Unmitigated Gall
On the chutzpah scale this one is off the charts. John Yoo, the author of the infamous torture memo and John Bolton, chief advocate of nuking Iran, have chosen to give the nation a lecture on the Constitutionthis morning. They are worried President Obama might work with other countries to try to slow global warming, leading to “draconian restrictions on energy use”. The thought that James Imhoffe and a small cabal of Senate climate Change deniers couldn’t hold this up under the treaty clause has them deeply troubled.
Given that these two mugs were chief enablers of Bush and Cheney’s wholesale flouting of the Constitution, they are hardly the appropriate teachers of constitutional law. Yoo will be a case study for the next century in the exploitation of legal loopholes (“it’s not torture unless there is organ failure”) that always say the end justifies the means. That the New York Times would give them a platform for this without a hint of irony is mind-boggling. They both should be stripped of their license to practice law, let alone teach it.
They’re both Strangeloves. They see deadly enemies of freedom everywhere.
I’ve been reading “This Is Berlin”, a collection of William Shirer’s radio news dispatches from Berlin in the 1930′s. One of the most darkly amusing aspects of this book is the way the Nazis also saw enemies of freedom everywhere, without a trace of irony. For instance, they insisted that they “counter-attacked” a Poland that was about to attack the Fatherland; they invaded Norway and Denmark to prevent Britain from doing so, and thereby saved both countries “from the horrors of war”; and again, they invaded Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg to rescue them from imminent French aggression.
Sound familiar?
They’re both Strangeloves. They see deadly enemies of freedom everywhere.
I’ve been reading “This Is Berlin”, a collection of William Shirer’s radio news dispatches from Berlin in the 1930′s. One of the most darkly amusing aspects of this book is the way the Nazis also saw enemies of freedom everywhere, without a trace of irony. For instance, they insisted that they “counter-attacked” a Poland that was about to attack the Fatherland; they invaded Norway and Denmark to prevent Britain from doing so, and thereby saved both countries “from the horrors of war”; and again, they invaded Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg to rescue them from imminent French aggression.
Sound familiar?
While the comparisons with Nazi Germany sound quite dramatic and “over the top”, I think they are really quite apt here – especially with these two goons – right from the Brown Shirt Squad.
The world will be a better place when these two and their friends head off to the hinterlands – or anywhere that they can cry in the wilderness – ALONE.
While the comparisons with Nazi Germany sound quite dramatic and “over the top”, I think they are really quite apt here – especially with these two goons – right from the Brown Shirt Squad.
The world will be a better place when these two and their friends head off to the hinterlands – or anywhere that they can cry in the wilderness – ALONE.
And they can take Dr. Wolfie with them!
And they can take Dr. Wolfie with them!
Speaking of unmitigated gall:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/04/elder-bush-jeb-should-run_n_155073.html
Have they no shame?
Nope…
Speaking of unmitigated gall:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/04/elder-bush-jeb-should-run_n_155073.html
Have they no shame?
Nope…
Lets don’t forget their sponsors. These are just the front men. When we give into the witch hunting we are playing into the sponsors’ hands. Some of them have already switched horses while others are using flares to hide.
Lets don’t forget their sponsors. These are just the front men. When we give into the witch hunting we are playing into the sponsors’ hands. Some of them have already switched horses while others are using flares to hide.
Ferchrissakes, these two? On Realpolitik, yes. On the Constitution?
They must’ve been laughing at lunch.
Ferchrissakes, these two? On Realpolitik, yes. On the Constitution?
They must’ve been laughing at lunch.