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Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms

The Senate's actions today in permanently protecting Bush officials from clear lawbreaking illustrate how far we've tumbled from the Church Committee of the post-Watergate era.

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  • Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:33 PM

    Yeah, 500 comments, but ...

    ... it doesn't take too long to read them if you just skip over those from our resident trolls (who are so bad that I almost -- almost -- miss Bart) and their responses.

    Since the usual admonition of "just ignore them" obviously doesn't work, here's my new suggestion:

    Just let Arne handle the trolls!

    His responses are the only ones worth reading, IMHO. He simultaneously reveals the stupidity of their arguments while ridiculing entertainingly. He obviously has a lot of practice at this ;)

    A distorted reality
    Is now a necessity
    To be free.

    It's so disappointing.
    At first I put it all down to luck.
    God knows why
    My country don't give a fuck.

    Fuck.

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