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I can't believe I'm saying this....
Aug. 4th, 2009 02:25 pmBut I agree with John Bolton.
http://tinyurl.com/ks9857
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Obama administration is rewarding North Korea for its bad behavior by sending ex-president Bill Clinton to Pyongyang to win the release of two US journalists, the former US ambassador to the UN said Tuesday.
John Bolton, an outspoken hardliner in the previous administration of George W. Bush, told AFP that Clinton's mission to Pyongyang undermines a number of public stands held by his own wife, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"It comes perilously close to negotiating with terrorists," Bolton told AFP when asked about Bill Clinton's trip to secure the release of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee.
The pair were sentenced in June to 12 years in a labor camp for an illegal border crossing and an unspecified "grave crime," after they were detained by North Korean border guards on March 17 while working on a story.
"I think this is a very bad signal because it does exactly what we always try and avoid doing with terrorists, or with rogue states in general, and that's encouraging their bad behavior," Bolton said.
In a US television interview here on July 26, Secretary Clinton warned North Korea that even its traditional allies had turned against it and that the communist state's rogue behavior will no longer "be rewarded."
Bolton also scoffed the White House's contention that Bill Clinton's visit is "solely a private mission" when he said "this is a former president who is married to the secretary of state. There's nothing private about this."
The visit also undermines Secretary Clinton's public remarks in which she separates the case of the two journalist from efforts to force North Korea to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks, he said.
"Hillary has said she wanted to delink the two but (Bill) Clinton was met at the airport by Kim Kye-Gwan who is the lead and has been for 15 years or more the lead North Korean nuclear negotiator," he added.
He added it "is hard to imagine" that Clinton did not talk about the nuclear issue when he had dinner with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, given the nuclear negotiations that Clinton pursued when he was president in the 1990s.
"If you wanted to divorce the kidnapping, abduction issue of the two reporters from the nuclear issue, you couldn't have picked a less likely envoy than president Clinton," Bolton said.
"I think this is a win-win for North Korea," according to Bolton, who believes all negotiations are useless in trying to force North Korea to abandon its weapons-grade nuclear program.
I bolded the parts that get me the most about all of this. As a woman, I'm offended because it reinforces the public belief that you shouldn't send in a woman to do a man's job. It's why Hillary couldn't get past the primary election last year. If they keep pulling shit like this - with her own husband no less - than how are women going to truly be taken seriously in American politics?
I really hope Hillary was 100% behind this because if not, then it makes me angry and sad.
http://tinyurl.com/ks9857
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Obama administration is rewarding North Korea for its bad behavior by sending ex-president Bill Clinton to Pyongyang to win the release of two US journalists, the former US ambassador to the UN said Tuesday.
John Bolton, an outspoken hardliner in the previous administration of George W. Bush, told AFP that Clinton's mission to Pyongyang undermines a number of public stands held by his own wife, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"It comes perilously close to negotiating with terrorists," Bolton told AFP when asked about Bill Clinton's trip to secure the release of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee.
The pair were sentenced in June to 12 years in a labor camp for an illegal border crossing and an unspecified "grave crime," after they were detained by North Korean border guards on March 17 while working on a story.
"I think this is a very bad signal because it does exactly what we always try and avoid doing with terrorists, or with rogue states in general, and that's encouraging their bad behavior," Bolton said.
In a US television interview here on July 26, Secretary Clinton warned North Korea that even its traditional allies had turned against it and that the communist state's rogue behavior will no longer "be rewarded."
Bolton also scoffed the White House's contention that Bill Clinton's visit is "solely a private mission" when he said "this is a former president who is married to the secretary of state. There's nothing private about this."
The visit also undermines Secretary Clinton's public remarks in which she separates the case of the two journalist from efforts to force North Korea to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks, he said.
"Hillary has said she wanted to delink the two but (Bill) Clinton was met at the airport by Kim Kye-Gwan who is the lead and has been for 15 years or more the lead North Korean nuclear negotiator," he added.
He added it "is hard to imagine" that Clinton did not talk about the nuclear issue when he had dinner with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, given the nuclear negotiations that Clinton pursued when he was president in the 1990s.
