Comments on: Because We Can http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:57:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: whig http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267462 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:42:31 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267462 I'm with moonbat. This is part of the waking psyche, a psychopathy that has been with us for a long time and is coming to the fore, in order for us to have the ability to see it clearly for what it is and deal with it appropriately. I’m with moonbat. This is part of the waking psyche, a psychopathy that has been with us for a long time and is coming to the fore, in order for us to have the ability to see it clearly for what it is and deal with it appropriately.

]]> by: joanr16 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267458 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:18:37 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267458 Barbara is correct. I won't go into the details, but Libby's novel involved under-12 female prostitutes. I needed to shower with a wire brush after reading only a synopsis. So you see, these people are sicker than we think. Barbara is correct. I won’t go into the details, but Libby’s novel involved under-12 female prostitutes. I needed to shower with a wire brush after reading only a synopsis.

So you see, these people are sicker than we think.

]]> by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267385 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:26:12 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267385 I think Joan is referring to a novel Scooter published some time back. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/07/051107ta_talk_collins I think Joan is referring to a novel Scooter published some time back.

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/07/051107ta_talk_collins

]]> by: ken melvin http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267296 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:33:05 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267296 Tres bien. Tres bien.

]]> by: britwit http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267289 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:09:20 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267289 Swami-I'm with you as I haven't heard that about Scooter either. Mark Foley - WOW - you are so correct - sounds like a name from the past! Swami-I’m with you as I haven’t heard that about Scooter either.

Mark Foley - WOW - you are so correct - sounds like a name from the past!

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267252 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:54:51 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267252 joanr16..What's with the kiddie porn and Scooter Libby? I've never heard anything of that nature about Scooter.. The only one I can recall who had an appetite for veal was Mark Foley..I think he was raptured because he doesn't seem to be on the face of the planet any more. joanr16..What’s with the kiddie porn and Scooter Libby? I’ve never heard anything of that nature about Scooter.. The only one I can recall who had an appetite for veal was Mark Foley..I think he was raptured because he doesn’t seem to be on the face of the planet any more.

]]> by: joanr16 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267249 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:21:24 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267249 This psychopathology defines our society right now.... In entertainment: the mainstreaming of torture-porn films, hate as comedy, <i>24</i> as the righties' Monday-night wanking hour. In government: child pornographers like Scooter Libby in positions of importance within the administration. In sports: dogfighting as a cool pastime among the rich and sadistic. Feel free to add your own examples. I've always believed that the POTUS sets the moral and intellectual tone for the nation. We were inquisitive and energetic in the 1990s, watching comets smack into Jupiter and rovers explore Mars. Now we watch Lindsay Lohan's forehead smack the pavement once a week. How ironic that Clinton had the reputation as a sleazebag. He's a saint compared to the vile perversity of the Bush crowd. This psychopathology defines our society right now….

In entertainment: the mainstreaming of torture-porn films, hate as comedy, 24 as the righties’ Monday-night wanking hour.

In government: child pornographers like Scooter Libby in positions of importance within the administration.

In sports: dogfighting as a cool pastime among the rich and sadistic.

Feel free to add your own examples.

I’ve always believed that the POTUS sets the moral and intellectual tone for the nation. We were inquisitive and energetic in the 1990s, watching comets smack into Jupiter and rovers explore Mars. Now we watch Lindsay Lohan’s forehead smack the pavement once a week. How ironic that Clinton had the reputation as a sleazebag. He’s a saint compared to the vile perversity of the Bush crowd.

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267241 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:32:12 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267241 I would guess that if you're searching for the bounds of human decency it would be a safe assumption to figure that your starting point is already out of bounds. The bounds of decency aren't fixed,they are ever shifting according to justification, so Bush isn't going to find those precious boundaries except in his own sick mind. And as we have seen with the hypothetical ticking bomb senario/justification that has been endorsed by the whole line-up of GOP presidential contenders..there are no boundaries for human decency in the current political arena. Mitt Romney, Rudy Guiliani ? All that my power allows me.. is to speak out against torture and the fear that fosters it. It's wrong, and it's wrong for America. I would guess that if you’re searching for the bounds of human decency it would be a safe assumption to figure that your starting point is already out of bounds. The bounds of decency aren’t fixed,they are ever shifting according to justification, so Bush isn’t going to find those precious boundaries except in his own sick mind. And as we have seen with the hypothetical ticking bomb senario/justification that has been endorsed by the whole line-up of GOP presidential contenders..there are no boundaries for human decency in the current political arena. Mitt Romney, Rudy Guiliani ?

All that my power allows me.. is to speak out against torture and the fear that fosters it. It’s wrong, and it’s wrong for America.

]]> by: the talking dog http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267232 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:58:55 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267232 Once you've reduced human beings to the status of "the other", i.e., not worthy of consideration as human beings, be they (overwhelmingly Black and Latino and almost invariably poor) convicted criminals in Texas, or (invariably swarthy and always Muslim) accused (though never EVER proven) terrorists in the "global and sacred war on terror", it's really not so hard to torture, or to execute, or to abuse... or hell, not to think much about them all, because, hey, it's not as if they are People, now, is it? And if you're Al Gonzales, the fact that you yourself started in humble circumstances is no reason not to serve The Man... Al has made his career, after all, by not asking <strike>too many</strike> any questions. Once you’ve reduced human beings to the status of “the other”, i.e., not worthy of consideration as human beings, be they (overwhelmingly Black and Latino and almost invariably poor) convicted criminals in Texas, or (invariably swarthy and always Muslim) accused (though never EVER proven) terrorists in the “global and sacred war on terror”, it’s really not so hard to torture, or to execute, or to abuse… or hell, not to think much about them all, because, hey, it’s not as if they are People, now, is it?

And if you’re Al Gonzales, the fact that you yourself started in humble circumstances is no reason not to serve The Man… Al has made his career, after all, by not asking too many any questions.

]]> by: Longhairedweirdo http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267228 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:37:15 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/30/because-we-can/#comment-267228 It's interesting... somewhere in here there's an article of faith among them that something - call it viciousness - is the root of power. If you're vicious towards accused murderers, you have power to prevent crime. If you're vicious towards suspected dangerous folks, you have the power to prevent attack. Softer methods Just Don't Work... Everybody Knows That. Who was it who had a pointer towards a "proud to be partisan" posting? You, or someone else? This is one of those times when one should be proudly partisan, glad to fight back against a damnfool idea. It’s interesting… somewhere in here there’s an article of faith among them that something - call it viciousness - is the root of power.

If you’re vicious towards accused murderers, you have power to prevent crime. If you’re vicious towards suspected dangerous folks, you have the power to prevent attack. Softer methods Just Don’t Work… Everybody Knows That.

Who was it who had a pointer towards a “proud to be partisan” posting? You, or someone else? This is one of those times when one should be proudly partisan, glad to fight back against a damnfool idea.

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