Bush's CIA Official Calls Cheney a Liar

Now I'm starting to hear something other than bullshit. What is it I hear..........the truth. We now know that the Bush administration was warned that what they would be doing in using harsh interrogations would constitute as torture.

It is now also being reported that the CIA Inspector General John Helgerson in 2004 found no real evidence,proof or whatever you want to call it that torture or "enhanced interrogation techniques" provided any information that helped the Bush administration to interrupt or stop any real terrorist threat.

Helgerson also concluded that water boarding was riskier than officials claimed and reported that the CIA's Office of Medical Services thought that the risk to the health of some prisoners outweighed any potential intelligence benefit, according to the memos.

Here's the biggest kicker:

Even some of those in the military who developed the techniques warned that the information they produced was "less reliable" than that gained by traditional psychological measures, and that using them would produce an "intolerable public and political backlash when discovered," according to a Senate Armed Services Committee report released on Tuesday.

President Bush told a September 2006 news conference that one plot, to attack a Los Angeles office tower, was "derailed" in early 2002 — before the harsh CIA interrogation measures were approved, contrary to those who claim that waterboarding revealed it.

So not only did military personnel warn against using torture because it was unreliable, but president Bush and Cheney have both been proven liars in referring to the thwarted L.A. tower bombing plot.

Wow so they knew it did not work, were warned against using it and yet did it anyway. So the only thing it accomplished was to tarnish the reputation of the United States which we may never repair. Even though every news agency is reporting this story, good luck finding it anywhere on Fox.

Full Story: McClatchy News Washington Post

The Dirty Dozen....First 100 Days

Media Matters runs through the Dirty Dozen, the 12 worst performances by members of the media during President Obama’s first 100 days in office:

A Look at Socialism in Sweden

The "Daily Show" pokes fun at Obama's critics who say he is leading the country into socialism, just like Sweden. Wyatt Cenac travels to Sweden to wake us from our socialist nightmare, very funny:

L.A. Plot Was Already Thwarted.......Without Torture

If the plot to take down the library tower was already stopped in 2002, how could Sheikh Mohammed's water-boarded confession in 2003 have prevented the Library Tower attack if the Bush administration "broke up" that attack during the previous year?

The Library Tower? Is that the best that Bush's torture apologists can do? Read Here....

Good Luck Getting a Permit

Although I am a strong gun rights advocate, I'm not sure that having a million people with guns walking down the streets in Washington would be a good idea.

The Ohio Militia, which has maintained a YouTube account since October, is up with a video asking “a million armed militia members” to march on Washington on July 4:

Paul Begala Explains My View on Torture and Prosecuting

The flaming liberal Paul Begala, pretty sums up my view on the torture issue:

In Support of the Real Tea Party Protesters

While there is no doubt the Tea Party protest were fueled in part by republican leaders and right-wing loyalists who hate and Obama, I still know that there were legitimate protesters who were tired and fed up with the bullshit that is Washington D.C.

I myself as a Obama supporter attended the tea party here in Chicago. While I did see some who were there just to be racist, evil idiots, there were folks who were in that crowd to voice their concerns and frustrations about the American government and wasteful spending. I was not a protester, but a witness to what was going on.

So on behalf of non flaming, tree hugging, fur hating and Bush blaming liberals I say sorry. Sorry for the ignorant jokes, for the mocking of what those who truly had concerns about government. That is not what a real true blood democrat is all about. Of course I will be criticizing you later on......enjoy this post.

The only conservative I agree with 80% of the time (the Southern Avenger):

Miss USA??

While it seems like conservatives are trying to make this an attack on religious beliefs rather than Miss California being asked a question by a big gay idiot (not a gay hater, just idiots), she seems to me to have come out the winner instead of the runner-up.

Miss California Carrie Prejean, has been in every major newspaper and was on just about every television news and entertainment show today whether in person on in spirit. She will most likely make money off of this or least increase her exposure for possibly modeling or something else.

I do applaud her for having the courage to answer a question she knew the Perez Hilton wanted her to answer a certain way, but chose to stick to her beliefs.

Who cares what she thinks? Who cares what I think? They are opinions from American citizens, not lawmakers who could actually make gay marriage a reality. For this to become the story it has is ridiculous. She never said she hated gays or wanted gay marriage banned, she just said what she believed.

The only question I have is.........does anyone even know who actually won the Miss USA Pageant?


What she said that sparked controversy:

What the idiot Perez Hitlton said:

Sources: Fox News Celebrity Pundits

Future Billy Graham?

Just as long as he's not the next Jimmy Swaggart..........