"If you wanted to divorce the kidnapping, abduction issue of the two reporters from the nuclear issue, you couldn't have picked a less likely envoy than president Clinton," Bolton said.
"I think this is a win-win for North Korea," according to Bolton, who believes all negotiations are useless in trying to force North Korea to abandon its weapons-grade nuclear program.
I bolded the parts that get me the most about all of this. As a woman, I'm offended because it reinforces the public belief that you shouldn't send in a woman to do a man's job. It's why Hillary couldn't get past the primary election last year. If they keep pulling shit like this - with her own husband no less - than how are women going to truly be taken seriously in American politics?
I really hope Hillary was 100% behind this because if not, then it makes me angry and sad.
I love you Larry Flynt
Jul. 31st, 2009 09:01 amStolen from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ontd_political:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-30/grow-a-pair-obama?cid=hp:mainpromo2
President Obama:
You have proven to be a great campaigner. You have yet to demonstrate your ability to govern. Who needs the Republicans? They don’t know what compromise is. They’re just out to derail your presidency. Bitch slap ’em at every opportunity and put them in their place. They lost; you didn’t.
As for disloyal Democrats, you need to yank the carpet out from under them. Remind them that their survival is dependent upon yours. Don’t pull punches, Mr. President. You need some gonads, and if you don’t have any, as Hillary would say, you’d better grow some.
You have failed to keep many campaign promises. You’ve ignored civil-liberty violations such as warrantless wiretapping. You passed a stimulus package that is obviously full of pork for Democrats. You handed over billions more in taxpayer dollars to crooked bankers. You listened to the very people who created our economic meltdown, the Mutt and Jeff team of Larry Summers and Tim Geithner. You’ve let the insurance lobbyists hijack health-care reform to the detriment of every man, woman, and child in America.
You must say what you mean and mean what you say. Closing Guantanamo means just that. You could do it right now, Mr. President. You don’t have to wait until January. You can place terrorist suspects in the federal correctional system without creating any risk to our citizens.
You’re a nice guy. Everybody likes nice guys. Sometimes they finish last. You don’t want that, and neither do those of us who voted you in.
The American people have placed their future in your hands. For heaven’s sake don’t let them down. Don’t let yourself down.
Larry Flynt
Publisher, Hustler magazine
I wanted to add: I voted for Larry Flynt for Governor in the 2003 recall election (in his candidate statement he wrote, "Vote for the smut peddler who cares"), as he ran on a platform of bringing slot gaming to California to bring in income to rebuild the state's crumbling infrastructure. Here's a list of what Schwarzenegger cut from the budget this week:
(in millions)
$8.3 - California Conservation Corps
$6.2 - Aging
$25 - Community Clinic Grants
$37.5 - In-Home Health Services
$12 - Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Services
$16.3 - Domestic Violence Reduction Program
$50 - Early Start Children's Program
$4.1 - Mental Health Caregivers Resource Center
$2 - CalGrant Student Aid Commission
$25 - Funding for State Employee Healthcare Costs
$27.8 - Williamson Act (helps restrict land to agricultural or related open space use)
$24 - Department of Finance Emergency Funds
I think that Larry Flynt would have done such a better job and we might not be in the horrible mess that we are now.
ontd_political:http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-30/grow-a-pair-obama?cid=hp:mainpromo2
President Obama:
You have proven to be a great campaigner. You have yet to demonstrate your ability to govern. Who needs the Republicans? They don’t know what compromise is. They’re just out to derail your presidency. Bitch slap ’em at every opportunity and put them in their place. They lost; you didn’t.
As for disloyal Democrats, you need to yank the carpet out from under them. Remind them that their survival is dependent upon yours. Don’t pull punches, Mr. President. You need some gonads, and if you don’t have any, as Hillary would say, you’d better grow some.
You have failed to keep many campaign promises. You’ve ignored civil-liberty violations such as warrantless wiretapping. You passed a stimulus package that is obviously full of pork for Democrats. You handed over billions more in taxpayer dollars to crooked bankers. You listened to the very people who created our economic meltdown, the Mutt and Jeff team of Larry Summers and Tim Geithner. You’ve let the insurance lobbyists hijack health-care reform to the detriment of every man, woman, and child in America.
