Let's Go Waterboarding!!!

[Gaspar]

FORWARD!
What an appropriate slogan.

Progressives have come so far.  Just 4 or 5 years ago, the idea that the government should have the right to spy on Americans without warrant was abominable to both modern liberals (Progressives) and classic liberals (Libertarians).  The concept of capital actions such as torture and execution was considered a WAR CRIME and members of the administration responsible for such actions were WAR CRIMINALS.  Imprisonment of hundreds of terrorists under military law was considered a constitutional violation.  Rendition of high value targets was kidnapping.

Fast forward to today, and you observe a president who acts outside of congress in the outright execution of thousands of people, including hundreds of civilians and children.  Kill lists and "Tuesday Kill Meetings" have replaced incarceration and rendition. Wiretapping is a given, and any congressional oversight is considered unwelcome and unnecessary. As of today, the justice department claims that the president does indeed have the authority to order the execution of an American citizen on American soil with no due process.

The classic liberals are indeed outraged, but modern liberals have progressed so far forward as to condone the authority of a president to preside unchallenged over the first and primary unalienable right of a human being--Life.  

Waterboarding made George Bush a war criminal.  
FORWARD!

"It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States," Holder replied in a letter yesterday to Paul's question about whether Obama "has the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and without trial."http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/03/obama-admin-says-it-can-use-lethal-force-against-americans-us-soil


IN PAKISTAN ALONE
Total US strikes: 364
Obama strikes: 312
Total reported killed: 2,534-3,573
Civilians reported killed: 411-884
Children reported killed: 168-197
Total reported injured: 1,172-1,463
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/category/projects/drones/

[Gaspar]

And now I give you the famous Holder back-paddle we've come to love and cherish.

[patric]

"We tortured some folks," Obama said during a White House news conference Friday. "When we engaged in some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, techniques that I believe and I think any fair-minded person would believe were torture, we crossed a line. And that needs to be understood and accepted."
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/john-brennan-torture-cia-109654.html

Now that that's settled, are we going to address the torture and death of a suspect after the OKC Bombing?
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/trentadue-fbi-oklahoma-city-bombing-evidence

[dbacksfan 2.0]

"We tortured some folks," Obama said during a White House news conference Friday. "When we engaged in some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, techniques that I believe and I think any fair-minded person would believe were torture, we crossed a line. And that needs to be understood and accepted."
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/john-brennan-torture-cia-109654.html

Now that that's settled, are we going to address the torture and death of a suspect after the OKC Bombing?
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/trentadue-fbi-oklahoma-city-bombing-evidence

You left out the two most important points from yesterdays presser, "So, it's not official until Monday, but is anybody here going to wish me Happy Birthday?"

THE PRESIDENT:  I thought that you guys were going to ask me how I was going to spend my birthday.  What happened to the happy birthday thing?

Keep in mind that Ebola is not something that is easily transmitted.  That's why, generally, outbreaks dissipate.  But the key is identifying, quarantining, isolating those who contract it and making sure that practices are in place that avoid transmission.  And it can be done, but it's got to be done in an organized, systematic way, and that means that we're going to have to help these countries accomplish that.

All right?  Okay.

Q    Happy Birthday, Mr. President.

THE PRESIDENT:  There you go, April.  (Laughter.)  That's what I was talking about -- somebody finally wished me happy birthday -- although it isn't until Monday, you're right.

Thank you so much.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/01/press-conference-president

[guido911]

Two of Obama's "go to" memes. Blame Bush.  And let's talk a bit about "me me me me me me me me....."