Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Yet Again, LOVE THOSE COMMENTS!

"Right, and you know what's troubling? Not a whole hell of a lot of outrage from my side. Depressing. Country before party."

"No doubt that talking about torture gives fuel to the extremists... after all, torture is wrong...
Obama and co should air it all and stop it unconditionally....... get it all out there and stop doing it... We are hypocrites unless we stop doing this.... I don't want anyone tortured in my name. It doesn't work and that has been adequately documented over the last couple of years. It cost us millions and lives to chase down bad intelligence coming from tortured and often innocent people. Many of the CIA rendition victims were fingered by tortured people and were innocent...
Get it all out, hold everyone accountable and , damnit, stop doing it."

"Well, guess Keith O will have a new President to rip into. I won't hold my breath."

"We have the absolute right to know what our government is doing. Informed citizens are the foundation of democracy and transparency is a fundamental ingredient. Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, Transparency, and Transparency"

(I suspect, and I may be wrong, he hints that he wants transparency.)

"Guess this means that more names need to be added to the list of U.S. war criminals. If President Obama refuses to issue these memos or go after the Bush administration, does that mean we should call for his impeachment too, as so many here called for President Bush's head? Or is he simply being practical, now having access to information he did not have before?"

"It (sic) thought we were through with the dark, secretive days of Bush. So much for change."

"Torture is a war crime under international law and the Geneva Conventions. If Obama doesn't fully release information regarding these crimes under the Freedom of Information Act, then he's decided to shield and hold above the law members of the Bush administration who ordered the use of torture as well as those who carried out those orders. If pirates who take captives at sea are not above the law, if Blago must face justice for 'pay-to-play' politics, if Iraq must be destroyed on trumped up evidence as an 'immient threat' to US national security, how is it that the Bush administration can be held above the law for the illegal use of torture? America is not exceptional, not above the rule of law; neither are former presidents and their administrations simply because they once sat in the Oval Office or worked for the Executive Branch. If Obama is banking on his poll numbers to help sweep this under the rug, he'll be disappointed. This a unique test of US leadership because it calls upon the President to demand accountability for actions in violation of international law from this nation's fromer President. And it is not only Obama supporters who strongly dissent with him on this issue who'll be watching -- the whole world will be watching."

"I agree. This is NOT like the war. If he continues in this, it's HIS crime. He can't unwind this over time. Still, I wish we could seat Franken first."

"Obama, of course, leaks his position on a day when the rightwing is making fools of themselves and the leftwing is laughing and the media is taking full advantage of the furor, making it an entertainment event of distraction. Obama is just another politician, a tool of the corporate masters of the universe and doing what is expedient for himself and them, and unless we flood the media with demands that they cover this story and not the nonsensical faux Fox TV/Gingrich/Armey staged circus, Bush and cohorts will retire freely with their $billion$ and torture of anybody will be the accepted standard of doing business in a 'free and democratic world.'"

"All hail the new world order, north american union and the amero."