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Chew or Suck?

I was talking to a co-worker the other day, Her name is Farida. Farida is an absolute spark plug of a woman. She's bright and cheery and works like she takes caffeine intravenously, but she doesn't and you know sometimes that really get on my nerves there she is bouncin' and smilin' and .. and.. ok ...sorry about that, too much coffee.
Farida is also an immigrant from Indonesia. I've had some interesting working relationships with immigrants over the years. I worked with a Russian in the early 90's just after the collapse of the Soviet union. I think what helps me build a good friendship with people from other parts of the world is my interest in where they come from. What the government is like? What are the different religions? How does your culture treat homosexuals? And in the case of a friend from India. What is up with this cast thing and is untouchable good or bad?
I think my interest allowed me to build a more honest and frank dialogue with some of these friends. I remember talking with my Russian friend one day and asking him "how it felt to have your country on the trash heap of history?" Now granted, on this occasion he walked away grumbling something under his breath but it wasn't long before he was back all smiles teaching me what Russian people call a gay guy.
In Farida's case I didn't know much about Indonesia other then it's a country made up of over 17,000 islands. Actually I think that may be one of the reasons that Farida and I got along so well was that she was so use to dealing with ferries! (Da!.. dump!.. bump!)
So I was talking the Farida the other day and I asked her for a piece of gum? She handed me her pack and I took one. She then asked my if I wanted a Lifesaver kind of thing. I said " I can't do something like that. My mouth wouldn't know whether to chew or suck and for a gay man any confusion at that point can be dangerous."

A Financial Katrina

I been thinking a lot about the Big3 Bailout, as if you could avoid it. At first your instinct is that we must save these jobs. Justifiably and with sympathy, we think about the life altering trauma and uncertain futures that too many families will be facing. Unemployed and Uninsured puts you on the door step of the Great American Nightmare.
Then I think about businesses, not only the Big3 but all those ripples of economic activity, from the suppliers all the way down to that gay bar where some of the factory worker get together on Friday night. slapping each other on the back saying "hey, your just in time for my inventory!" Sorry about that. I just can't resist a good supply chain joke.
In the case of the Big3. There is no player in this game that doesn't share the blame. The companies for generations of short sighted leadership. The government, more specifically the Bush tax cuts accelerating the write off for capital investments for businesses. Which can be a good idea but in this case it became, for small business owners, The Great Hummer Tax Deduction. The Joe the Plumbers of the world would buy a Hummer or some other ultra huge SUV "for the business" and use it as a tax deduction. When it comes to taxes, nothing gets you off like a Hummer.
Blame is also is shared by the Unions. Now I have always been a fan of unions. I think they are for the most part good for the worker. They give a unified voice to a company's work force and offer a more equal footing in the relationship between labor and management.
In the case of the UAW when I heard about some of the extremes of their contracts like pay for no work for like ever or at least a couple years. My first instinct is to say "you go girls!". But then the realist kicks in and I think this paradigm is not sustainable. The American Auto industry can not continue at the competitive disadvantages they now suffers and it must change.
One quick diversion here because this brings up something that I will never understand. You would thing that businesses, big and small, would be all for a universal health care system. Imagine the boom for companies relieved of the burden of providing health care.
Giving the Big3 $25 billion at this point would be like throwing it into a burning building hoping it will put out the flames. At best it will just delay the inevitable. Sooner or later one, two or all of the Big3 will have to go into bankruptcy protection and reorganize their business models.
Maybe from the governments point of view, rather then trying to prevent the storm we should be preparing for the aftermath and recovery.
So here's what I think we should do. The Auto Industry already has $25 billion allocated to retool for more efficient vehicles. I don't see them using that money anytime soon especially while they're reorganizing. So we take that $25 billion add to it the $25 billion the automakers wanted to hold them over. Now put that money into a fund for displaces autoworkers. Use that money for tuition assistance or worker retraining. Use some to buy out worker nearing retirement and offer them early Medicare, offer low interest loans to prevent foreclosure. Do what is necessary to mitigate the trauma and pain to the workers, the families and the communities who by no fault of their own are facing a financial Katrina

The Romney Doll

Drama

It's important to remember that the "drama" that people talk about coming with the Clintons is the drama that comes from decades of none stop attacks, investigations, persecution and prosecutions. All of which have resulted in nothing. The Republican Majority in the 90's spent almost $100 million to impeach a president and failed. Well except for the blowjob thing but hey, I'm a gay man, the last thing I'm going to do is sit here and criticize a blowjob.
The Conservative movement has long had a bizarre obsession with the Clintons. It's almost like they see them as some kind of anti-christ tag team. Bill Clinton is the Anti-Reagan.

