It's Miller Time...
and I don't mean Judy.Some of the comments posted on this blog are driving me to drink. ;)
OPEN THREAD - Comments Lite - more Larouche/conspiracy theories = less filling.
Cheers!
posted by Patrick J. Fitzgerald at 9/21/2006
34 Comments:
And I agree. We need to go back to some intelligent comments on this blog.
Love the tinfoil hat....
And I blame Roger!
Shame, Shame Shame on you Roger!
Hey is that Porkrind with a tin-foil...
October Suprise = Rove Conspiracy Theory..
Got nothin but love for him, nothing but love... - Eddy Murphy!
Bwahahahahahahaha...
Hey Fitz,
Relax, tomorrow is another conspiracy theory from the little-decider devil..
;)
Oh, is this HAPPY HOUR? LOL
I'll have a soda with lots of ice! :)
Yep. Pass me a turkey leg and a goblet of Beer s-q...
I'm doing like the old mideval nights of old...
More Wenches...
Hey speaking of wenches, where's T ?
:)
Ga. Republican says he supports "methods necessary" for detainees
WASHINGTON - Georgia congressman Lynn Westmoreland backed away from comments he made suggesting that he supports torturing terrorism suspects, but said intelligence agencies should be given latitude to use "the methods necessary" to get information from detainees.
On Tuesday, the Grantville Republican told a Douglas County Chamber of Commerce luncheon that he "voted for torture" and that "we need to get information out of these people the best way we can," the Douglas County Sentinel reported.
He said Wednesday that he should have "put that another way."
"Maybe I shouldn't have said I voted for torture," he said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I should have said I voted against the anti-torture bill."
The vote he referred to came last year on an amendment reaffirming the United States' commitment to the U.N. Convention Against Torture. The measure passed the House 415-8, with Westmoreland among those opposing it. The U.N. convention defines torture as intentionally inflicting "severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental," to obtain information or a confession.
Westmoreland said that definition is too vague and that he believes intelligence professionals deserve more flexibility.
"I think they should use the methods necessary to get the information from the people who know the information," he said. "We're fighting people that don't wear a uniform. They're not from a country. They're not a recognized military. So I don't know that the Geneva Convention even covers them."
Pressed on whether that means he supports torture, he said, "What's torture? Torture is many things to many people ... people have different breaking points."
Asked whether he would support using electric shocks, he said, "Electric shocks are given to people during initiations to different clubs ... Is that torture? I don't know."
Asked about beatings, he said, "Are you talking about tying his hands behind his back and beating him in the head? No, I'm not for that."
Westmoreland criticized the handful of GOP senators, including former Vietnam prisoner of war John McCain, R-Ariz., who are blocking President Bush's effort to reinterpret Geneva Convention protections on detainees. He said he supports the White House position, which calls for a narrower interpretation of the protections, allowing more aggressive interrogation tactics.
GEF:
You gonna get a "wench slap" for that! LOL
Hey, I was going to post a photo of a glass of beer for you GEF but I am a little reluctant to post photos now! LOL
This is a bit disturbing:
MD-SEN: GOP Group's Ad Claims Dr. King Was A Republican
Absolutely shameless!
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/
newsdesk/N21367355.htm
NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan said that after the Sept. 11 attacks the United States threatened to bomb his country if it did not cooperate with America's war campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Musharraf, in an interview with CBS news magazine show "60 Minutes" that will air Sunday, said the threat came from Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and was given to Musharraf's intelligence director.
"The intelligence director told me that (Armitage) said, 'Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age,'" Musharraf said.
"I think it was a very rude remark."
The Pakistani leader, whose remarks were distributed to the media by CBS, said he reacted to the threat in a responsible way.
"One has to think and take actions in the interest of the nation, and that's what I did," Musharraf said about the cooperation extended by Pakistan.
Musharraf said some demands made by the United States were "ludicrous," including one insisting he suppress domestic expression of support for terrorism against the United States.
snipped.
It was on the evening news. "60 Minutes" will have a story on this matter this Sunday.
There was some media speculation that President Bush would appoint Armitage to a key security position such as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Director of National Intelligence or Defense Secretary. As of 2006, Armitage has not re-entered public service.
On May 10, 2006, Armitage was elected to the board of directors of the ConocoPhillips oil company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Richard_Armitage
Who the hell is Art Bell anyway?
s-q,
It's ok, I can imagine the froth!
:)
Thanks! ;)
I'm doing like the old mideval nights of old...
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GEF:
So, are you a Knight in Shining Armor? LOL
s-q,
I'm sir lancelot s-q with the silver gear and that crest smile..
que sparkle... *ting*
I'm sir lancelot s-q with the silver gear and that crest smile..
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GEF:
ROFL! How can I think evil when you're giving me that image? LOL
Anon at 8:25 is a killjoy!
Shame on you Roger
S-Q puts on her best "wench" costume and passes beers around the table...after all...these are the Knights of the Round Table! LOL
And, a toast to the host with the most...FITZ!!
