The title of this tune is for all those conservatives out there. The tune itself is both popular and good.
Oh, and that thing lead singer Cee-lo has? You conservatives might want to try developing it some time, aesthetically, poltically, morally, personally. It’s called soul.
A fence is a fence is a fence…..unless it’s a road, or a virtual fence, or some kind of technology, or tactical infrastructure…….. More election bullshit from the Republicans.
No sooner did Congress authorize construction of a 700-mile fence on the U.S.-Mexico border last week than lawmakers rushed to approve separate legislation that ensures it will never be built, at least not as advertised, according to Republican lawmakers and immigration experts.
GOP leaders have singled out the fence as one of the primary accomplishments of the recently completed session. Many lawmakers plan to highlight their $1.2 billion down payment on its construction as they campaign in the weeks before the midterm elections.
But shortly before recessing late Friday, the House and Senate gave the Bush administration leeway to distribute the money to a combination of projects — not just the physical barrier along the southern border. The funds may also be spent on roads, technology and “tactical infrastructure” to support the Department of Homeland Security’s preferred option of a “virtual fence.”
I’ve been looking at political ads, and this is one of my favorites so far. I love the music. Courtesy of Mike McIntee, a vintage look at Washington’s 8th Congressional race. Brought to you by Eastside Democracy for America, Bellevue, Washington.
I don’t know how much I’ll be blogging in the months to come. I’m planning on starting my own business. GOPHab. I see a real need for a business like this, and I’d be remiss not to go for it. I’d like to take this opportunity to post job openings at GOPHab. Qualified candidates, feel free to email me your resumes.
Job Descriptions: Alcohol Abuse Counselors: Someone to counsel Republicans who decide they are alcoholics after they are up for investigation. This will be an easy job, because most of them aren’t really alcoholics, they just use this sorry excuse for their bad, sometimes illegal, behavior. If this is the case, you refer them to the the proper department at GOPHab. Don’t worry though, there will be more clients coming your way once the election is over. All the Republican losers who have to give up their power will be visiting GOPHab in no time at all. What with all that free time, they will be drinking their days away. Anger Management Counselors: I’m going to need many anger management counselors to deal with all the angry Republicans when the Democrats take control of congress come November 7th. I’m looking at hiring 6 counselors just to deal with Karl Rove, alone. Eating Disorder Counselors: You get to deal with the likes of Karl Rove, Denny Hastert, and Rush Limbaugh. As soon as they get out of anger management and alcohol rehab classes. Personality Disorder Counselors: Oh man, no telling how many PDC’s I’m going to need. There’s so many sociopathic, psychopathic, narrcisistic Republicans. To be sure, we’re going to need a few to either cure Bush of this, or give him the narcissistic supply he needs. Tom Delay is already signed up for this counseling, and he’ll report as soon as he gets out of the slammer. Bill O’Reilly will be visiting you as soon as he’s done with the Anger Management Counseling sessions. We will be hiring “visiting counselors” to report to different prisons around the country and administer counseling on site. Cultural Diversity Counselor: These counselors will deal with the likes of George Allen, George Azra and any other Republicans who like to use racial slurs in everyday life. Pathological Liars Counselors: This will be the first step our clients. We need to get them to stop with the pathological lying before they can move on to other issues, so this is the first stop for all clients. Dick Cheney/Donald Rumsfeld Counselors: We just aren’t sure what will do it for these guys, so we’re devoting a whole ward to them and we’ll keep working at it until we figure out what makes them tick……besides greed. Shoe Fettish Counselor: You will attend to Condi Rice, as she tries pair after pair after pair of shoes on and prances around in them saying “But….but……but….they named a tanker after me!!” Hopeless Batshit Crazy Attendants: You will oversee the hopeless, batshit whacko crazed Republicans that there’s no hope for. Such as Ann Coulter, Rick Santorum, Bob Novak, Hugh Hewlitt, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Janet Parshall, Katherine Harris, Ted Stevens. Bill Frist will be in this area, and you’ll have to keep a close eye on him, as he’ll wander and pose as a doctor, trying to diagnose and treat other clients.
In the Closet Republican Counselor: You will be working with Joe Liebermann. AWOL, A-OK” Group: Someone to lead sessions to be held nightly for clients experiencing emotional trauma relating to “rich daddy”, “5-deferments” or “butt-cyst” phenomena. We guarantee positive outlook through routine “I am a truly patriotic American” chanting. If you say it enough, it’s gotta be true! Van Driver: Several van drivers needed to transport the patients to and from court.
New positions will be posted here as needed. Wish me luck!!!!!!!
The current policy traces its roots to the administration of former President Bill Clinton.
Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, however, what had been a limited program expanded dramatically, with some experts estimating that 150 foreign nationals have been victims of rendition in the last few years alone. Foreign nationals suspected of terrorism have been transported to detention and interrogation facilities in Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Diego Garcia, Afghanistan, Guantánamo, and elsewhere. In the words of former CIA agent Robert Baer: “If you want a serious interrogation, you send a prisoner to Jordan. If you want them to be tortured, you send them to Syria. If you want someone to disappear — never to see them again — you send them to Egypt.”
The inside story of criminal investigators who tried to stop abuse.
Speaking publicly for the first time, senior U.S. law enforcement investigators say they waged a long but futile battle inside the Pentagon to stop coercive and degrading treatment of detainees by intelligence interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
On the official Web site of Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company, there is a section devoted to a subsidiary called Jeppesen International Trip Planning, based in San Jose, California. The write-up mentions that the division “offers everything needed for efficient, hassle-free, international flight operations,” spanning the globe “from Aachen to Zhengzhou.” The paragraph concludes, “Jeppesen has done it all.”
Boeing does not mention, either on its Web site or in its annual report, that Jeppesen’s clients include the C.I.A., and that among the international trips that the company plans for the agency are secret “extraordinary rendition” flights for terrorism suspects.
Cheney confirms that detainees were subjected to water-boarding
Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed that U.S. interrogators subjected captured senior al-Qaida suspects to a controversial interrogation technique called “water-boarding,” which creates a sensation of drowning.
Cheney indicated that the Bush administration doesn’t regard water-boarding as torture and allows the CIA to use it. “It’s a no-brainer for me,” Cheney said at one point in an interview.