Crossing the Broder

I like David Broder, sometimes, the columnist from the Washington Post. He recently had a piece questioning, actually not question, offer judgement would actually be a better about Obama's Hillary pick. " It may be moot and it certainly is presumptuous, but I would be less than honest with readers if I did not say what I believe: Making Hillary Rodham Clinton the secretary of state in Barack Obama's administration would be a mistake."
Evan though I may not agree with all of Mr. Broder's views, I resepect his opinion. and after all he's been around for like ever and understands the way Washington thinks. Which is exactly were my differences with his opinion starts. When he writes " He does not need someone who will tell him how to approach the world or be his mentor in international relations." The first part in that needing "someone to tell him how to approach the world", Why not? I think if we just look over our shoulders we can see where maybe if George Bush had listen to some competing voices we might be in a better place.. The second half about being "his mentor in international relations" After 2 years debating Hillary, during the primaries, I'm sure Obama has great respect for Hillary and I'm sure 99% of times they have the same hopes and dreams of a new American presences on the world stage. Their differences Iraq and Iran may sound like big differences but are they really? The start of the war. Obama didn't have a vote but he spoke out forcefully against when it wasn't exactly popular to do so. Hillary voted for it. Was she wrong? Yes. Does she regret it? I'll bet she does. And many good people had different views at the time and all will have to reconcile their actions with in their own consciences.
The Iraq question is pretty much moot at this point. The Iraqis want us out, the American People have wanted us out for a while. The only question when? On Iran, Obama wants to talk. Hillary not so much but maybe. Now if I was going to enter into intense negotiations with Iran I would want Hillary Clinton as the bad cop to my good cop.
Broder goes on to say "The last thing Obama needs is a secretary of state carving out an independently based foreign policy. He needs an agent, not an author." I disagree here too. What Obama needs is strong global presences represented by an Internationally respected figure. He needs someone to start the work to build and repair our international relations and image while he turns his attention to a domestic economic crisis.
The another area that Mr. Broder gets wrong because of his pre-Bama mind set is the Bill Clinton thing. he writes " It would be unfair, and unlikely, for him to shut down his own private foreign policy actions because they might conflict with his wife's responsibilities" My question would be why would he have to? Why does Bill Clinton have to curtail his efforts or activities to help the most vulnerable and why must they suffer to maintain some politically correct rules about appearances?
Finally Mr. Broder gets one thing right but still manages to get in a final wrong " Her influence, which is vast, does not rest on seniority. It rests on the respect she has won from colleagues in both parties for her hard work, her preparation and her mastery of the substance of policy. Senators want her support for their efforts, and both Republicans and Democrats are eager to join hers, because they know she commands a unique audience both in the Capitol and across the country. That was true in the past, and it is even more true after the impressive campaign she ran for the presidential nomination." He's wrong because that exactly why Hillary Clinton is a great choice for Secretary of State.

PAY MORE BUT GETTING LESS

From Tom Daschle our new Health and Human Services Secretary:
PAYING MORE BUT GETTING LESS

Fleeting Thoughts

• It seems to me that the pundits you hear talking the loudest about the baggage Bill Clinton brings to the table in the consideration of Hillary Cinton for S.O.S. Can only dream of doing the kind of good works for their fellow man that Bill Clinton has done.


• Enough! with the idea of putting a Republican as Defense Secretary. What kind of message does it send when 2 democratic Administration in a row pick a Republican for S.O.D.? It's like we're saying "your right republican, we can't handle that whole national defense thing. Please protect us."


• I think it's important that we remember that our Republican brother, today, are like a wounded animal that's been cornered. They are in pain, scared and confused. They are being flooded with negative impulses that tend to make them nasty, irritable and contemptuous. So it best to keep your distance.


