Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Sunday, January 31, 2010

DoJ: Still Whitewash Central

The Department of Justice has whitewashed a report on war criminals John Yoo and Jay Bybee, downgrading the admonition from "violated professional responsibilities" to "exercised poor judgment." The difference is stark, in that the former finding could get them disbarred and that latter is a literal slap on the wrist with a wet noodle.

I respectfully suggest that anyone who buys, as Newsweek apparently has, that Attorney General Eric Holder had nothing to do with this has mush for brains. The guy who supposedly is the one who made the call to downgrade the sanction, David Margolis, allegedly has a long history of participating in whitewashes and cover-ups of FBI and DoJ misconduct.

Same as it ever was. What is saddening is that President Obama has assigned no priority to the job of emptying the trash left from the Bush Administration. He and Holder are more than happy to help sweep it all under the rug. History will not remember them kindly for this.

1 comment:

Nangleator said...

The rethugs still seem unrepentant on the torture 'em and hold 'em forever technique. And all the while letting the fringe get away with accusing the administration of thought police and concentration camps and genocide.

Gonna get ugly when a teabagger gets elected. I might live to regret many of my blogosphere posts.