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In reply to the discussion: "My Head Exploded When Obama Sanctimoniously Said, 'We Tortured Some Folks'" [View all]
Ichingcarpenter
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"My Head Exploded When Obama Sanctimoniously Said, 'We Tortured Some Folks'" [View all]
WilliamPitt
Aug 2014
OP
Who the hell is Frank Schaeffer? And Huffington loads a person's computer up
truedelphi
Aug 2014
#172
How difficult do you think it would have been for Obama to not say what he said?
cui bono
Aug 2014
#167
Bush in hiding? He's out there giving awards to Derek Jeter. There's talk of him becoming
Demit
Aug 2014
#227
A lack of political will has long been the bane of this Administration. Now a lack of ...
Scuba
Aug 2014
#223
Admit unequivocally that it wrong and that they were not "just doing their jobs"
alarimer
Aug 2014
#74
Obama's hands are NOT tied. He can do whatever he wants to do and frankly, he is required by law
Welibs
Aug 2014
#94
I would start prosecuting those that physically did the torturing and work up the line.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#140
You better believe those words were chosen with the utmost care and they still failed. nm
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#139
By those standards, no crime should ever be prosecuted. After all,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#148
I definitely got that impression also, but we are being told we are 'making stuff up'
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#36
There are some things even the most ardent supporter of any politician should not be
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#71
I'd like to know what he supposedly meant by the sanctimonious remark
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#149
When you look forward, you don't have to worry about the consequences of your own actions.
CrispyQ
Aug 2014
#13
The government political puppet show is entertainment for the ruling corporations and 1%.
L0oniX
Aug 2014
#30
Interesting times we live in, as I came to the conclusion that nothing will get better, ever.
Amonester
Aug 2014
#41
The reason that the monsters aren't being tried is that too many Democrats signed off on it.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#39
If he doesn't do something about it, he IS responsible for future administrations
sibelian
Aug 2014
#213
That word used by pols makes my skin crawl. Who can forget Bush post 9-11 using folks to describe
snagglepuss
Aug 2014
#55
The only part of the Constitution that many seem to care about is the 2nd Amendment.
Contrary1
Aug 2014
#68
It's a German word meaning "People" with a connotation of "Common People" in the U.S.
Zen Democrat
Aug 2014
#64
Sorry, Frank Church is dead and the Republicans are controlling the House at the moment. n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2014
#203
No, the real problem is, you, just like the right wingers who have been pissed off about the torture
phleshdef
Aug 2014
#110
Well, you are both expressing disingenious outrage over the President stating a fact regarding...
phleshdef
Aug 2014
#114
'Fact'? You think it's a 'fact' that the torturers were 'real patriots'?
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#117
Then you ought to read beyond the titles of threads before responding to them
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#128
Not only that but apparently if Bush can't be prosecuted then they all should get
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#137
Well that's special that you've accepted it. For some of us it's harder than just rolling over.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#144
I'm not dumping my principles. I'm just an adult who accepts that the world doesn't always work...
phleshdef
Aug 2014
#152
No, there's nothing about it being people "doing what they were basically told to do"
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#141
Making things up won't help you convince anyone with a brain or conscience (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#147
So the "real problem" is Will? As if he is the only one with this opinion.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#145
I'll throw you in that boat too. You folks are just looking for something to get pissed off about.
phleshdef
Aug 2014
#154
If that makes life easier for you, feel free. Much easier than dealing with the truth.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#156
And you understand "reality" while philosophers have been struggling with it for centuries.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#207
he's just looking for the kind of attention he had during the bush admin on DU....
dionysus
Aug 2014
#210
I say "folks" all the time. I grew up in So. WV, its just one of those words I'm use to I guess.
phleshdef
Aug 2014
#123
Annnnnd you are totally off the point. Apparently intentionally. It isn't the word.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#161
willfully pretending that this an a regionalist assault on your choice of pronouns...
bobduca
Aug 2014
#183
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. President is a scoundrel on this subject
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#115
I wanted to write what I thought of the President's speech but this article did it much better.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#135
http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20101027/lotfi_morteza20101027125134403.jpg
blkmusclmachine
Aug 2014
#158
http://www.thecontrarianmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/iraq-torture-dogs-thumb-tm.jpg
blkmusclmachine
Aug 2014
#159
Hey, look! it's some folks! Dead, tortured folks. Dead and tortured in our name.
myrna minx
Aug 2014
#173
torture, wall street criminals, spying, offshoring, H1B, patriot act, Israeli violence
whereisjustice
Aug 2014
#195