• We should abolish the Department of Education. Education is a local issue. It should have local accountability and the funds being wasted at the federal level. The only thing I can see the federal government doing is administering a standardized test every two years and publish the blind test scores by school. So schools and more importantly parents know where they stand nationally.


• Barack Obama should invite Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity to sit behind him during the inauguration.

Wanda Sykes on Prop H8

Texas Grand Jury Indicts Cheney, Gonzales "because we love our country"

From Reuters:
"A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for "organized criminal activity" related to alleged abuse of inmates in private prisons."
"The indictment cites a "money trail" of Cheney's ownership in prison-related enterprises including the Vanguard Group, which owns an interest in private prisons in south Texas."
"The grand jury wrote it made its decision "with great sadness," but said they had no other choice but to indict Cheney and Gonzales "because we love our country."

Church Invasions

If Churches and people of Religious faith are willing to invade the bedrooms of gay people to decides who gets equality. Then it is more then fair for Gays, Lesbians and their supporters to Non-Violently invade the Churches of those that support discrimination.
We should walk in, in the middle of their services with signs and shirts with pro-equality statements sit down in the pews and on the floor in the aisles and refuse to leave. They must be made to face their hate.

The added bonus, it will really piss of Bill O'Reilly

Bush Holding Americans without charge Overseas?

From McClatchy News:

"The case of Naji Hamdan, coupled with FBI interrogations of an American citizen secretly detained without charges in East Africa, raises the question of whether the Bush administration has asked other nations to hold Americans suspected of terrorism links whom U.S. officials lack the evidence to charge."
"If the U.S. government is responsible for this detention and we believe it is, this is clearly illegal because our government can't contract away the Constitution by enlisting the aid of other governments that do not adhere to the Constitution's requirements," said Ahilan Arulanantham of the ACLU's southern California office.
"I think you see a trend that reflects illegal detentions going underground or off the books, where the United States . . . out-sources detentions to other governments," said Jonathan Hafetz, an ACLU attorney

OMG! We're Fascists

Guantanamo and it's Aftermath [PDF]

Obama's Dixie Chicks

I wonder if Fox News will maintain the same standards about criticizing a sitting war time president for Barack Obama as George Bush? Or will Fox become Obama's Dixie Chicks?

The Most Important Bailout of All

Before we talk any further about bailouts for individual companies or srctors or industries we need to bailout the states. When states start cutting budgets the most vulnerable are the first to feel the pain.
From The Center on Budget and Policy Prioeities:
Examples of enacted cuts to state services include:

• Public health programs: At least 17 states have implemented cuts that will affect low-income children’s or families’ eligibility for health insurance or reduce their access to health care services
• Programs for the elderly and disabled: At least 15 states are cutting medical, rehabilitative, home care, or other services needed by low-income people who are elderly or have disabilities
• K-12 education: At least 16 states are cutting K-12 and early education
• Rhode Island has reduced the maximum income level at which parents can receive public health insurance
• Nevada’s governor has capped the state’s SCHIP program at its approximate current number of enrollees and increased the premiums that families must pay.
• Arizona is reducing its Medicaid rolls by increasing the frequency with which some adult recipients must reapply for benefits.
• In Tennessee, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 seriously ill people are expected to lose hospitalization and other needed medical services
• In Massachusetts, the Governor has ordered spending cuts for programs for elders, including home care , geriatric mental health services, and prescription drug assistance.
• Arizona eliminated temporary health insurance for people with disabilities coping with serious medical problems.

And the list goes on and on and on...

Cheney Admits War Crimes

The US Soldier pictured here were court marshaled

From McClatchy News

"Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed that U.S. interrogators subjected captured senior al Qaida suspects to a controversial interrogation technique called "water-boarding," which creates a sensation of drowning."

"The U.S. Army, senior Republican lawmakers, human rights experts and many experts on the laws of war, however, consider water-boarding cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment that's banned by U.S. law and by international treaties that prohibit torture. Some intelligence professionals argue that it often provides false or misleading information because many subjects will tell their interrogators what they think they want to hear to make the water-boarding stop."

"Water-boarding means holding a person's head under water or pouring water on cloth or cellophane placed over the nose and mouth to simulate drowning until the subject agrees to talk or confess."

