public tennis courts. Last year Americans got a $300 "stimulus" check, a one time payment which had to be financed with borrowed money, the Federal deficit, which means those who received the "stimulus"checks with be paying it back with interest. It's so obvious that Israel corrupts our politicians and businesses, not that they mind the benefits of corruption. Until the American people start paying attention to how their tax monies are squandered away, like paying for Israel's wars, and don't complain it will continue ultimately resulting in the downfall of what used to be the republic of the USA. Also, I have an economical car but those with gas hogs get a indirect government subsidy when gas prices are high because I have to pay the hyigh price for gas.

The old proverb that whenever one finger is accusing someone else of wrong doing their are 4 fingers pointing back at the accuser and as usual the lunatic right wing Repubicans are pointing an accusing finger. It is more likely that the fix was in for Coleman and it wasn't a big enough fix to Coleman's shock and awe shit, it wasn't enough. This is based on recent history which proves that Repubican don't spent to win elections but spend to steal them by not counting or allowing Democratic votes to be counted. I observed that Coleman was in shock when he didn't win outright and that ever visible Repubican Party smirk of disdain was Coleman's demeanor. He obviously didn't want "no stinkin'" recount, to use a phrase from the movie "The Treasure of Sierra Madre".

As with all pretend christian churchianity religionists Warren accuses his detractors of doing what he does so that he can avoid responsibility for his false doctrines which are the doctrines of the anti christ. Warren abuses and insults his congregation of fools and then begs for money from the fools which include many mentally ill and the fools give him money.As to why Obama would choose Warren, an agent of the anti christ, such a prominent platform is bad judgment by Obama. Warren, didn't vote for him in all likelihood. I didn't vote for Obama for the very reason he is suspect about his sincerity as a liberal. I voted for Barr who at least opposed the Patriot and Military Commission acts