Showing posts with label Terror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terror. Show all posts
Friday, May 27, 2011

We Don't Negotiate With Terrorists?*

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Sen Mitch McConnell (KY-R) made it clear to TPM that the GOP is willing to explode the economy if Medicaid isn't cut. "To get my v...
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Monday, May 02, 2011

Got Him

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The most wanted man in the world was taken by the Obama Administration in a quick clean operation in an urban setting. The patience and disc...
Monday, September 13, 2010

So, If 9/11 Is Done For A Year...

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Since September 11 is over and September 12 is in its waning minutes maybe we can talk about things related to it without competing with the...
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Our Elected Terrorists

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Look two posts down and you'll see why I get upset about little things like the idjits John McPOW and his ilk are prone to saying. Godd...

Wishing For President McCain Right Now?

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Now that a Pakistani naturalized American has been caught for the Times Square bomb attempt an almost inevitable reaction sets in with certa...
Tuesday, January 05, 2010

We're All Gonna Die - Oh Noes

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Do any of the bedwetters pay any attention to anything other than scaring the public spitless? Look here, I haven't heard a word from t...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

This Is Your GOP TSA

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As the GOPers are losing their collective minds over the Undibomber it pays to stop and think about their reasoning. Since Sen DeMint has a...
Monday, December 28, 2009

Terror Pimps Peeing Their Pants

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Along with very nearly everyone in our nation; I'd prefer not to be in an airplane that explodes or gets driven into something or be whe...
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Robust Legal Systems Have Reasons For Existing

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A McClatchy report once again points up the reason the US built a legal system with such robust protections for the accused. A day after th...
Thursday, October 23, 2008

The Soft War On Terrorism

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One of the first things to keep in mind when talking about violence and particularly organized violence is that it exists for reasons. Parti...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

Pakistan, Terror - Our Ally?

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John McCain very lately stated that in regard to Pakistan that he's not "going there" since it is a sovereign nation and our a...
Sunday, June 29, 2008

McCain and Terror Attacks

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We're going to start out with an acknowledgement that this is a distasteful subject. Charlie Black's comments to Fortune magazine ab...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Scalia Activist Judge

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The dissent filed by Antonin Scalia in Boumediene v. Bush was scathing concerning the dangers of releasing Guantanamo detainees. "At le...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

The Gitmo Farce

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Republicans are going crazy in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that military detainees have a right to challenge their confinemen...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Actual Monster - Radio Fear America

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My regular readers know I'm perfectly willing to kick the NYT on occasion and do it where it hurts. I also find things there I'd lik...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Senate Leads the Way, Wiretapping

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When the Framers wrote the Constitution and laid out the terms of office for the Congressional bodies they had some ideas of the consequence...
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Friday, December 14, 2007

Pentagon Curiousity And Waterboarding and Hartman

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Someone from the Pentagon on an AF server had this curiosity going. By the time I checked the page it was 11 down from the top. So I'...
Monday, November 05, 2007

John Ashcroft and Immunity - Wrong, As Usual

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John Ashcroft states in a NYT OpEd that granting immunity to telecoms accused of being a part of US governmental wiretapping is the proper ...
Friday, November 02, 2007

Mukasey, Torture - A Question?

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Michael Mukasey has refused to state plainly whether or not he views water boarding as torture and prohibited by law. He has had the techniq...
Monday, August 06, 2007

Terrorists and the Phoney War on Them

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Let's get something straight, there are a fair number of people using guerrilla tactics against us in Iraq, that we don't like IEDs ...
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