Ugly or just Stupid?

ACLU VIDEO: CLOSE GITMO

SIGN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA

I wanted Bigger, but, Krugman is right

Paul Krugman

"To pull us out of this downward spiral, the federal government will have
to provide economic stimulus in the form of higher spending and greater aid to
those in distress — and the stimulus plan won’t come soon enough or be strong
enough unless politicians and economic officials are able to transcend several
conventional prejudices." Continue Reading

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This is War

2K with HIV not notified in Chile

From The NY Times

Chile’s health minister said Thursday that the country’s public health
system had failed to notify at least 512 people that they were infected with H.I.V.,
and that private-sector services did not inform an additional 1,364 that they
were carrying the virus, which causes AIDS. Continue Reading

Same Old Republicans

Brokeback Mountain Recall

The other day I was flipping around the cable channels and I came across
Brokeback Mountain and it reminded me of an old post I did when the Movie first
came out. So let's go Beyond Flashback.

A National fast food chain was forced to recall thousands of Brokeback Mountain action figures when it was discovered that instead of saying " I love Brokeback Mountain" the figures actually said "I love bareback mounting".

Investigating Bush

From Salon.com:

" a commission empowered by Congress would have the authority to
compel witnesses to testify and even to grant immunity in exchange for
information. Should a particularly ugly picture emerge, the option of
prosecutions would still theoretically be on the table later, however
unlikely."

"Further complicating the Obama team's planning is uncertainty about what President Bush might do. On the one hand, a blanket pardon for anyone involved in the interrogations could be viewed by the public as a tacit admission of colossal wrongdoing -- after years of public denial -- which would do nothing to help Bush's tarnished legacy"

Past Posts: War Crimes

Institutionalized

The Best Healthcare in the World?

From Reuters:

"The study comparing the experiences of patients in eight nations reflected
poorly on the U.S. health care system"

"In short, the U.S. patients are telling us about inefficient, unsafe and often wasteful care. The lack of access, combined with poorly coordinated care, is putting these patients at very high health risk and driving up costs of care."

Past Posts: Healthcare

Why Pay More?

A Reasonable First Step

Military Re-Rapes Victims Wasilla Style

America in the Rear View Mirror

Our future is determined by our ability to look honestly at our past.

From the Miami Herald

William Doyle, a tough-talking Vietnam War veteran who helped lead a
decorated platoon that killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in a case concealed
by the Pentagon for decades, died Nov. 6 in Springfield, Mo. He was 75.

''We killed anything that moved,'' he told reporters from The Toledo Blade for a series that won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. "My only regret is that I didn't kill more.''

Shut Down Downtowns

Gays, Lesbians and their supporters should move from one city to another and shut down their downtowns. One day one city another day another city. The community should refuse to spent any money in that city for that day and organize sit ins at City Halls and Court Houses.
Tyranny by majority is the scariest of all. When a majority can hide behind the democratic process to impose prejudice, enshrine discrimination and preserve bigotry by ballot box it can not be allowed to stand.
Non-violent civil disobedience in the face of oppression is justified as a legitimate tool to demonstrate to the majority that equality for all is not right that can be voted away.

Guantanamo: Glimmers of Hope

From the Washington Post

The Obama administration will launch a review of the classified files of
the approximately 250 detainees at Guantanamo Bay immediately after taking office, as part of an intensive effort to close the U.S. prison in Cuba, according to people who advised the campaign on detainee issues.

"It's time to better protect the American people and our values by bringing swift and sure justice to terrorists through our courts and our Uniform Code of Military Justice," Obama said in August,

Some Obama advisers believe the damage to U.S. interests and image because of the Bush administration's policies is too great to countenance any form of preventive detention. They acknowledge that they do not know how the issue of torture would play out in federal court, even if prosecutors ignore evidence produced by coerced confessions.

A Lynching in New York

From the NY Times:

A possible lynching in a New York suburb should be enough to force this country
to acknowledge the bitter chill that has overcome Latinos in these days of rage
against illegal immigration.

The police arrested seven teenage boys, who they said had driven into the
village from out of town looking for Latinos to beat up

A prosecutor at the arraignment on Monday quoted the young men as having said: “Let’s go find some Mexicans.”

