Someone tell me why I voted for the man...

... oh, that's right, because I was deluded and stupid, that's why.

Quoting from (this might seem a pattern) Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish:

Jawad was ordered released from the Gitmo torture compound yesterday after years of abuse, cruelty, sadism and torture authorized by the president of the United States, George W. Bush. Staggeringly, the Obama administration is resisting his release and threatening a criminal charge.

That's why we supported Obama, right?

Reading the NYT article Sullivan linked to in the quote, the following become clear:

(1) Barack Obama believes that the Constitutional protection against double jeopardy (being tried twice for the same act) is a dead letter;

(2) Barack Obama believes that the President has the right to imprison indefinitely anyone, any time, for any reason;

(3) Any objections Barack Obama has to torture and evidence extracted thereby is strictly practical, not moral; and

(4) Barack Obama believes the President has the right to defy the rulings of judges from the bench.

We've replaced one elected king with another, haven't we? 'Cause I sure don't see the rule of law in this.

Someone tell me why I voted for the man...

... oh, that's right, because I was deluded and stupid, that's why.

Quoting from (this might seem a pattern) Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish:

Jawad was ordered released from the Gitmo torture compound yesterday after years of abuse, cruelty, sadism and torture authorized by the president of the United States, George W. Bush. Staggeringly, the Obama administration is resisting his release and threatening a criminal charge.

That's why we supported Obama, right?

Reading the NYT article Sullivan linked to in the quote, the following become clear:

(1) Barack Obama believes that the Constitutional protection against double jeopardy (being tried twice for the same act) is a dead letter;

(2) Barack Obama believes that the President has the right to imprison indefinitely anyone, any time, for any reason;

(3) Any objections Barack Obama has to torture and evidence extracted thereby is strictly practical, not moral; and

(4) Barack Obama believes the President has the right to defy the rulings of judges from the bench.

We've replaced one elected king with another, haven't we? 'Cause I sure don't see the rule of law in this.

And lest people think I love the elephants any more...

... it appears the 2010 GOP primary for Texas governor is going to be run entirely on the high road.

Personal quandary: I don't know next year whether to vote in the Republican primary for Hutchinson (to get rid of Mr. All-Roads-Will-Become-Toll-Roads), for Perry (to help ensure the Democrats have a chance in hell of winning), the Democratic primary (to vote for the best candidate- sadly that's almost certainly going to be Kinky Friedman), or participate in a third party convention (only the LP has ballot access, I can't stand the Greens or the Theocrat Dominionists Constitution Party, and the Whigs aren't planning to seek ballot access in Texas in 2010).

And lest people think I love the elephants any more...

... it appears the 2010 GOP primary for Texas governor is going to be run entirely on the high road.

Personal quandary: I don't know next year whether to vote in the Republican primary for Hutchinson (to get rid of Mr. All-Roads-Will-Become-Toll-Roads), for Perry (to help ensure the Democrats have a chance in hell of winning), the Democratic primary (to vote for the best candidate- sadly that's almost certainly going to be Kinky Friedman), or participate in a third party convention (only the LP has ballot access, I can't stand the Greens or the Theocrat Dominionists Constitution Party, and the Whigs aren't planning to seek ballot access in Texas in 2010).