which were written to provide legal immunity for illegal, immoral, and sadistic acts of torture, i.e., waterboarding.
Impeaching Bybee would be a good start in bringing all the Bush administration war criminals to justice. People at the top, and that means former Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales, President Bush, and Hissing Viper VP Dick Cheney should be prosecuted and held accountable for their war crimes.
The New York Times is calling for Bybee's impeachment.
According to the torture memos, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in a month, which is 6 times a day. Now I'm no fan of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but if this waterboarding method of torture is so effective, then why did it need to be administered almost 200 times in a one month period? And what was its yield regarding actionable anti-terrorism information? Zero (gulp), Zip (gulp), Nothing (gasp).
To guarantee that these immoral (and ineffective) criminal acts are never repeated, and to restore our reputation in the world, we need to act on this now. It's not "looking back" because this issue is very front and center to who we are right now as a nation, and what we stand for.
It is a mockery of our "justice system" that someone with judgement skills as awful as Jay Bybee's be allowed to hold a lifetime seat as a Federal Judge! Judge Jay Bybee should be impeached and disbarred, ASAP.
By releasing the memos, President Obama has shown his commitment to transparency in government. I understand that he has to focus on the economy right now and that the Justice Department should handle this. But I also must register my disappointment with our new President that he, a constitutional law professor, has not yet come out and said there must be prosecutions for violating the law-- no matter how high up the previous administration the long arm of the law reaches. I also see this as a failure of Congressional oversight by the Democrats and the Republicans over the last 8 years, because they were both afraid to stand up to the bully Cheney/Bush administration. They can reassert their authority now by initiating impeachment proceedings starting with Jay Bybee and proceeding upward from there.
Don't worry Rs, you know Dick Cheney has a suicide capsule in his jacket pocket :) we'll never take him alive.
W? He won't even see it coming.
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Don't forget Rummy and Woo.
Would that water board hold this guy?
Ha! Limbaugh! Tell us why you're such a jerk! Tell us! Gurgle. Tell us! Gurgle. Tell us!
Now, come on, No Exceptions when it comes to torture (tempting as it may seem :)
Idea! Waterboard Seesaw!
Okay, people, the Jay Bybee impeachment is the "T" let's not veer "OT" (so soon) ...
re:what was its yield regarding actionable anti-terrorism information? Zero (gulp), Zip (gulp), Nothing (gasp).
cheney is all over the tv lately claiming otherwise. he swears the "enhanced interrogations" kept us save and prevented and even thwarted addition terrorist attacks. he is calling (as if he's still in power) for the c.i.a. to release documents that prove it (which he also wants to use in his new book).
nice big deep hole our former vp is digging for hisself.
rummy and yoo (not woo)
I think George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley says it best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVgVOJlq-mQ
"OT" GIGGLE DEPARTMENT
In a message dated 4/22/09 11:18:14 PM, Michael@DonovanforAllentown.org writes:
Mr. Villa: Yes, I have resorted to this. I don’t mind you attacking me alone, but do not ever mention my wife or children again. Ever.
Michael Donovan.
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((Me))
Greetings: Mr. Donovan, I have no idea what you are talking about. Additionally, I refuse to take a side in your blog war w/ Mr. O'Hare, and you can't make me take a side. Have a civil day.
Sincerely,
Bill Villa
Readers, the previous "anonymous" (wink wink) comment was originally published by O'Hare at his "Troll Parade" blog on 9/29/08.
Sheena's family has requested repeatedly that this wildly inaccurate and sadistically cruel comment be removed from O'Hare's "Troll Parade" blog.
O'Hare refuses to remove it.
As two commenters at a previous LVS post noted:
* "Wow. Even The Morning Call/Topix removes offsensive comments from its Forum when someone from the general public complains. And yet O'Hare refuses Sheena's family's (!) request to remove that awful comment about Sheena?" Anonymous, Fri Apr 10, 09:29:00 AM 2009
* "What possible rationale justifies leaving that disgusting comment up there? "Free Speech?" "Rebecca's Pocket" blog "ethics?" Please. This is sadistic cruelty, pure and simple, and criminal harassment. That comment serves no legitimate purpose and remains up there only to punish and provoke and intimidate." Anonymous, Fri Apr 10, 10:09:00 AM 2009
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Sheena's family reached out to Council "man" Donovan for help w/ this matter.
He "refused to take a side."
We again sought Council "man" Donovan's intercession when Bernie O'Hare and Mike Molovinsky were publishing blog posts calling me a "arts grant-seeking Stepford Wife."
Mr. Donovan is a member of the Allentown Arts Commission so he would know, first-hand, that I wasn't seeking any grants.
Again, Council "man" Donovan "refused to take a side."
Lately, people have been taking our side. Thank you. We appreciate that. Please keep up the good work.
Foo Foo said...
"I wasn't seeking any grants." -Mrs. Dottie
And so what if you were?
What business is this of Mike Molovinsky (from S. Whitehall Township) and Bernie O'Hare from Nazareth?
These two snakes couldn't care less about the arts in Allentown.
But sadistic cruelty, and bashing women, and especially already abused women, well sure, now THAT's where their self-pleasuring compulsions lie.
Real men stand up to bully assholes like O'Hare and Molovinsky, and attorney (for now) Dave Najarian.
Sadly, Michael Donovan is not a real man.
Thankfully, Bill Villa is.
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Merci.
Touché.
Ditto.
(excellent question)
unless and until we hear otherwise, we assume that Pam's in the same place she's been all through O'Hare's self-pleasure bashing of the late SHEENA VILLA and her family.
And that place would be:
IN O'HARE'S CORNER--
steadfastly and unwaveringly.
The "power woman" is at least consistent, eh?
Thank you, McJudas. It is good advice I will follow.
On an even more personal note, it is Glenn Kranzley who has refused and denied me a "Welcome Mat" meeting w/ the Morning Call Editorial Board, in spite of two hundred twenty-four (224) polite requests, to date.
BEFORE "Valley Blogosphere," the local blogosphere was in my corner on this issue and dissenting healthily and justifiably ...
At Request #40
At Request #66
... AFTER "Valley Blogosphere,"
not so much ...
Loyal Readers (not to worry), my Main Focus is always on Fatso on the left here ...
"OT" GIGGLE DEPARTMENT: UPDATE
In a message dated 4/23/09 1:33:51 PM, michael@donovanforallentown.org writes:
No one is asking you to take a side, because I believe you are the one that has made comments about my family. You may deny it. That's fine. I probably cannot prove it.
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((Me))
Greetings: Councilor Donovan, please stop contacting me or I will file a private criminal complaint against you (2709 A 3), Summary Harrassment. Have an overly civil day.
Sincerely,
Bill Villa
Elvis has left the building.
Merci. And, agreed.
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