Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Thursday, May 14, 2009

I Am Shocked, Shocked, To Learn That The CIA Is Lying

So now it seems that, according to Senator Bob Graham, the CIA is lying about who they briefed and when:
Bob Graham just appeared on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show. In addition to repeating earlier reports that he was never briefed on waterboarding, Graham revealed that the first time he asked the CIA when he was briefed on torture, it claimed it had briefed him on two dates when no briefing took place.
This whole "who got briefed when and was told what" kerfuffle is meaningless. It only matters if you assume, as do people like Juan Williams (on his segment this morning on NPR's Morning Edition), that the torture fracas is all about partisan politics.

It is not. It is about the rule of law and whether the Executive Branch has to obey the law. The Bush/Cheney apologists in the Hoover Party are taking the position that, when their guys are in power, that they have the power of a king/tyrant, that they are above the law, beyond the reach of the law and it is only when a Democrat is president that the president is encumbered by the law.

Those who are against the use of torture take the position that every president is subject to the rule of law.

Jesse Ventura has the right of it: Prosecute those guys.

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