After 9/11 when almost 3,000 American civilians were killed the country wanted to fight back. Traditional “doves” and Democrats knew it would be political suicide to appear weak, or appear not want to strike back at this attack on our own soil. To protect their own political ass the Dems voted to support George Bush and his [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Presidency’
April 26, 2009
Dershowitz on Waterboarding: Interesting Perspective
I read an interesting and sensible ARTICLE about the legality of enhanced interrogation techniques, particularly waterboarding, by none other than Alan Dershowitz. The following quote particularly caught my attention:
“This brings us to waterboarding. Michael Mukasey, whose confirmation as attorney general now seems assured, is absolutely correct, as a matter of constitutional law, that the issue of “waterboarding” cannot [...]
April 25, 2009
AP Article on Barack Obama’s First 100 Days Should be on the Editorial Opinion Pages
There is an AP article purportedly examining the annointed one’s first 100 days in office
The article was, not suprisingly, wholly positive. That is fine, although it probably should have been written as an editorial opinion piece rather than a “news” article as the tone of the article ioozes not merely positivism, but idolatry for the messiah. However, [...]
