Tag Archives: Cheney
Cheney and CIA Can of Worms to be opened
1. Feds might start investigating Cheney to CIA: keep it quiet thing -
So the former VP told the CIA to not tell the Senate Intelligence Committee about some super-secret counter terrorism program. Now there’s pressure on the administration to launch an investigation. Seems like plenty of people know about the program, and you’d think it’d [...]
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Obama Headlines White House Correspondents’ Dinner
1. President Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
“John Boehner is a person of color…” Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa… haaaaaaaa! (From the Hill)
2. U.S. Journalist Freed from Iranian Prison - She was charged with espionage, and sentenced to eight years. Appeals court knocked it down to a two year suspended sentence. And get this, she works for the [...]
The far right gave the Dems all the cards
1. Hey Mr. Limbaugh: The Arlen Specter thing? Kinda your fault - And
same goes for Ms. Palin, Mr. Hannity, Vice President Cheney, etc… Sure Sen. Specter is switching sides less on Principle and more on the fact that he wants to keep his job, but if a wholesale rejection of moderate tendencies in the GOP [...]
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Huckabee… the great “right” hope?
1. Huckabee would be Obama’s “Toughest” opponent in 2012 -
Annnnnd Teddy Roosevelt is crying somewhere right now into a dusty bandanna he wore charging up San Juan hill. If the GOP throws Palin or Huckabee up against the wall in 2012, that could very well be the end of their party. Anyone who’s not a [...]
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Torture produced faulty Iraq / Al Qaeda link?
1. Maybe Torture Wasn’t the last Resort - And just as bad if not worse: “Interrogators employed the techniques, which are notorious for producing bad intelligence, to get detainees to make statements linking Iraq and al-Qaida.” So if Mr. Cheney’s justification for water-boarding is that it gave us intelligence that prevented another 9/11 style attack, [...]
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But, but, but… waterboarding WORKED! – (so says) Cheney
1. Cheney wants release of memos that say waterboarding worked - Somebody is having a hard time embracing retirement.
(From the London Times)
2. Who is the Surviving Somali Pirate? – His name is Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse, he’s probably around 16 years old, and somehow reporters found his Mom. He’s now in New York City, in court, [...]
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Bush and Cheney don’t like each other right now
1. Obama Signs Stimulus, launches www.Recovery.gov -
Ooooo, it’s got it’s own WEBSITE. Let’s take this 800 Billion dollar thing for a spin. Wait, there’s already talk of a second? (From CS Monitor and the Huffington Post)
2. Obama to send 17,000 Troops to Afghanistan – It’s his first major Commander-in-Chief type decision. (From Reuters)
3. Roland Burris [...]
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