tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post8196281557968407303..comments2024-03-02T02:26:00.928-05:00Comments on bleakonomy: A cesspool by any other nametetracontadigonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604381739383227553noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-24905382992689354052020-02-23T23:36:31.243-05:002020-02-23T23:36:31.243-05:00Thanks for everything shared by you using this art...Thanks for everything shared by you using this article.<br />Another word for cesspool. A cesspool; a pit or secured reservoir used to gather sewage and wastewater.<br />Dose Pharmacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04831921085949883578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-65945874731092115092009-04-28T14:32:00.000-04:002009-04-28T14:32:00.000-04:00There is always the possibility of being investiga...There is always the possibility of being investigated, but if there is no impropriety I don't see how anything would be discovered.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213051268392108382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-84218950976137407632009-04-28T09:19:00.000-04:002009-04-28T09:19:00.000-04:00"If you do the right thing, Mr. President, then no..."If you do the right thing, Mr. President, then nobody will care to investigate you, and will discover no malfeasance if they do."<br /><br />I am uncertain that this is the case.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953173396955681485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-72626063276333670842009-04-26T08:54:00.000-04:002009-04-26T08:54:00.000-04:00I must object to padraig's insensitive characteriz...I must object to padraig's insensitive characterization of my lifestyle.Serial Rapist Pedophile Cannibals for Justicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-24615870703053163392009-04-25T16:37:00.000-04:002009-04-25T16:37:00.000-04:00John, I am not a legal scholar, so I don't know if...John, I am not a legal scholar, so I don't know if the Geneva Conventions technically apply to the prisoners at Gitmo. A brief filed by the President doesn't necessarily settle the question, so far as I can concerned. Even if the Geneva Conventions themselves do not apply, simple human decency does.<br /><br />And Padraig, I totally agree with everything you said.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213051268392108382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-75141816111710027572009-04-25T12:58:00.000-04:002009-04-25T12:58:00.000-04:00I'll say it again, the Geneva Conventions do not a...I'll say it again, the Geneva Conventions do not apply to the prisoners at GITMO and whatever the Obama administration is using for GITMO these days. The President's legal team filed a <A HREF="http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/genevaopposition.pdf" REL="nofollow">SCOTUS brief</A> that takes that exact position.<br /><br />Even if the Conventions applied, which they don't, the <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022002191.html" REL="nofollow">treatment of detainees meets the requirements of the Geneva Conventions</A>, according to a Pentagon review ordered by Mr. Obama.<br /><br />The Obama administration just isn't taking your side regarding GITMO and torture. I'm not sure they are taking my side. The Random Forces of Nature alone know what the Obama administration may do next, because he's broken so many firm promises on such a wide range of issues. Just ask <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yNt7XsV-Dg" REL="nofollow">Samatha Power</A> how it feels to assert that you passionately believe in "his unshakable conscientiousness on human rights" nowdays.<br /><br />And Padraig, let the trials begin! Let's start with the top (Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Reid, and everyone else in Congress who knew and approved of the actions of the CIA). Once we have held the political leadership to account for their alleged crimes, we can move on to the low level flunkies. Responsibility starts at the top, so Congress and the Administration (including the current Administration) should be held to account first.Johnv2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-25524772627333858852009-04-24T21:26:00.000-04:002009-04-24T21:26:00.000-04:00Let's go surfin' now
Everybody's learnin' how
Do s...Let's go surfin' now<br />Everybody's learnin' how<br />Do some waterboardin' with me!Foxwoodhttp://animal-farm.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-23801523804597205862009-04-24T18:28:00.000-04:002009-04-24T18:28:00.000-04:00Let us assume for a moment that I accept the oft-o...Let us assume for a moment that I accept the oft-offered premise from pro-torture people. I have a distinct set of two possible outcomes: torture and prevent loved ones from being harmed, or do not torture and condemn those loved ones.<br /><br />There are numerous immediately apparent problems with breaking it down this way, but let's just say for the nonce that this is in fact the one and only one possible scenario.<br /><br />The next question is not, "Would you do it?", the next question is, "Regardless of whether or not you would torture, should you be prosecuted and held accountable for that decision?"<br /><br />And the answer to this question is (IMO) obviously yes. A direct parallel can be drawn to other situations to illustrate why.<br /><br />A horrible serial rapist pedophile cannibal who is condemned to death is a match my daughter, and she has liver failure. Do I have the moral right to force that person to donate? No, I don't. If I break into prison, kidnap that serial rapist cannibal, and haul them off to a hospital and forced the surgery, I should be tried in a court of law.<br /><br />Period. The fact that they're a worthless ball of crud is not relevant, nor is the fact that they're going to die anyway.<br /><br />If you're not willing to face a jury, you've got no business making these sorts of decisions. If you don't think you can stand up in front of a court and say, "Yes I did this, and this is why, and I'd do it again even if you throw me in jail for it," and be willing to accept judgment of that jury... then odds are excellent that you shouldn't do it. You *KNOW* you shouldn't do it, or you wouldn't be asking for an exemption from a trial.padraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567721244433276365noreply@blogger.com