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In reply to the discussion: "My Head Exploded When Obama Sanctimoniously Said, 'We Tortured Some Folks'" [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)236. Well, President Obama appointed
Eric Holder to be the top man at the Justice Department, and that appointment tells a person that the President is either:
One) CIA
or
Two) he is a puppet of the high and mighty.
So ask yourself, who is Mr Holder and why did he get to become Number One at DoJ?
Holder was the "go between" guy between Bill Clinton and financial criminal extraordinaire, Marc Rich. Rich received a Presidential pardon from Clinton and Holder was offered to have a Big Big Prize, some day in the future. That day in the future came shortly after Barack's election, when Holder secured the DoJ appointment.
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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