How does anybody know what was brought up in the meeting? The claim is that they only waterboarded 3 prisoners. If that is true, it would not have been a subject to inform Congress about at all. The assumption that waterboarding was a big deal in 2002 and the military felt the need to tell about it is unsubstantiated. I will wait until a more complete synopsis of the meetings is released.
The meeting was 7 years ago after all.
Well, they’re talking about how the only waterboarded 3 prisoners, as if that’s the only thing that could actually count as torture, though of course thay say it isn’t. I’m confident that if you include other forms of torture like “stress positions” and sleep deprivation, the number of tortured prisoners will grow to hundreds or even thousands.
Today, apparently the Republicans are backing off of this stupid idea. Instead of voting that the Democratic party adopt a new name, they will merely condem its “march toward socialism”.
Pitiful that this counts as their smartest move in months.
Perhaps the Democrats could adopt a resolution that congratulates the Republicans for their “march towards irrelevancy”
It’s more of a drunken meander than a march, really.
I would amend that to “march towards irrelevancy with the occsional side trips to public restrooms for secretive gay sex by public gay bashers”.
As usual, I have absolutely nothing of import or interest to add here, except that I think the RNC Chairman really ought to be referred to as “Michael Steele but not the one who was in The Runaways and The Bangles, the other one” because I keep getting confused.
Yes, I am blonde, why do you ask?
Who the hell knew the names of the members of the Bangles, even when they were popular?
Passed by the RNC today:
At the end there, where they’re urging the President, the Congress and the Democratic Party to remember what made our country great, I think they’re talking about 9/11, or maybe torturing people. Whatever it was, I’m sure it was pretty damn great because we are the World’s only Super Power! YEAH!!!
"WHEREAS, we the Republican Party are against large government spending, although not so you’d notice,
and WHEREAS the Democratic Party are poopyheads,
be it RESOLVED, lower taxes. Terrorism. America and baby Jesus. Amen."
Makes about as much sense as their budget, really.
QFFuckingT
Dagnabbit - now I’m hearing this in my head as said by Ricky Bobby.
The GOP: a small tent but a wide stance.
“What’s was that huge booming sound Howard?”
“Why that’s the Republican Party careening at super sonic speed into irrelevancy dear, that’s all.”
“Ohhhhhh. Okay. So we don’t have to be ashamed to be Americans anymore?”
“That’s right dear.”
“Oh, thank God. I think people were beginning to see through the English accent I’ve been putting on for the last eight years.”
“What English accent?”
I have this mental image right now, from a long time ago. I was in Panama. Some people had found a fer de lance out in the open and had surrounded it. When the snake couldn’t reach and attack them, it started biting itself in some weird sort of self destructive fit.
The Republican party right now is acting just like that snake. Biting itself to death, injecting poison into its own hide.
Chomp chomp.
Can it be the Republicans have gone for 5 days without a stupid outbreak?
Of course not. The Cheneys have been talking up torture all weekend, and now there’s talk that Liz Cheney may run for office. The stupid never stops!
Oh god no. I started a post last week in a Notebook page and kept adding on to it. I intended to post it but real life got in the way. I might still post it (later) even though much of it is out of date now, replaced by other more current stupid.
Never fear, the stupid is always on the move.
Ending birthright citizenship count?
Nah, not big enough. C’mon, react to the latina, Mr. Steele. I can’t wait.
oh… god, this is like watching a car crash. Except it’s a 18 wheeler that just drove into a lamppost, and it’s a car carrier, and they’re all falling off in slow motion.
And each one is packed full of clowns.
I don’t know if I’d call that one stupid. Jus soli is not used as a basis for citizenship in lots of countries.
Un-American, maybe.