You must say what you mean and mean what you say. Closing Guantanamo means just that. You could do it right now, Mr. President. You don’t have to wait until January. You can place terrorist suspects in the federal correctional system without creating any risk to our citizens.
You’re a nice guy. Everybody likes nice guys. Sometimes they finish last. You don’t want that, and neither do those of us who voted you in.
The American people have placed their future in your hands. For heaven’s sake don’t let them down. Don’t let yourself down.
Larry Flynt
Publisher, Hustler magazine
I wanted to add: I voted for Larry Flynt for Governor in the 2003 recall election (in his candidate statement he wrote, "Vote for the smut peddler who cares"), as he ran on a platform of bringing slot gaming to California to bring in income to rebuild the state's crumbling infrastructure. Here's a list of what Schwarzenegger cut from the budget this week:
(in millions)
$8.3 - California Conservation Corps
$6.2 - Aging
$25 - Community Clinic Grants
$37.5 - In-Home Health Services
$12 - Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Services
$16.3 - Domestic Violence Reduction Program
$50 - Early Start Children's Program
$4.1 - Mental Health Caregivers Resource Center
$2 - CalGrant Student Aid Commission
$25 - Funding for State Employee Healthcare Costs
$27.8 - Williamson Act (helps restrict land to agricultural or related open space use)
$24 - Department of Finance Emergency Funds
I think that Larry Flynt would have done such a better job and we might not be in the horrible mess that we are now.
You know that woman on the TV ads?
Jul. 26th, 2009 10:27 amThe one who is Canadian and said she had a life threatening brain tumor and was denied/delayed treatment under Canadian NHS and had to go to America to get "life saving treatment" and therefore we, as Americans should not have government run health care?
http://www.acreativerevolution.ca/node/1944
Yeah. Check this out. Admittedly, this is a blog post, but it's food for thought.
They link to a Huffington Post article that states:
"The Shona Holmes Health Care Hitjob
Case in point: Shona Holmes is the current poster girl for the liars slandering Canadian health care in an attempt to discredit reform. Ms. Holmes alleges she was horribly endangered by Canada's healthcare system:
Both CNN and McConnell made a big deal out of Shona Holmes, an Ontario woman who claims she was forced by Ontario's health system to go to the United States for life-saving surgery for a brain tumour. She claims that in 2005 delays in access to treatment at home made it necessary to go to the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and pay $97,000 for her care.
Her story sounds bad, doesn't it? Except, of course, it's a lie:
On the Mayo Clinic's website, Shona Holmes is a success story. But it's somewhat different story than all the headlines might have implied. Holmes' "brain tumour" was actually a Rathke's Cleft Cyst on her pituitary gland. To quote an American source, the John Wayne Cancer Center, "Rathke's Cleft Cysts are not true tumors or neoplasms; instead they are benign cysts."
There's no doubt Holmes had a problem that needed treatment, and she was given appointments with the appropriate specialists in Ontario. She chose not to wait the few months to see them. But it's a far cry from the life-or-death picture portrayed by Holmes on the TV ads or by McConnell in his attacks.
In other words, her condition was not immediately life threatening, and it was prioritized accordingly. But Holmes didn't want to wait behind people who needed care more than she did, so she went the U.S. where she could pay out of pocket to jump to the head of the line."
http://www.acreativerevolution.ca/node/1944
Yeah. Check this out. Admittedly, this is a blog post, but it's food for thought.
They link to a Huffington Post article that states:
"The Shona Holmes Health Care Hitjob
Case in point: Shona Holmes is the current poster girl for the liars slandering Canadian health care in an attempt to discredit reform. Ms. Holmes alleges she was horribly endangered by Canada's healthcare system:
Both CNN and McConnell made a big deal out of Shona Holmes, an Ontario woman who claims she was forced by Ontario's health system to go to the United States for life-saving surgery for a brain tumour. She claims that in 2005 delays in access to treatment at home made it necessary to go to the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and pay $97,000 for her care.
