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H2O Man

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25. Definitely.

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 02:29 PM

Dec 2014

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It's strange: I like to think that I am fairly well informed, and certainly was aware that the Cheney-Bush administration was torturing human beings. But I am stunned today, as I consider how far our nation has fallen in my lifetime.

Cheney-Bush made a systematic call to the darker impulses of the United States. Certainly, they did not originate all that is wrong with America, but they expanded upon the unethical and immoral dynamics. And the failure of enforcing the rule of law, to try and to convict them, ensures that there will not be the consequences that are necessary, in order for the USA to heal.

Thank you for this, Will. I plan to write up an essay to post here on DU:GD this evening. Right now, I'm still too angry. So I'll head out to my pond & sweat lodge to think about all of this for a while.

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THEY SHOULD ALL BE IN FUCKING PRISON [View all] WilliamPitt Dec 2014 OP

Is that a mouth inside of a mouth? snooper2 Dec 2014 #1

It's A Bush Inside A Clinton billhicks76 Dec 2014 #73

It is infuriating Marrah_G Dec 2014 #2

... napkinz Dec 2014 #3

LOVE that Time cover! annabanana Dec 2014 #9

WE can only wish! Rockyj Dec 2014 #52

no they shouldnt. reddread Dec 2014 #4

^^^ nt HomerRamone Dec 2014 #49

The fact that they are all walking free Terra Alta Dec 2014 #5

Life without parole in Maximum Security, with the other Hannibal Lechter types. nt Zorra Dec 2014 #6

Abu Gharib BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #8

I prefer Gitmo vlyons Dec 2014 #18

I'll back you BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #19

The beauty of Gitmo RufusTFirefly Dec 2014 #22

I believe the prescribed punishment for treason is hanging Warpy Dec 2014 #42

Execution by hanging Scootaloo Dec 2014 #75

They should all be rotting in prison. Fuck the BFEE!! Initech Dec 2014 #7

Washing the blood off the blood stained hands of Bush and company will now be the fucking media Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #10

You don't want to start a precedent, or anything. Octafish Dec 2014 #11

Indeed. It's been fascism for a while now. hifiguy Dec 2014 #33

I'm not sure how to express my anger at my country. cry baby Dec 2014 #12

more disappointment Old Codger Dec 2014 #13

K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations! nt Enthusiast Dec 2014 #14

Now, now. Let's not be 'SANCTIMONIOUS' about the 'TOUGH JOB' these 'FOLKS' had! Maven Dec 2014 #15

Hey, they're PATRIOTS, don'cha know? kath Dec 2014 #54

Pressure, under pressure... WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2014 #58

Obama's legacy. earthside Dec 2014 #77

How about the pyschologists who knew better about torture? MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #16

They were just our Josef Mengele LiberalArkie Dec 2014 #71

Oh, yes� THESE FOLKS... MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #17

Season's Greetings! trusty elf Dec 2014 #20

Exactly! butterfly77 Dec 2014 #34

But..but...They were patriots and under a lot of stress! Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #21

And Houdini escapes once again... kentuck Dec 2014 #23

K&fuckingR.... daleanime Dec 2014 #24

Definitely. H2O Man Dec 2014 #25

How true! n/t xocet Dec 2014 #26

At hard labor -- very hard labor. n/t nichomachus Dec 2014 #27

AMEN!!!!! calimary Dec 2014 #28

The most exasperating perhaps, but not the WORST part Martin Eden Dec 2014 #29

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Your poem Rockyj Dec 2014 #84

Yup RW Conservatives are not merely sociopaths they are mass murderers Prison is too good for them. hue Dec 2014 #30

Prison, hell. hifiguy Dec 2014 #31

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What are they so afraid of.. butterfly77 Dec 2014 #32

Exactly. AngryOldDem Dec 2014 #35

I am looking forward . . . Jack Rabbit Dec 2014 #37

Till that happens take comfort from this... FailureToCommunicate Dec 2014 #41

I have been waiting to see Henry Kissinger in the war criminal's dock hifiguy Dec 2014 #46

Please do not refer to the Frat Boy as a chimp Jack Rabbit Dec 2014 #48

"for 40 years." Major Hogwash Dec 2014 #80

The Four Whoresmen of the apocalypse! Plucketeer Dec 2014 #38

Pardon Bush? chknltl Dec 2014 #39

Hartmann credits Anthony Romero mtngirl47 Dec 2014 #50

doesn't someone have to be convicted before they can be pardoned? nt tomp Dec 2014 #82

Was Nixon? n/t Oilwellian Dec 2014 #88

No, and what a perfectly disgusting precedent that set. hifiguy Dec 2014 #89

Agree, sadly I believe that's all we could even hope for AuntPatsy Dec 2014 #51

It will be that or a few middle-management nobodies as sacrificial lambs. Liberal Veteran Dec 2014 #60

pardon? none of 'em would accept it Volaris Dec 2014 #62

Absolutely not! The President should at a minimum issue an executive order declaring rhett o rick Dec 2014 #64

They cannot wash the blood from their hands Jack Rabbit Dec 2014 #40

I'm all out of shoes and tvs. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #43

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K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #47

If you want to commit, or order the commission of heinous crimes..... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2014 #53

The Cheney gang Blue Owl Dec 2014 #55

Firing squad might be more appropriate. n/t taught_me_patience Dec 2014 #56

Prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law neverforget Dec 2014 #57

Fucking Prison? Derek V Dec 2014 #59

Diane Feinstein too.. butterfly77 Dec 2014 #61

K & R In_The_Wind Dec 2014 #63

Al Gore's impassioned speeches on the subject should be wiggs Dec 2014 #65

They did these Crimes Against Humanity in our name. 99Forever Dec 2014 #66

yes they should but.... wildbilln864 Dec 2014 #67

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Here's a mugshot of the evil bunch Generic Other Dec 2014 #69

DC is one sociopath protecting another sociopath. blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #70

K & R +++ Thespian2 Dec 2014 #72

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Prison? wundermaus Dec 2014 #76

Your piece reminded me of a certain day back in 2003. pa28 Dec 2014 #78

Sweet dreams, sonny. Major Hogwash Dec 2014 #79

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