*clink*
anon 8:25,
I don't see the American people doing anything about it...
Until such time that there's a mass public uprising from coast to coast the little-decider devil can do anything he wants...
Unchallenged..
Here, have a beer and relax!
Let Putin and Hu-Jintao deal with decider devil..
s-q,
Aye that's the spirit my fine yellow haired wench, a toast to our dragonslayer Fitz...
May he slay that evil dragon and then make love to 30 wenches before he's found out...
*clink*
Oooh that beer is cold! yum...
:)
May he slay that evil dragon and then make love to 30 wenches before he's found out...
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Sir Lancelot:
I knew the Dragonslayer was a VERY Special Prosecutor but 30 wenches?... my oh my! Does he ride upon a beautiful white horse too?
ROFL!
SPB
MD-SEN: GOP Group's Ad Claims Dr. King Was A Republican
Now that takes the cake how much lower will these guys go. Next the GOP will say the US never had slaves or the civil rights bill. The above statement might back fire as alot of people are still alive during that time. Dr. King a republican right. The KKK really were blacks or blacks hired the KKK to kill blacks. Are the American people that stupid or is it that the GOP just thinks they are.
s-q,
Actually Fitz probably rides a white cadillac but same difference..
;)
No matter, he is still my HERO! :)
Silver Armor or Suit..
White Horse..or Cadillac..
Lookie Lookie who's behind the ad about Blacks hiring the KKK to kill them and Dr. King is Republican.
Although it doesn't mention any candidates, the advertisement is being aired to support Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele as he runs against 10-term Congressman Benjamin L. Cardin for the first open Maryland Senate in two decades. Well now is anybody surpised at Mr. Steele's actions. Some people will sink to the bottom and disgrace their race to get a vote. With this action Steele is saw to lose and lose big. Most educated voters of any race know that truth and now see Steele for the liar he is. Dr. King was such a great and giving man that it's sad to see an African American show such disrespect but it's been done before. Liars come in all colors.
Did you ever know that you're my hero?
You're everything I wish I could be.
I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings.
Did I ever tell you you're my hero?
You're everything, everything I wish I could be.
Oh, and I, I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.
Oh, the wind beneath my wings.
You, you, you, you are the wind beneath my wings.
Fly, fly, fly away. You let me fly so high.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath my wings.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath my wings.
Fly, fly, fly high against the sky,
so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you,
thank God for you, the wind beneath my wings
For You Fitz
Nan,
Thanks for posting the link to RFK Jr.'s article ..I will be sure to share it with as many people as I can...
The Tin Man would be proud of that picture.
I missed a few posts. What the heck happened, did Roger find a Mossad, Zionist, Neocon conspiracy behind the E-coli spinach? I've been expecting some wingnuts to blame the E-coli on a conspiracy.
>;-)
Jackie,
We know that the American people are not that stupid to the GOP Black Assn. and Steele's spin on the KKK being founded by blacks. This new smear by Steele and that black organization will backfire. IMHO, I think people, non-black, will be more offended than the blacks. What is amazing is that if it wasn't for the civil rights bill, Steele would never be in the position that he is today. Again, another idiot like Alan Keyes, the carpetbagger, forgotten where they came from and who they are.
Who's behind this war?
http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=56761
a shiny tin hat...cheers all
The walrus was interviewed on pbs today. He said that we know iran has been working on a nuclear bomb for 20 years. kinda makes ya wonder what all the excitement is about?
Nan,
I don't know if this helps but this is all I could find on FOIA 394
ALL ACTIONS:
2/16/2005:
Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1520-1524wi
2/16/2005:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1524-1525)
3/15/2005:
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security. Hearings held.
9/21/2006:
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
9/21/2006:
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
9/21/2006:
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
I think it is on the sidelines until after the mid-term elections.
And from Public Policy News:
"Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the sponsors of S. 394, the OPEN Government Act, also testified before the committee in support of their legislation to strengthen and enhance FOIA. Asked what the most pressing issues are with the implementation of FOIA, Sen. Leahy pointed to the excessive exemptions to FOIA that have been included in legislation adopted by Congress since 9-11. Sen. Cornyn responded by saying there are no effective penalties on agencies for the failure to respond to FOIA requests."
I can't keep up with the legislation either..it is very frustrating.
Nan,
this just in from Rawstory:
"Congressional Quarterly reports that a Senate committee has approved a bill to overhaul the Freedom of Information Act.
By voice vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to the bipartisan legislation intended to overhaul the 1966 act, which makes government records "more accessible" to the public. Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Cornyn (R-TX) developed the bill last year.
According to CQ writer Keith Perine, "Leahy called the bill 'a collection of common-sense modifications designed to update FOIA'" and to speed up processing of requests.
Additionally, per the article, the bill requires the attorney general to notify Congress if a court detects "arbitrary and capricious" rejections of information requests."
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/
Freedom_of_Information_Act_overhaul
_approved_0921.html
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