Monument Designer To See If Some Other Country Wants To Buy Rejected War Memorial http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/monument_designer_to_see_if
Explaining that her design is not necessarily war-specific, Claire Dunham has begun shopping around a rejected memorial she originally created to honor soldiers who lost their lives in the first Gulf War. Dunham told reporters Monday that the monument is suitable for any conflict or skirmish a nation wishes to remember, and can be installed at a park or battle site anywhere in the world. "This is a real nice monument, and it's just sitting here," Dunham said. "The great thing is, it's modular. You can put these pillars as far apart as you need to in order to accommodate a lot of names, or close together to honor a few." Dunham went on to say that there was no reason an interested party couldn't cross out a few words in order to make it an air disaster memorial or a Little League victory statue. =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= Up Close And Personal http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/cartoon/2009/may/20/obama-netanyahu-guardian-cartoon-bell =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= VR Launches New Campaign To Disbar The Torture Lawyers http://www.velvetrevolution.us/#051809 Today, a broad coalition of organizations dedicated to accountable government, and representing over one million members, filed disciplinary complaints with state bar licensing boards against twelve attorneys who advocated the torture of detainees during the Bush Administration. These detailed complaints with over 500 pages of supporting exhibits have been filed against John Yoo, Jay Bybee, Stephen Bradbury, Alberto Gonzales, John Ashcroft, Michael Chertoff, Alice Fisher, William Haynes II, Douglas Feith, Michael Mukasey, Timothy Flanigan, and David Addington. The complaints, filed with the state bars in the District of Columbia, New York, California, Texas and Pennsylvania, seek disciplinary action and disbarment. Copies of the complaints and exhibits are available at www.disbartorturelawyers.com. ... =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= "I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill." - Mahatma Gandhi =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= Jesse Ventura: "Torture is torture." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSra-McRZEc "If waterboarding is OK, why don't we let our police do it to suspects so they can learn what they know? ... If waterboarding is OK, why didn't we waterboard McVeigh and Nichols, the Oklahoma City bombers, to find out if there were more people involved? ... We only seem to waterboard Muslims.. Have we waterboarded anyone else? Name me someone else who has been waterboarded." =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= ONE IN SEVEN FREED FROM GUANTANAMO REPORTEDLY RETURN TO TERRORISM Just one thing wrong with that headline from recent news.... Anyone who was released from Guantanamo had been cleared of any involvement in terrorism, and was likely there due to a mistake.... sometimes knowingly. How the headline should read? ONE IN SEVEN FREED FROM GUANTANAMO CITE TREATMENT THERE AS CAUSE FOR RADICAL TURN OF VIEWS =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= Inquirer defends the indefensible: A monthly column by torture architect John Yoo http://tinyurl.com/qr9uem By late last year, the world already knew a great deal about John Yoo, the Philadelphia native and conservative legal scholar whose tenure in the Bush administration as a top Justice Department lawyer lies at the root of the period of greatest peril to the U.S. Constitution in modern memory. It was widely known in 2008, for example, that Yoo had argued for presidential powers far beyond anything either real or implied in the Constitution -- that the commander-in-chief could trample the powers of Congress or a free press in an endless undeclared war, or that the 4th Amendment barring unreasonable search and seizure didn't apply in fighting what Yoo called domestic terrorism. Most famously, Yoo was known as the author of the infamous "torture memos" that in 2002 and 2003 gave the Bush and Cheney the legal cover to violate the human rights of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, based on the now mostly ridiculed claim that international and U.S. laws against such torture practices did not apply. Working closely with Dick Cheney, Cheney's staff and others, Yoo set into motion the brutal actions that left a deep, indelible stain on the American soul. Yet none of that was enough to prevent my colleagues upstairs at the Philadelphia Inquirer -- with none of the fanfare that might normally accompany such a move -- to sign a contract with Yoo in late 2008 to give him a regular monthly column. The Inquirer thus handed Yoo a loud megaphone on what was once a hallowed piece of real estate in American journalism -- to write on the very subjects that have now led Justice Department investigators to reportedly recommend disbarment proceedings against Yoo and has led international prosecutors as well as millions of politically engaged Americans to