Long John Baldry
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From Reuters:

Nothing, repeat NOTHING!, will come of this! Do not get your hopes up. Do not entertain the idea that any oversight of any caliber exists in our government. There simply isn’t any. Oversight will not occur until after a democrat takes the office of president again or when republicans really are in the minority, or both.

Justice, CIA to probe destruction of taped interrogations

CIA Director M. Hayden: Agency will cooperate fully.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Justice Department and the CIA will jointly investigate the destruction of videotapes of CIA interrogations of two al Qaeda suspects, a top official said.

The Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for national security, Kenneth L. Wainstein, announced the investigation Saturday in a letter to the CIA’s top lawyer, John Rizzo.

The probe will determine “whether further investigation is warranted,” Wainstein said.

CIA Director Mike Hayden said his agency will cooperate fully.

“I welcome it as an opportunity to address questions that have arisen over the destruction back in 2005 of videotapes,” he said.

Also from the article:

“President Bush and Vice President Cheney learned about the videotapes Thursday, when Hayden briefed them about the tapes and their subsequent destruction, administration officials said Friday.”

That’s their official position, for now, and they’re sticking by it! *wink*

Mike Huckabee opens his mouth and Christian love pours forth:

True Christian love knows no bounds. Whoops! Well maybe they know a couple after all.

I would say: “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do“… but they know damn well what they do.

Huckabee Wanted to Isolate AIDS Patients

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said homosexuality could “pose a dangerous public health risk.”
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“If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague,” Huckabee wrote.
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“In light of the extraordinary funds already being given for AIDS research, it does not seem that additional federal spending can be justified,” Huckabee wrote. “An alternative would be to request that multimillionaire celebrities, such as Elizabeth Taylor (,) Madonna and others who are pushing for more AIDS funding be encouraged to give out of their own personal treasuries increased amounts for AIDS research.”

And then there’s this gem:

Mike, I agree. I feel the same way when your f-ing religious crowd, while ignoring separation of church and state, tries to legislate your f-ing beliefs over the rest of us. Mind getting it the hell out of the public square? And while you’re at it, you can take Bush’s f-ing faith-based initiatives with ya. I think it would be a tad bit HYPOCRITICAL of you to expect gays to support it.