tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post3139153553679608285..comments2009-01-16T17:16:01.319-05:00Dave Dubyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-44902861070841328802009-01-16T17:16:00.000-05:002009-01-16T17:16:00.000-05:00well, there's finally some good news -- kind of:<BR/>Susan Crawford, the convening authority for the U.S. military commissions and a life-long Republican, came out and said that Mohammed al-Qahtani was tortured. <BR/><BR/>Judge Crawford further stated that this situation has "tainted everything going forward."<BR/>xxx<BR/>finally someone has called a spade a spade. and she's even a Republican! how about that!<BR/><BR/>acourse, lest we get too giddy, Jim Webb [Va-DINO] acted as an apologist for the White House. he said it's not America's **ahem** "policy" to torture.<BR/><BR/>this was exactly the same language used by BushCo.<BR/>so, we're not yet out of the tall grass.<BR/>but Crawford, at least, has a conscience.<BR/><BR/>and, several people -- among them a number of Republicans -- are calling for the release of prisoners who 1] have been tortured 2] have never been charged 3] against whom the evidence is scant or nonexistent.<BR/>xxx<BR/>maybe, just maybe, the nightmare really is coming to an end?two crowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14289442473441279230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-29909349981139082592009-01-15T12:50:00.000-05:002009-01-15T12:50:00.000-05:00Kulkuri,<BR/><BR/>OK, you got me. Six random things about me:<BR/><BR/>1.I would rather shovel snow in the dead of winter than mow the lawn on a hot day.<BR/><BR/>2.In the 70’s I played in my father’s jazz band and he played in my rock and roll band.<BR/><BR/>3.I briefly followed my father’s footsteps in music therapy.<BR/><BR/>4.I saw the Grateful Dead 51 times. That’s how Mrs. Dubya and I first got together.<BR/><BR/>5.We have 3 cats (2 intentional) and a 14 year-old German Shepherd mix named Lucy Jean.<BR/><BR/>6.I sometimes don’t follow rules very well so I’ll post this in the comments section.Dave Dubyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-15755363812643837452009-01-15T09:25:00.000-05:002009-01-15T09:25:00.000-05:00I tagged you with a meme.<BR/><BR/>As for privacy, we lost that a long time ago and not just to the gubmint. I people knew how much private companies know about them, they would be rightly paranoid.Kulkurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-44781294618166065982009-01-13T12:11:00.000-05:002009-01-13T12:11:00.000-05:00Anon,<BR/><BR/>Privacy? What privacy? <BR/><BR/>Most medical info is already in digital storage.<BR/><BR/>There is no longer a right to privacy in post Bush Amerika. Obama seems to agree with his FISA Amendment vote. If Obama agreed that it's OK to have your phone tapped (without a warrant)on an international call, then your phone is as good as tapped for ANY call.Dave Dubyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-667600417806881312009-01-10T23:30:00.000-05:002009-01-10T23:30:00.000-05:00In the name of consistancy, our new administration which has changed it's mind about tax cuts for the ritch and withdrawl of our forces in Iraq and for greater transperancy, is now saying via President Elect Obamma that one of the goals of his administration is to computerize all medical records. Good bye patient privacy!<BR/> A. W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-24919215621038482332009-01-06T15:30:00.000-05:002009-01-06T15:30:00.000-05:00Happy New Year to a REAL patriot!Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520811677683114077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-47750745292403462072009-01-04T17:59:00.000-05:002009-01-04T17:59:00.000-05:00Betmo,<BR/>We can count on the media to dismiss any indictment of the Bushies. They will tell us it's "time to move forward".<BR/><BR/>Hi, Daisy!<BR/><BR/>Jim,<BR/>Thanks for the update.<BR/><BR/>DK,<BR/>How right you are. We have a country to save.<BR/><BR/>Two Crows,<BR/>It's incredible that Americans can't see this empire for what it is, even when we have hundreds of military bases around the world. Many quite unwelcome.Dave Dubyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-35807088626659234862009-01-04T09:53:00.000-05:002009-01-04T09:53:00.000-05:00Funny Dave but as Betmo illustrated I found that many do not want to remember all the negatives but they should be remembered as you know "Lest we forget"<BR/> Anyway I have been in touch with Tom and he is okay but Brother got through to me yesterday and said he has been trying for a long time.<BR/> We talked for over an hour and a half before he let me go. He has been in touch with Betmo too I understand.<BR/> He has had a heck of a load with his Sister and relocating and his Mother's death and everything! He did say he would be writing a new post in a couple days and has a new computer!an average patriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-18609531919971659412009-01-03T15:11:00.000-05:002009-01-03T15:11:00.000-05:00hey, Dave--<BR/>I watch lots of documentaries on tv. <BR/>And, recently, it was brought home to me just how much our country resembles the Roman Empire.<BR/><BR/>It started out as a republic, then degenerated into a dictatorship which survived for more than 500 years-- starting out with fairly benevolent emperors then sliding further and further into the grip of power-mad rulers.<BR/>Occasionally, an emperor would come along who actually handed back some of the ill-gotten power stolen by a previous one. But the overall trend was one of stealing power and wealth from the people who, by and large, didn't even notice.<BR/><BR/>Gee, does any of this sound familiar?two crowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14289442473441279230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-71463105184366813302009-01-02T01:06:00.000-05:002009-01-02T01:06:00.000-05:00This was a wonderful wrap-up of some of the big-brotherish aspects of this admin! Personally, the idea that on Bush's say-so alone a person can be disappeared makes me wonder if there really is a country called the USA anymore. <BR/><BR/>Lotta worka heada us for 2009!D.K. Raedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-39490198233484878352009-01-01T15:35:00.000-05:002009-01-01T15:35:00.000-05:00Hey dave<BR/> Came home for a moment! We have gone so far backward under Bush we raced right past Nazi Germany. It is up to Obama to bring us back and give us our 21st century America .an average patriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-36061400741950906682008-12-31T23:17:00.000-05:002008-12-31T23:17:00.000-05:00Happy New Year, Dave!Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17993200276152025235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-74779577698542970352008-12-31T20:37:00.000-05:002008-12-31T20:37:00.000-05:00thank you for reminding us what so very many of us would like to forget- and shouldn't. the reality is- many of the 'laws', signing statements, etc. that bushco put forth- will never be overturned. obama may be a decent human being but once power is there- it very rarely gets handed back- as cheney made sure to state this month. the election doesn't mean a thing if we don't continue to push for our civil liberties. we are not done simply because we went to the polls and thwarted the 'wrong side.' if we don't push for change- it won't happen. the folks on the 'right side' really don't care in the grander scheme of things- they just want the same things that the other side wants- power. and money.<BR/><BR/>thank you dave for being a ranter :) we need to keep on keepin' it real. happy new year.betmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.com