Scott Roeder doesn’t look to me like a man who has been chosen to change the world for the better – nor did Timothy McVeigh, or Eric Rudolph, or all the others. After a time, it’s even hard to remember what their issue was. They actually seem to be cut from the same cloth – […]
Cheney ‘Fesses Up that Rapport, Not Torture, Got Intelligence By emptywheel June 2, 2009 Greg Sargent catches Cheney parsing carefully about whether the two CIA documents he’s trying to get released will prove that torture works. The key moment came when his interviewer said: “You want some documents declassified having to do with waterboarding.” Cheney […]
"There is no question we all relied on flawed intelligence. But, there is a fundamental difference between relying on incorrect intelligence and deliberately painting a picture to the American people that you know is not fully accurate." Senate Intelligence Committee [June 5, 2008] Cheney: No link between Saddam Hussein, 9/11 CNN June 1, 2009 Former […]
Is Abortion a Religious issue? It certainly seems to be, considering who supports the forces opposed to legalized abortion – almost 100% religious institutions. Likewise, the arguments are usually backed up by quotations from the Christian Scriptures. But the major thrust of the argument is secular – that Abortion is Murder – universally considered a […]
Reagan Did It New York Times By PAUL KRUGMAN May 31, 2009 “This bill is the most important legislation for financial institutions in the last 50 years. It provides a long-term solution for troubled thrift institutions. … All in all, I think we hit the jackpot.” So declared Ronald Reagan in 1982, as he signed […]
Comments 1 I know what’s coming… all the liberals and pro-choice people now have their "case" to back up their belief that all pro-life and/or conservative and/or Republican and/or Christian people have the same mindset of Roeder or that they are extremists or terrorists. They will stereotype them all based on this one man. There […]