SCORCHED EARTH

Could it be that the Bush Administration is employing a Financial Scorched Earth tactic on their way out the door? Looting the Treasury for trillions of dollars to protect giant corporations from the pain of their own poor decisions and behavior? Could they be trying to gut any possibility of this nation addressing any of our problem with what they see as "Big Government" solutions?
Could the Bush Administration possibly be that unethical. Could it be that immoral?

SHIP TO:

I don't know if it's just me, but, Todd and Sarah Palin seem like the kind of couple you invite over for dinner and they leave with the silverware.

MediCorp

I'd have to say two of the more interesting arguments I've heard against Universal Healthcare are the ideas that if everybody has health insurance then there will be long waits to see a doctor. Or, We will have to ration healthcare.
The first on waiting to see the doctor. Other then the fact that this answer is pretty selfish, in other words, they're saying if everybody has insurance all those poor people who didn't have insurance will get in my way when I need to see my doctor.
Although, in the beginning this may very well may be true. We have a serious shortage of doctors in this country. I would suggest to address this problem that we immediately establish a MediCorp program. This would offer tuition incentives to medical students who agree to accept medicare standard payments for the first 10 years of their professional career. Actually, and this one just jumped into my head so if it turns out to be stupid for some reason I'm not seeing right now, I blame the THC. You could even offer these doctors some kind of malpractice protection discounts going forward beyond the service in the MediCorp System.
Now where was I. Oh, doctor waits Although there is some validity
to this argument in the beginning. If we look around at other countries with Universal Healthcare systems that have been up and running for some time most have good or better wait time statistics. Except for Canada. There is a reason that you always hear politician point to Canada as a negative example of universal healthcare is because among the largest nations with Unihealthcare Canada is pretty much the worst. The are so bad
They are even worse then us. Not to mention these other countries out perform our system in even the most basic health statistics like longevity and infant mortality.
The argument, rationing, well this one is easy. We already ration healthcare in this country. It's called price. If you can afford it you don't get it. Or, you will go bankrupt saving your life.

Looking For A Sure Thing

We are being conned by the conservative movement into believe that in an economic crisis the government needs as John McCain would say " an across the board freeze on government spending", Well except for the Pentagon, of course, because God knows we always get a good bang for our buck in that enterprise. If in an economic down turn you have businesses cutting jobs and reducing spending why would you want to add the government cutting jobs and reducing spending into the mix?
They would have the American People believe giving $25 billion to a failing business or industry to sure up it's balance sheets and stock value or cutting corporate taxes across the board will some how spur the economy into growth and prompt a CEO to start creating jobs when all their customers are hurting too.
Sometimes you have to wonder if Conservative think that the American People, either have a memory span in the nano seconds or American are too stupid to connect the dots. Although when I heard that 25% of Texans, in the run up to the election, thought Barack Obama was a Muslim, I have to confess Those same thoughts ran across my mind too.
Now let bump that $25 Billion up to a Trillion. The conservatives would have the American People go out and borrow that trillion dollars and give it to failing businesses who into today's economy are very likely to fail anyway or be bought up by the competition for cents on the dollar. getting us nothing or very little for our investment.
But instead let's say the We went out and borrowed a trillion dollars and decided we need to invest in our economic infrastructure. We need to fix all the decaying bridges or roads in this country and upgrade our power grid for a future to include alternative fuels. The list of things that this country needs to keep us competitive goes on and on.
Any first year college student who has had the most basic Economics classes knows the Mutiplyer Effect. The idea is that if the government goes out and rebuild some roads and bridges. A company will hire employees and pay wages to get that done. Those employees in turn spend or even borrow against those earnings to buy stuff, which the place they bought that stuff uses it's profits to invest in growing their business and creating new jobs and on and on. So what we've done, that trillion dollars just kick started the economy.
Our trillion dollar investment has just bought us some nice new shiny bridges, more stable employment and a more productive tax base.
Although to be fair this model will at some point in the future, fail. There will, with every likelihood, come a time when those few who have the power to game the system will come up with an idea that will explodes in every body's faces, bringing the whole thing crashing down.
I think what is the most stunning in all this is that conservative continue to use the exact same language that got us into this mess. They sit there and argue that smaller government, and less taxes and regulation will save the whole system, because everyone knows that they know best.
In the early years of the Bush Administration, I had the feeling, that the massive tax cutting being proposed was an attempt by conservatives to starve the beast, to force the government to cut spending in those programs that they dislike, which just by coincidence, happen to be those programs that help people. things like Medicaid or Social Security.
Although the Republican have done a bang up job in this pursuit, even adding two wars, just for good measure. We the people have to decide what investment is likely to pay off for the greater good for all of us. Things that make America a better place to live and more competitive for the future, investments into raising the quality of life for all Americans.
Or, do we throw a trillion dollars in to a black hole and hope that something positive comes out the other end?

