One final thought on the RTA …
April 22, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The reason why the RTA ballots could only be counted pursuant to a criminal investigation by the Office of Attorney General is simple: there is a serious legislative oversight in Arizona's elections code (A.R.S., Title 16). Pursuant to statute, ballots and election materials may be reviewed during the election and counting process;
Goddard: Hand Count of RTA Ballots Affirms Election Results
April 22, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: David Safier has faithfully chronicled the goings on in the RTA ballot recount, but since he is on vacation it falls to me to fill you in on the latest news. On Tuesday, The Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced that its hand count of the ballots cast in the May 2006 Pima
Gingrich: U.S. Presidents never smile while greeting Russian dictators (except Republican Presidents)
April 21, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last week the wingnuttia trivial talking point was the "Obama bow." The Latest Faux Obama "Scandal" on Faux News: The Bow This week the wingnuttia trivial talking point is "the handshake": Wingnuttia, led by Dr. Newt "The Professor" Gingrich said Obama's handshake with Venezuela strong man Hugo Chavez poses a grave threat
Ex-CIA official: “This was torture”
April 21, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Even after interrogators informed CIA headquarters Abu Zubaydah had told them all he knew, according to a newly released Justice Department memo, they were told to carry out harsh questioning anyway because CIA leaders in Washington insisted he knew more — setting off a quiet crisis inside the government. "You've got people
From the Archive – John McCain: Japanese Hanged for Waterboarding
April 21, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Nov. 29, 2007 – (AP) Republican presidential candidate John McCain reminded people Thursday that some Japanese were tried and hanged for torturing American prisoners during World War II with techniques that included waterboarding. "There should be little doubt from American history that we consider that as torture otherwise we
Obama open to probe, prosecution of top officials over interrogations
April 21, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Speaking to reporters today following a meeting, President Obama defended his decision to release memos in which senior Bush administration officials approved interrogation techniques that have been widely denounced as torture. He said the memos "reflected, in my view, us losing our moral bearings," adding, "That's why I've discontinued those enhanced interrogation
My God, could it get any worse?
April 20, 2009
by David SafierNow he's bowing to a dog and gettting ready to knee-cap someone who's probably an important friend of freedom. What will we tell the children?
