Mount Misery Where Slaves Where Tortured, Bought by Rumsfeld

[Chimichurri]

Heard Amy Goodman talking about this with Sam Seder this morning.

Frederick Douglass, the renowned abolitionist, began life as a slave on Maryland's Eastern Shore. When his owner had trouble with the young, unruly slave, Douglass was sent to Edward Covey, a notorious "slave breaker." Covey's plantation, where physical and psychological torture were standard, was called Mount Misery. Douglass eventually fought back, escaped to the North and went on to change the world. Today Mount Misery is owned by Donald Rumsfeld, the outgoing secretary of defense.

It is ironic that this notorious plantation run by a practiced torturer would now be owned by Rumsfeld, himself accused as the man principally responsible for the U.S. military's program of torture and detention.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/293201_amy22.html


Rumsfeld has the means to live anywhere yet he chooses to set up his vacation home on this land where so much misery took place. I have no doubts it was the history of this place that appealed to him. He's a disgusting human being.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. Nice place for a socipath to spend the remaining worthless years of his life.

I guess these fuckers don't even try to pretend anymore.

[Orrex]

2. I'd amplify: worthless years of his *worthless* life

I wonder if he bought it because he thought that he could still own slaves there?

What a goddamned bastard (as if we didn't know already).

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. Golly gee willickers, how can you say such a thing about a caring, loving.....

......ok fuck it. I can't even be sarcastic when it comes to this filth.

[malaise]

3. Rummy will have a miserable end

I wish him all that he wished for humanity.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. No, not ironic. It's redundant. n/t

[hvn_nbr_2]

6. Rumbo resigned to spend more time with his torture chamber. nt