Her story sounds bad, doesn't it? Except, of course, it's a lie:
On the Mayo Clinic's website, Shona Holmes is a success story. But it's somewhat different story than all the headlines might have implied. Holmes' "brain tumour" was actually a Rathke's Cleft Cyst on her pituitary gland. To quote an American source, the John Wayne Cancer Center, "Rathke's Cleft Cysts are not true tumors or neoplasms; instead they are benign cysts."
There's no doubt Holmes had a problem that needed treatment, and she was given appointments with the appropriate specialists in Ontario. She chose not to wait the few months to see them. But it's a far cry from the life-or-death picture portrayed by Holmes on the TV ads or by McConnell in his attacks.
In other words, her condition was not immediately life threatening, and it was prioritized accordingly. But Holmes didn't want to wait behind people who needed care more than she did, so she went the U.S. where she could pay out of pocket to jump to the head of the line."
Getting excited...
Jun. 22nd, 2009 10:59 amMy trip is in 17 days! Woohoo! I can't wait to see Independence Hall, or the Mutter or MOMA. I'm so excited for those of you I'll be meeting (remember hyenas, plan for Philly on Friday night 07/10/09 for our get together)! I can't wait.
I'm really looking forward to going to the top of the Empire State Building. It is the tallest building in NYC again, you know.
My new Skechers I bought are really comfy - I wore them all day yesterday so I could break them in, but they were perfect. They don't need breaking in at all.
I am going to be limited to VERY little luggage - I won't have time to go find each hotel early in the day to leave things there before going out and about, I'm going to have to backpack like I did in 1996. So I really have to pare things down so it's manageable. It will be a challenge, but it'll be sort of like Tetris so it'll be fun.
And last but not least, I leave you with this gem I saw at the grocery store yesterday:
I'm really looking forward to going to the top of the Empire State Building. It is the tallest building in NYC again, you know.
My new Skechers I bought are really comfy - I wore them all day yesterday so I could break them in, but they were perfect. They don't need breaking in at all.
I am going to be limited to VERY little luggage - I won't have time to go find each hotel early in the day to leave things there before going out and about, I'm going to have to backpack like I did in 1996. So I really have to pare things down so it's manageable. It will be a challenge, but it'll be sort of like Tetris so it'll be fun.
And last but not least, I leave you with this gem I saw at the grocery store yesterday:
Good on you, Dr. Paul.
Jun. 19th, 2009 12:44 pmRon Paul, a man I usually don't like very much and can't get behind on many many issues, showed to us today that he has the balls to stand up to the congress and refuse to join in on the masturbatory solipsism that produced these two bills today in the house and the senate.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-approves-iran-bill-405-1-2009-06-19.html
House approves Iran bill 405-1
The House overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday in support of Iranian dissidents as that country’s top cleric warned protesters to end demonstrations.
The resolution was approved in a 405-1 vote, with two members voting present. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) was the only lawmaker opposed to the resolution.
( the rest of the story )
You know, these two bills are so stupid. Obama has been *extremely* careful not to publicly do anything about what's going on in Iran, lest Ahmadinejad use it as an excuse to promote even more violence against the opposition, on the pretext that the opposition movement behind Moussavi is just a puppet of the US, which is not true. But Ahmadinejad would love to do it and polarize Iran even more than it already is.
And McCain writing the Senate bill? Mr. "Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran" himself? Jesus Christ. And everyone feels they have to vote for it or else they will look unpatriotic.
So the House and the Senate will just ignore what Obama is trying to do and make things worse. Not to mention what the definition of "support" is. Is that Moral support? Military Support? Monetary support? This is so vague and it just makes me angry.
So, Dr. Paul, thank you for being the only one ballsy enough to stand up and vote your conscience and do what's right.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-approves-iran-bill-405-1-2009-06-19.html
House approves Iran bill 405-1
The House overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday in support of Iranian dissidents as that country’s top cleric warned protesters to end demonstrations.
The resolution was approved in a 405-1 vote, with two members voting present. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) was the only lawmaker opposed to the resolution.
( the rest of the story )
You know, these two bills are so stupid. Obama has been *extremely* careful not to publicly do anything about what's going on in Iran, lest Ahmadinejad use it as an excuse to promote even more violence against the opposition, on the pretext that the opposition movement behind Moussavi is just a puppet of the US, which is not true. But Ahmadinejad would love to do it and polarize Iran even more than it already is.
