Torture Rant

[LeftyFingerPop]

Well, it is kind of all hitting me.

What in the world have we become?

Why are the leaders of this country, the United States of America, even TALKING about torturing people?

WHAT IN THE BLUE HELL ARE WE DOING?

Our country, to be viewed as a superpower, needs to be looked at as an entity that rises above, that sets an example. Sound bites and bullshit do not set an example...actions do. What is the deal with the 35% or so that still support this administration? Has the MSM made them drunk with apathy? WHAT IS THE FUCKING DEAL??????

Torture....we fucking torture people now!!!!

[Monkeyman]

1. We have been doing it this law covers Bush's butt

[pissedoffprogressive]

2. It is crazy - The country that is suppose to lead is going down the toilet

[whistle]

3. Perhaps this country has simply given into the true nature of its

...character as suggested by one blog site:

<snip>
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Sadly True, We are Debating Torture!

As usual Bob Herbert has identified what I believe is a crisis in the United States: our character. Now, has our character changed or did the tragedy of September 11th merely expose it to the world in great relief?

I wonder if this War President’s fear mongering has tapped into what was always right below the surface of what appears to be a psychotic national response to the Global War on Terra? Did so many of my fellow citizens really always support torture and the Star Chamber?

I am by nature, I guess it’s nature, an optimist. So, in the last six years I have been endlessly disappointed by my fellow citizens' reactions to how this GWOT should be prosecuted. And even if indeed there is a GWOT, and not merely a PR stunt for an enormous power grab by this executive.

This psychotic moment in our Country reminds me of another psychotic moment: the Civil Rights Movement and the reaction of many citizens’ to the threat against segregation. Those of us who opposed segregation and supported Civil Rights where accused of, among other things, being communists. And that was the least offensive of the accusations. We were accused of being Traitors. Now doesn’t that sound familiar?

Bob Herbert suggests that we take a look in the mirror. I suggest that most who should won’t, and they should be ashamed.

So, from behind the wall:

September 14, 2006

<More>

http://tulitalks.blogspot.com/2006/09/sadly-true-we-are-debating-torture.html

<also see this link for the book reference made in the blog commentary>

http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/wretchedoftheearth.html

[sam sarrha]

4. this is MUST SEE torture info we contract out the Boiling of People..LINK>

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3943.htm

if you scroll down is shows the evidence.. somewhat grafic