Left Behind: 6000 yrs and Counting

However the numbers flesh out on California's Prop H8, whether African-American were the cause of it's passage or if it was religious bigotry or maybe it was the Mormon's penance for past subjugation and bundling of women. There is no doubt, after the election of Barack Obama as our first African-American and 44th President of the United States, That we of the Gay and Lesbian community should congratulate our Black brothers and Sisters for there rapid accention to equality. In just 400 year African American have risen from the chains of slavery to the highest office in the land.
I guess this isn't the first or will be the last time gays and Lesbians have been left behind. We've always been there in the struggle for civil rights when a community was unjustly oppressed. As Coretta Scott King said "Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in Albany, Ga. and St. Augustine, Fla., and many other campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement." and some have argued that we should not be forgotten when the freedom train leaves the station. Rep. John Lewis a 60's Freedom Rider has said "We cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian Americans. I have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation."
Today, unfortunately, there are many in the African-American community who claim that the comparison of civil rights for gays and lesbians and those of the Civil Right struggle of the 60's are an insult to those who gave blood and treasure in the battles for black equality. Some argue that four hundred years of bondage gives them soul proprietorship of the term "Civil Rights"
But from the dawn of man when the most primitive understanding of cause and effect taught early man that gay sex didn't make the tribe bigger, guarantying security and prosperity, to biblical "abomination" and to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The gay and lesbian community has suffered thousands of years of brutal repressions. We have been stoned, murdered, thrown into prisons and mental institutions. We have suffered torture in the search for a cure.
I don't want to get into an argument about who has suffered more or longer at the hands of bigots and zealots or whose blood has created a bigger stain on Human History. But there is little doubt that once again as great advances in equality are made, gays and lesbians are being left behind.

Republicans on the move

Gay Sex Causes Aids?

Consumed By H8

Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in Albany, Ga. and St. Augustine, Fla., and many other campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement. Many of these courageous men and women were fighting for my freedom at a time when they could find few voices for their own, and I salute their contributions.

Coretta Scott King

Time To Call Them On It

Virtually every dirty trick used to suppress the vote is a Republican effort and nobody ever seems to call them on it.

How to Protect Your Vote

John McCain: For It Before He Was Against It

John McCain has a new robo-call out accusing Obama of wanting to bancrupt the coal industry. But McCain was accused of the very same thing.

Shadows of Evil

The Bush/Cheney War on Terror has unleashed a dark and ugly side of human nature and our country. Institutionalized torture, extraordinary rendition, suspension of habeas corpus and other violations of our Constitution and International treaties has cast shadows of evil over our nation and our reputation.There is little doubt that our government has committed criminal acts. The Bush administration has admitted using "water boarding" at least three times, which has been considered torture for hundreds of years. We've spied on our neighbors without warrants. We have allowed our government to do thing that stand in direct contradiction to our constitution and our vision of ourselves.We can not allow these violations of law and our conscience to go unpunished. We just can't say well that's the past and we need to look to the future. If we allow the practices of the Bush administration to stand as precedence we will forever tarnish our honor and reputation and will be plagued for the next hundred years with "but Bush did it"The only way to move past this part of history is to cleanse the soul of America by holding those responsible accountable The next President should appoint a War Crimes Prosecutor to investigate the actions of the Bush/Cheney Administration or else we will never move out from under the shadows.Unfortunately I seriously doubt a President Obama will have fortitude to make such an appointment.

Joe the Alien

John McCain's Friends: The Musical

Clinton on Obama

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