And McCain writing the Senate bill? Mr. "Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran" himself? Jesus Christ. And everyone feels they have to vote for it or else they will look unpatriotic.
So the House and the Senate will just ignore what Obama is trying to do and make things worse. Not to mention what the definition of "support" is. Is that Moral support? Military Support? Monetary support? This is so vague and it just makes me angry.
So, Dr. Paul, thank you for being the only one ballsy enough to stand up and vote your conscience and do what's right.
Single Payer Healthcare.
Jun. 17th, 2009 02:53 pmVia ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jblaque: Please take a moment to sign Sen. Bernie Sanders' petition calling for a single-payer health care program that provides quality, comprehensive health care for all Americans. And please re-post in your LJ or other blog or webpage.
Whereas:
• 46 million Americans are currently without health insurance;
• 60 million Americans, both insured and uninsured, have inadequate access to primary care due to a shortage of physicians and other health service providers in their community;
• 100 million Americans have no insurance to cover dental needs;
• 116 million adults, nearly two-thirds of all non-seniors, struggled to pay medical bills, went without needed care because of cost, were uninsured for a time, or were underinsured in the last year;
• The United States spends $2.3 trillion each year on health care, 16 percent of its Gross Domestic Product;
• Americans spend $7,129 per person on health care, 50 percent more than other industrialized countries, including those with universal care;
• The U.S. does not get what it pays for. We rank among the lowest in the health outcome rankings of developed countries, and on several major indices rank below some third-world nations;
• The number of health insurance industry bureaucrats has grown at 25 times the growth of physicians in the past 30 years;
• In 2006, the six largest insurance companies made $11 billion in profits even after paying for direct health care costs, administrative costs and marketing costs.
And, whereas:
• Medicare has administrative costs far lower than any private health insurance plan;
• The potential savings on health insurance paperwork, more than $350 billion per year, is enough to provide comprehensive coverage to every uninsured American;
• Only a single-payer Medicare-for-all plan can realize these enormous savings and provide comprehensive and affordable health care to every citizen.
Now, therefore:
We, the undersigned, urge the United States Congress to pass a single-payer Medicare-for-all program which will provide quality, comprehensive health care for all Americans.
jblaque: Please take a moment to sign Sen. Bernie Sanders' petition calling for a single-payer health care program that provides quality, comprehensive health care for all Americans. And please re-post in your LJ or other blog or webpage.Whereas:
• 46 million Americans are currently without health insurance;
• 60 million Americans, both insured and uninsured, have inadequate access to primary care due to a shortage of physicians and other health service providers in their community;
• 100 million Americans have no insurance to cover dental needs;
• 116 million adults, nearly two-thirds of all non-seniors, struggled to pay medical bills, went without needed care because of cost, were uninsured for a time, or were underinsured in the last year;
• The United States spends $2.3 trillion each year on health care, 16 percent of its Gross Domestic Product;
• Americans spend $7,129 per person on health care, 50 percent more than other industrialized countries, including those with universal care;
• The U.S. does not get what it pays for. We rank among the lowest in the health outcome rankings of developed countries, and on several major indices rank below some third-world nations;
• The number of health insurance industry bureaucrats has grown at 25 times the growth of physicians in the past 30 years;
• In 2006, the six largest insurance companies made $11 billion in profits even after paying for direct health care costs, administrative costs and marketing costs.
And, whereas:
• Medicare has administrative costs far lower than any private health insurance plan;
• The potential savings on health insurance paperwork, more than $350 billion per year, is enough to provide comprehensive coverage to every uninsured American;
• Only a single-payer Medicare-for-all plan can realize these enormous savings and provide comprehensive and affordable health care to every citizen.
Now, therefore:
We, the undersigned, urge the United States Congress to pass a single-payer Medicare-for-all program which will provide quality, comprehensive health care for all Americans.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31373407/ns/politics-white_house/
Obama blocks access to White House visitor list
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Obama blocks access to White House visitor list
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Political Macros!
May. 1st, 2009 07:58 pmI love Fridays in ontd_political because everyone posts macros.