FBI, Spying on Teens Girls

What can I say but wow! The FBI, yes the FBI was caught spying on teenage girls trying on prom dresses in a West Virginia mall. The two employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation were charged with conspiracy and committing criminal invasion of privacy.

Gary Sutton Jr., 40, of New Milton and Charles Hommema of Buckhannon have been charged with the misdemeanors and face fines and up to a year in jail on each charge if convicted. Sutton has been released on bond, Wilson said, and Hommema is to be arraigned later this week. Wilson did not know Hommema's age.

The workers were described in a complaint as "police officers," but prosecutors did not say whether the men were agents or describe what kind of work they did.

The Cinderella Project at the Middletown Mall in the north-central West Virginia town of Fairmont drew hundreds of girls from 10 high schools in five counties. Organizer Cynthia Woodyard said volunteers, donors and participants are angry.

"I can't even begin to put words around what I consider an unspeakable act, the misuse of surveillance by a branch of our government in a place we felt so secure," she said. "Never in a million years would we have thought something like this would happen. We're in shock."

Hospice Care Corp. was sponsoring the event, offering prom dresses, shoes and accessories to girls who could not otherwise afford them. Dresses sold for as little as $5.

Woodyard, director of marketing for Hospice Care, said this year's event was the biggest in the decade the organization has been holding it, with more than 800 dresses on display.

The prosecutor would not say how authorities found out about the accusations.

It was not immediately clear if the accused men had attorneys. Messages left at phone listings for Gary Sutton were not immediately returned; there was no listing for Hommema.

The FBI issued a brief statement, but refused to answer questions. The statement said the Office of Inspector General was investigating.

"The FBI is committed to the timely and full resolution of this matter, but must remain sensitive to the privacy concerns of any potential victims and their families," the statement said.

It really befuddles to mind to think that our federal government has hired two clowns like this. Even worse, how many more still work there?

Source: Fox News USA Today

Unfair & Unbalanced Fox News Gets Busted Again

Fox News who always touts their fair & balanced coverage, once again proves themselves to be a pawn for the conservative party.

Don't get me wrong, I like Fox News, I watch them along with CNN and MSNBC. I like to get the full spectrum of news from as many sources as possible. What bothers me is when you try to lie to me and say you are not biased for one party vs. the other.

Well known conservative radio talk show host and pundit Michael Smerconish, reveals in his book how Fox News was recruiting him and other conservatives to Neil Cavuto's show for a Barack Obama bashing session.

Excerpt from Reliable Sources Sunday Morning:

KURTZ: Well, we'll try not to make this interview torture, even though you're tolerant of it. Let's talk about cable news and the way the booking process works. This was just fascinating to me. You have e-mails in this book from a producer who works for Neil Cavuto and his Fox News program. And let me put it up on the screen and share this with our viewers.

The first e-mail, this was last April, just about a year ago.


"Wanted to see if you're available today at 4:05 for Neil's show today. The topic is on Obama and his cockiness. We're looking for someone who will say, yes, he's cocky and his cockiness will hurt him."


And I love your rather brief response. You wrote back, "Thanks for the clarity. I am not your man." OK. Then you get a second e-mail from this same Fox producer. And it says, "What about a debate off the top on the show on whether or not Hillary is trustworthy? We have someone who says she is and we're looking for someone who says she isn't." Now, how common is that in cable news, that you only get to appear if you're willing to take a predetermined, precooked, prepackaged position?


SMERCONISH: Well, I think it's very common. It's exactly what I was just describing. I mean, it's this mentality that says that only good television is television which pits one individual against another and there's a fight that ensues. I just don't believe that.


I mean, what's wrong with a host taking a contrarian point of view in a respectful way? I think the viewers get all that they need. But you're right, in that circumstance -- and I raised it just as one clear example -- my invitation was predicated on my willingness to say that Barack Obama was cocky or that Hillary was untrustworthy. And I was unwilling in that circumstance to say either.

So basically, Fox News has scripts for Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich and others for them when they come on too.

Barack Obama a Fungus?

I thought I'd go ahead and post this before the right-wing bloggers made fun of it elsewhere. Kerry Knudsen A researcher at UC Riverside has discovered a new species of lichen – a plant-like growth that looks like moss or a dry leaf – and named it after President Barack Obama.

“I discovered the new species in 2007 while doing a survey for lichen diversity on Santa Rosa Island in California,” said Kerry Knudsen, the lichen curator in the UCR Herbarium. “I named it Caloplaca obamae to show my appreciation for the president’s support of science and science education.”

So have your fun with this one conservatives, I can see all the funny little jokes now............


Full story: UC Riverside Newsroom

What's in a Handshake?

.........Nothing unless you are a Democrat