consider the Episcopal Academy graduate worthy of charging with war crimes. ... =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= "As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality." - George Washington =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= "Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander." - Holocaust Museum, Washington DC =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= Philadelphia Inquirer Hires Ira Einhorn To Write Monthly Column On Corpse Storage http://tinyurl.com/qtbzk8 Ira Einhorn, the 70's environmental and anti-war activist currently serving a life sentence for murdering a former girlfriend and keeping her mummified remains in a trunk in his closet before jumping bail and fleeing to Europe, has been hired as a columnist by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Harold Jackson, The Inquirer's editorial page editor, feels Einhorn will compliment the paper's other recent hire, John Yoo. "John advocates and rationalizes policies that inevitably lead to dead bodies. Ira has expertise on what to do with those bodies. It's a no brainer." Yoo, whose latest column was titled "If A President Wants To Stick A Beer Tap In Your Neck And Drink Your Spinal Fluid He Could", is part of the Inquirer's ongoing effort to hire conservative columnists. They include Kevin Ferris, winner of the prestigious 'Cavuto Flack Prize' for changing the font on GOP talking points before presenting them as his thoughts. As well as Rick Santorum, whose bimonthly 'On The Dog' column expounds on Santorum's incessant fear that gay activists will force a Basset Hound on him sexually. ... =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= "I'm gonna join the Inqy too, Jack. And write about what I know that the man also knows, but you don't know. You know that I know and I know who knows and I know you don't know. And that's how it goes, JACK!" - Columnist Charles Manson =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= BREAKING: MICHAEL VICK TO WRITE PETS COLUMN FOR INQUIRER http://tinyurl.com/r7bbb5 The publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer is defending his decision to make former football player Michael Vick a regular columnist who will write about breeding and raising dogs. Vick was the "the key figure" of an extensive unlawful interstate dogfighting ring operating over a period of five years that critics call cruelty to animals. One critic of the Inquirer's Vick columns says it's like having O.J. Simpson write about the criminal justice system. Inquirer Publisher Brian Tierney says that's a silly comparison. He says Simpson has been found liable for wrongful death of a human being and Vick had been through no such legal process. As Tierney put it: "Speech that is most important to defend is the speech that you hate; it's easy to defend the speech that you like." =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= Michael Vick didn't "torture" dogs.... it was just enhanced training techniques. =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= "In a reversal of his position, President Obama this week said he now opposes the release of photographs showing terror suspects being abused in Afghanistan and Iraq. Meaning we'll just have to wait for Dick Cheney's Christmas card." - Amy Poehler, SNL "Weekend Update" =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= For Instance.... http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=9ec5abb917ac20000b40de606f607478 =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= How Can Anyone Think Both of These Things? http://theamericanscene.com/2009/05/16/how-can-anyone-think-both-of-these-things . . Sean Hannity cast Obama as a radical with ties to terrorists throughout the Presidential campaign. ... he is arguing that the country is moving toward a socialist dictatorship, and that Obama Administration economic policies are dangerous. Newt Gingrich agrees, saying that his policies amount to liberal fascism. Glenn Beck says the same thing with spooky graphics. Andy McCarthy thinks "Obama is a true revolutionary" who is anti-constitution, that he is hearkening in the death of freedom, that he seeks to criminalize political disputes with Republicans, and puts political posturing above the rule of law. How can men who make these claims about Barack Obama simultaneously insist that a country governed by him is well served by an executive branch given expansive powers during war time? How can they insist that he'll end freedom in America, and defend the idea of warrantless wiretapping? Is it credible to argue that he is a radical opportunist who seeks the prosecution of political opponents, and that he should have the power to order waterboarding, "walling," and other brutal interrogation tactics. It's as if one moment they're comparing him to Joseph Stalin, and the next they're demanding that he wield all the power they helped afford him by arguing for its righteousness during the Bush era. ... =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= =--= "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it." - Gen'l Robert E. 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