“If he’s—the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a—is a noble institution I would—I would strongly reject that assumption—that John Ashcroft is a open-minded, inclusive person.”
—Bush, on NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Jan. 14, 2001
What he said.
I would strongly reject that assumption–that John Ashcroft is a open-minded, inclusive person.
I love it when he speaks the truth without knowing it.
“We will not have an all volunteer army.”
–GW Bush
At first, I couldn’t even figure out what the hell he said. The man is incoherent at best.
when he said “the terrorists will stop at nothing to harm the American people and neither will I.”
NOt exact wording but you get the jist.
WASHINGTON, DC–AFL-CIO vice president Linda Chavez-Thompson, representing the American Federation of Interrogation Torturers, released a statement Monday deriding the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program, under which American torturing jobs are outsourced to foreign markets. “Outsourcing the task of interrogating terror suspects to countries like Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia is having a crippling effect on the Americans who make a living by stripping detainees nude, shackling them to the floor, and beating the living shit out of them,” Chavez-Thompson said. “And specialists within the field–corrosive-material chemists, ocular surgeons, and testicular electricians–are lucky to find any jobs at all. How are they supposed to feed their families?” Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defended extraordinary rendition, saying the program will create jobs in the long run by fostering a global climate of torture tolerance….
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Mark Fiore: Beating Terror, One Prisoner At A Time
did he ever get a proper name?
I was quite fond of Rovitt 😉
is a Friday afternoon catblogging happy hour mojofest happy hour! I’ll bring the beer if we fire one up.
and by that I mean a new open thread with a Margarita theme…
does it count if your middle name is ‘margaret’? although next to my favored kulaha and coffee, margarita’s are a strong second.
Tonight on a new “Dinner for Five,” with Jon Favreau, two of his guests are David Milch and Timothy Olyphant of “Deadwood.” It’s on IFC at 10 est.