This first one is for my belovedjblaque:
( Clicky for more! )
ontd_political because everyone posts macros.This first one is for my beloved
jblaque:( Clicky for more! )
So Souter's retiring!
May. 1st, 2009 05:58 amOut of nowhere, apparently, last night, Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced he is retiring in June, for reasons of not liking DC and wanting to get back to nature, blah blah blah.
So, even though it's not quite as delicious as say, Clarence Thomas retiring, at least we're having a moderate being replaced with hopefully a liberal, since Obama is making the appointment and we have the uber majority in the house and senate.
If she wasn't Secretary of State, I would have loved for my girl Hillary to get the nod, but I don't think that's going to happen until near the end of her tenure as Secretary of State, if ever.
So, who do you think Obama might nominate?
So, even though it's not quite as delicious as say, Clarence Thomas retiring, at least we're having a moderate being replaced with hopefully a liberal, since Obama is making the appointment and we have the uber majority in the house and senate.
If she wasn't Secretary of State, I would have loved for my girl Hillary to get the nod, but I don't think that's going to happen until near the end of her tenure as Secretary of State, if ever.
So, who do you think Obama might nominate?
I scored 319, or in other words extremely progressive, quelle suprise.
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/03/progressive_quiz.html
Come on flist - let's see how you scored! I know I have friends from all over the spectrum. The average American scores 209.5 .
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/03/progressive_quiz.html
Come on flist - let's see how you scored! I know I have friends from all over the spectrum. The average American scores 209.5 .
OMG Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer!
Mar. 12th, 2009 08:44 pmIf you guys get a chance, you NEED to see Jim Cramer on the Daily Show tonight. It was a thing of beauty. Absolutely amazing. Stewart skewered Cramer. Absolutely skewered Cramer and vicariously, the entire financial industry and the financial media. Bravo!
Obama's Health Care Forum today.
Mar. 5th, 2009 09:55 pm
Teddy makes a triumphant entry.
I love this photograph.
I would love to know what he just said.
None of this is a shock in the slightest.
My Political Views
I am a left social libertarian
Left: 5.74, Libertarian: 4.95
Political Spectrum Quiz
Foreign Policy:
On the left side are pacifists and anti-war activists. On the right side are those who want a strong military that intervenes around the world.
My Foreign Policy Views
Score: -5.44
Political Spectrum Quiz
Culture:
Where are you in the culture war? On the liberal side, or the conservative side? This scale may apply more to the US than other countries.
My Culture War Stance
Score: -5.04
Political Spectrum Quiz
ETA:
I thought this was quite accurate.
My Political Views
I am a left social libertarian
Left: 5.74, Libertarian: 4.95
Political Spectrum Quiz
Foreign Policy:
On the left side are pacifists and anti-war activists. On the right side are those who want a strong military that intervenes around the world.
My Foreign Policy Views
Score: -5.44
Political Spectrum Quiz
Culture:
Where are you in the culture war? On the liberal side, or the conservative side? This scale may apply more to the US than other countries.
My Culture War Stance
Score: -5.04
Political Spectrum Quiz
ETA:
I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm an
Extroverted Self-Knowing Self-Improver
I thought this was quite accurate.
I know....I know...
Jan. 19th, 2009 04:17 pmWe're already being way too hard on Obama and setting him up for a huge failure, as there's just no way he can be the messiah the MSM is portraying him to be.
But, that having been said, I find this webpage interesting. I bookmarked it and I'm going to be checking back periodically to see how things are going.
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/
But, that having been said, I find this webpage interesting. I bookmarked it and I'm going to be checking back periodically to see how things are going.
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/
Dick Cheney on CNN
Jan. 11th, 2009 09:34 amDid anyone else just watch Wolf Blitzer's interview with Dick Cheney on CNN? I am so glad that this man is going to be out of office in 9 days. He is so fucking smug and he lies so effortlessly. And, weirdly enough, he named the 3 people who had been water boarded. It was quite surreal. I also think there were far more than 3 people water boarded, but hey, it was interesting to hear who they said they water boarded.
Anyway, if you didn't get a chance to see it, look for it on YouTube later. It's worth the watch.
Anyway, if you didn't get a chance to see it, look for it on YouTube later. It's worth the watch.
