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Oh just fuck off. If you actually read TFA, you'd see that it also indicates that Bush had little to no knowledge of the specifics of the interrogations or their brutality, and in 2006, upon his learning of it, it was ramped down. Also, waterboarding was done on 3 prisoners, though the media would have you believe every single prisoner in gitmo had it done to them. The onus here is on the CIA, primarily. And that's from a report from people not likely to be favorable to Bush.

If you actually read TFA, you'd see that it also indicates that in 2006 (April), upon his learning of it, Bush proceeded to repeat himself: Sept. 6, 2006: "I want to be absolutely clear with our people, and the world: The United States does not torture." Oct. 17, 2006: "As I’ve said before, the United States does not torture. It’s against our laws and it’s against our values." http://www.pensitoreview.com/2...

cat_jesus noted:

In Hearing, GOP Chairman Issa Misnames African Country, Repeatedly Mispronounces ‘Ebola’ Issa also thinks he knows more about ebola than doctors at the CDC.

Darryl Issa is an intelligent guy. He's also a well-educated guy.

Unfortunately, he's also a grandstanding, profoundly partisan hack who doesn't give a damn about facts, because he represents a redder-than-red district, so he only cares about getting more face time on Faux News ...

In Hearing, GOP Chairman Issa Misnames African Country, Repeatedly Mispronounces ‘Ebola’

Issa also thinks he knows more about ebola than doctors at the CDC

Idiocracy is happening.

No, actually we don't. It depends on what the people want, since this is a democracy. If the people are a bunch of religious nuts, then the education standard needs to include religion (whichever flavor the majority wants) and omit evolution (of that's what a majority wants). This is the price of democracy: you have to share with all the other people you co-inhabit a region with.

Before you respond further, please read up on Tyranny of the Majority, and why it's a bad thing, and how respecting the rights of the individual is essential to a functioning democracy. (Hint: Your logic eats itself.)

-- 77IM

In 1967, when the Supreme Court struck down anti-miscegenation laws, 72% of Americans believed that Interracial Marriages should be illegal.

You do realize the net immigration is zero right now.

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2011/07/25/illegal-immigration-from-mexico-declines-to-net-zero/

"They hated us for our way of life"

Well, technically, even though people tend to say:
      "They hated us because we were free",
the truth seems to be closer to:
      "They hated us because we supported their oppressors",
so, ironically, just the reverse of what many people try suggest about what has been going on.

If by "way of life" you meant "democracy at home, imperialism abroad", then, yes, I guess there would be a lot of truth to that.

According to a long ago New Yorker article, almost all the hijackers were Saudi males who were disenchanted with the Saudi regime the USA helps keep in power (to keep oil profits flowing to the right people).

Related:
    "Bush Admits 'Majority' of 9/11 Hijackers Were Saudis"
    http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/01/16/bush-admits-majority-of-911-hijackers-were-saudis/
"The breakdown was 15 Saudis, one Egyptian, one Lebanese and two from the Union of Arab Emirates (UAE).
None were from Iraq. Despite this fact -- and the fact that Saddam Hussein was a secular despot who was despised by Osama bin Laden, a right-wing religious fanatic -- a poll two years after the attacks, and six months after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Iraq was responsible for the 9/11 attacks."

See also:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Center_for_Democracy_and_Human_Rights_in_Saudi_Arabia
"The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (CDHR) is a (501)(c)3 non-profit organization established to promote timely and irreversible transformation of the existing Saudi autocratic institutions to a system whereby all Saudi citizens are empowered to chart a peaceful, prosperous, tolerant and safe future for themselves and for their religiously and economically influential country. CDHR was founded by Dr. Ali Alyami, executive director, in May 2004.[1] [2]"

I'm not saying the hijackers were for democracy; I'm just saying they were unhappy about their prospects in that society. You can ask how people like that get radicalized, and an oppressive environment (one the USA helped sustain) contributes to that.

See also:
    "Blowback, Second Edition: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire"
    http://www.amazon.com/Blowback-Second-Consequences-American-Empire/dp/0805075593

And:
    "War is a Racket" by by Two-Time Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC, Retired
    http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm

I agree what is going on in airports is degrading security theater. Here is how we can create real security:
    http://www.pdfernhout.net/recognizing-irony-is-a-key-to-transcending-militarism.html
"We the people need to redefine security in a sustainable and resilient way. Much current US military doctrine is based around unilateral security ("I'm safe because you are nervous") and extrinsic security ("I'm safe despite long supply lines because I have a bunch of soldiers to defend them"), which both lead to expensive arms races. We need as a society to move to other paradigms like Morton Deutsch's mutual security ("We're all looking out for each other's safety") and Amory Lovin's intrinsic security ("Our redundant decentralized local systems can take a lot of pounding whether from storm, earthquake, or bombs and would still would keep working"). "

And back then, Republicans were "liberal." At least by modern definitions of the word. So I don't really find it ironic. Parties change sides all the time. Now if Reid were an actual politician from those days then, yes, it would be ironic.

