Alan, all the protest over the "Democratic" report sickened me. There has been little comment over the fact that Sen. McCain, himself a torture victim, has been a vocal opponent of "enhanced interrogation techniques" for years. I suppose he is an embarrassment to the RW. Needless to say, neither Chaney nor Bush ever served in the military, much less were captured and tortured. Chaney worked very hard to get EITs enacted as common US practice and Bush not only signed off on them but apparently thought they were just hunky dory. *BARF*
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer.There must be other books on the subject. This is the one I read. It is extremely difficult to read in places. The only reason I finished it is that I had it on Talking Books and I r reckoned, if the narrator got all the way through it, I owed him the courtesy to struggle through it as well. Glad I did, but... holy shit!
Come to think of it, the three trillion dollars or so that we spent in Iraq, Afghanistan and surrounding areas could have bought every resident of the United States ten thousand dollars’ worth of tango lessons. The results would have been far less dire than what we spent it on.
Been meaning to mention: Penny told me yesterday that her boss had hired three successive replacements for the guy who had been hospitalized. Not one of them showed up for work. The fourth is scheduled to start Tuesday, which means she'll be working 34-1/2 hours again this weekend.
Bill--Every once in a while someone evinces an interest in getting some of that easy money I make working long shifts at the hospital, but they don't seem to last very long. Mostly they give it a try once or twice, though. But the oldsters keep plodding along...
Howard's first this sunny frosty day!
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ReplyDeleteAlan, all the protest over the "Democratic" report sickened me. There has been little comment over the fact that Sen. McCain, himself a torture victim, has been a vocal opponent of "enhanced interrogation techniques" for years. I suppose he is an embarrassment to the RW. Needless to say, neither Chaney nor Bush ever served in the military, much less were captured and tortured. Chaney worked very hard to get EITs enacted as common US practice and Bush not only signed off on them but apparently thought they were just hunky dory. *BARF*
ReplyDeleteThe Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer.There must be other books on the subject. This is the one I read. It is extremely difficult to read in places. The only reason I finished it is that I had it on Talking Books and I r reckoned, if the narrator got all the way through it, I owed him the courtesy to struggle through it as well. Glad I did, but... holy shit!
On a lighter note: Today is National Tango Day in Argentina.
ReplyDeleteNational Tango Day sounds much better…
DeleteCome to think of it, the three trillion dollars or so that we spent in Iraq, Afghanistan and surrounding areas could have bought every resident of the United States ten thousand dollars’ worth of tango lessons. The results would have been far less dire than what we spent it on.
--Alan
*smile* Alan.
DeleteYour comment reminded me of this, though it's the rumba not the tango:
Vaughn Monroe - The Maharajah of Magador (Vocal by Jerry Colona)
http://youtu.be/dSbJ43Hcy2Y - on youtube
http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/vaughn_monroe/maharajah_of_magador-lyrics-412361.html - lyrics
Wow Imagine that same photo with 10+ inches of snow!
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Been meaning to mention: Penny told me yesterday that her boss had hired three successive replacements for the guy who had been hospitalized. Not one of them showed up for work. The fourth is scheduled to start Tuesday, which means she'll be working 34-1/2 hours again this weekend.
ReplyDeleteBill--Every once in a while someone evinces an interest in getting some of that easy money I make working long shifts at the hospital, but they don't seem to last very long. Mostly they give it a try once or twice, though. But the oldsters keep plodding along...
ReplyDelete--Alan