Also ironic because Reid is still a racist, as is clear if you do a little bit of research .

Actually when I was flush with cash in the mid 90s I got together with those that lived on her road, and after talking to someone who worked accounting at the cableco and had them figure up how much it would cost to run the line the whole 1/2 mile (which at the time was between $10k and 14k by her estimate) we got together and offered them $15k PLUS a guaranteed 5 year contract for EVERY house on the half mile for the full package. By our calculations they would have made nearly a quarter million on the deal. Do you know what their answer was?

They wanted $75k PLUS us to pay for the line PLUS the linemen PLUS the 5 year contract. That's right, they wanted $75 in profits BEFORE every moving a single inch. And that right there is why without seizing the last mile we are doomed to have our infrastructure fall apart. Because the cableco/teleco can either A-invest in infrastructure, using some of their profits to increase distance and capacity and continue a slow but steady rate of growth, or B-don't fix shit, don't add shit, just keep jacking rates and watching that stock climb baby,yeah! Can you guess which ones the cableco and telecos are doing? Instead of building they simply bought out potential competitors, and now that they aren't anymore to buy they can simply slowly squeeze the customers and enjoy ever rising bonuses and profits! Damn everything but the quarterly stock report!

I personally blame the obscene amount of corruption in congress and the affect day traders have had on the market. After all, why do you think there are SIX healthcare lobbyists for EVERY member of congress ATM? Because instead of competition, where lowering prices and costs could eliminate many of the problems, it is simply more profitable to bribe congressmen to turn healthcare "reform" into a pile of "free" money from the American Taxpayers, that's why. The cableco/teleco duopoly has decided long ago to "cherry pick" the best and most populous neighborhoods for what limited competition they do allow, the rest? Fuck them! And they are rewarded for this behavior thanks to day traders manipulating the stock market. Hell they wouldn't care if you burnt your company down for the insurance if it drove up the day price. If you invest you are punished by the traders, so why do it?

You mark my words, because you can come back here in 5 years and see they are true: In five years we will be MUCH farther behind the rest of the free world when it comes to broadband, my mom and everyone else who isn't being served now will still be stuck on $60 33k dialup, and healthcare reform will turn into the biggest pile of "free" money for the drug and insurance companies that the US has ever seen. With corruption so rampant it is simply cheaper to bribe than to build, sad but true.

Wow! Source? Haven't seen anything like that.

That's a bit like asking for a source that the sky is blue, because you've never noticed... Of course, you couldn't be bothered to do the simplest search for yourself.

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/30/bush-blames/
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/200601012_bush_blames_clinton_again/
http://www.davidcogswell.com/Political/BushBlamesClinton.html
http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/07/28/bush-administration-blames-bill-clinton-for-deficit/
http://www.truthout.org/article/keith-olbermann-a-textbook-definition-cowardice
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0006/23/se.02.html
http://zzpat.tripod.com/cvb/impeach44.html#Bush_Blames_Clinton_For_N_Korea_Debacle
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-04-13-attacks-panel_x.htm

And, of course:
http://homepage.mac.com/garyligi/iblog/C1957607809/E20080429161904/index.html

But the famous socialist George W. Bush did exactly that -- and made a cool 23,800 percent proft from his Texas Rangers scam! According to this article, "The younger Bush company exercised its considerable political clout and used the Texas state government to take the property for the stadium involuntarily from its rightful owners."

Worse, the Rangers then refused to pay compensation to the dispossed landowners, dumping the load onto taxpayers.

Dubya made a profit of $14.3 million from this deal, when he eventually sold off his shares in the Texas Rangers. His initial invesment was approximately $600,000 so for Bush the profit from strongarming citizens off their own land was 23,800 percent. Amazing how much money one can make by not being a socialist, right?

I recently heard about an amazing new concept called "link". Somehow stuff can be associated with a location, and activating this particular stuff will allow you to travel quickly to the associated location! I'm not yet sure if such a crazy idea is even possible, but it's a really exciting idea.

http://www.pensitoreview.com/images/art-gop-fascis m-poster.jpg

And what exactly does that have to do with the JREF being above board? I just love anonymous cowards with an agenda, although that might be an oxymoron. Moran?

Jeez, not only are you unable to read other peoples posts, you seen to have been living under a rock for the past couple of years:

image. (found via google image search for "get a brain morans", repeat the search if this site dies).

I wonder if you are the guy in the picture...your probably related at least.

The "core" spins faster due to the increased angular momentum of all those people turning in their graves. Each of the bodies distributed around the thin outer crust acts as part of an armature, which accelerates the core, because that's where hell is. The positive/negative spiritual charges in the various bodies buried in the crust act like +/- poles against the charge density in hell, pushing it around.

Where all the energy from hell goes is left as an exercise for the reader.