Torture doesn’t work!

It’s official: torture doesn’t work. Waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, did not in fact “produce the intelligence that allowed us to get Osama bin Laden," as former Vice President Dick Cheney asserted in 2011. Those are among the central findings of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA interrogation and detention after 9/11.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/torture-report-dick-cheney-110306.html#ixzz3LVK5J0nsThe self-defeating stupidity of torture might come as news to Americans who’ve heard again and again from Cheney and other political leaders that torture “worked.” Professional interrogators, however, couldn’t be less surprised. We know that legal, rapport-building interrogation techniques are the best way to obtain intelligence, and that torture tends to solicit unreliable information that sets back investigations.

Yes, torture makes people talk—but what they say is often untrue. Seeking to stop the pain, people subjected to torture tend to say what they believe their interrogators want to hear.
The report is essential because it makes clear the legal, moral, and strategic costs of torture. President Obama and congressional leaders should use this opportunity to push for legislation that solidifies the ban on torture and cruel treatment.

Terms like “waterboarding” and “enhanced interrogation” obscure the brutal, sometimes bloody, reality. It was about the delivery of pain.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/torture-report-dick-cheney-110306.html#ixzz3LVDwRFJF

Bush - Cheney - Rice = dehumanizing and barbaric

I am going rogue... God help me.     It's not a deep seated hate....just /// just...////

He's a sick bastard!  A Dick-head!

Dumb Dub-yah. . . It’s become common to speak about Bush as a kind of lovable buffoon. We joke about how dumb he was and roll our eyes at the idea that he got elected twice. This is a mistake. Bush, and especially the people he put in charge of the country, committed unforgivable crimes. To let him off the hook with a sigh and a shrug is to absolve him of the kind of barbaric wrongdoing that he knowingly committed.

Many have noted that part of George W. Bush’s success in spite of a glaring lack of intelligence or eloquence was his folksy charm. He’s the president voters wanted to have a beer with. But with the release of the Senate’s new and devastating report on torture methods used by the CIA after September 11, 2001, we get a stunning reminder of why you don’t elect your drinking buddies to be the leader of the free world.

And then there is Dick Cheney.
Republicans like to criticize President Obama for his lack of leadership, but in comparison to Bush, Obama looks like Napoleon. No one on Earth could say that Vice President Joe Biden is the one really calling the shots in the White House, Obama has consistently exerted his will in the Oval Office. Bush, on the other hand, was led around on a leash by Cheney and the CIA.
According to the newly released report, Bush had almost no idea what the CIA or Cheney were up to until it had already happened. Frequently, decisions that should have been run by the president stopped at Cheney, leaving Bush to later play catch up 

President George W. Bush was never briefed by the Central Intelligence Agency on the details of harsh interrogation techniques and secret detention of terror suspects for the first four years of the controversial program, and when he did find out the details, he was “uncomfortable” with some of the practices, according to the long-awaited report by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Powell and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were briefed on the interrogation techniques sometime in 2003, the committee report states. Other top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, also eventually received briefings about the details of the program, but not the president himself.

In 2008 on CBS:

Vice President Dick Cheney, meanwhile, said “it’s a good thing” that top al Qaeda figures underwent the harsh interrogation tactic in 2002 and 2003, claiming they were forced to give up information that helped protect the country and saved “thousands” of American lives.
“It’s a good thing we had them in custody, and it’s a good thing we found out what they knew,” said Cheney, speaking Thursday to a meeting of conservative Republicans in Washington.

Then in 2014:

“If I would have to do it all over again, I would,” Cheney told the gathering, according to “The Eagle,” the school newspaper. “The results speak for themselves.”

And yet here’s the thing: The results don’t speak for themselves. In fact, nobody outside of Fox News now believes that torture has done anything other than cause suffering and lower America’s dignity. The new report puts that in devastating relief when it concludes that waterboarding, the torture technique beloved by Cheney and said to have helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden, did not “produce the intelligence that allowed us to get Osama bin Laden.” Cheney must have known that. He just kept lying and hoped a report like this never came out.
By Author: Jameson Parker December 9, 2014 2:16 pm    Addicting Info link

The Beast within.... America

I love my President

My vote was counted!

73 years ago today! Executive Order 8802

I've always been impressed by this first step towards integration.... the impact it had on my uncle who fought in WWII .... referred to as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.

WWI was marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust, and the first use of nuclear weapons in combat, it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history.

Big Mama (Martha Belle Smith Sipuel) and Dad Sipuel would have been about 44-47 years old, living in Chickasha, OK when their son Lemuel Travis Sipuel.....and son-in law became enlisted soldiers.

FDR was voted into office from 1940 and again in 1944
(8 yrs = two terms ending in 1948)
...so early in his presidency via 1941..... he took action to increase enlistment... inclusive of men of color!

	73  years  ago
Executive Order 8802 - Reaffirming Policy Of Full Participation In The Defense Program By All Persons, Regardless Of Race, Creed, Color, Or National Origin, And Directing Certain Action In Furtherance Of Said Policy June 25, 1941 FYI:  WWI was the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.

Malcolm.... Quite the man!

Used by the Lord to Inspire other !

Used by the Lord to Inspire other !

Like Sheriff Matt Sankey, Tricky Dick Nixon.... and fat boy Christie.....

Similarities..... I am not a crook.....

Make me wanna Holler... like Marvin Gaye... and "cuss like my Big mama"  To Hell with Matt Sankey !"

Lay back... and Relax "u ol Fool" !

My blog is my place to record my thoughts on race and politics and our American Culture....
Click link above on the old massa's remarks.... aka Chris Christie!!!
As Always....
5-27-2014

Republican Governor Chris Christie Calls Obama A Light Skinned Negro Without The Negro Dialect

While on the Fox Daily News Show in the Morning last Friday, the Republican Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, referred to President Obama as a “light skinned negro” without the “negro dialect”.

Meg Landon asked Christie during the interview about his thoughts on the Obama administration and the re-election of Barack Obama.

“The Obama administration is full of corruption” Christie said ” and the only reason Obama was re-elected was because of the fact that, even though being a light skinned negro, he doesn’t have the negro dialect.”

Meg Landon pressed the issue saying “What do you mean by he doesn’t have a ‘negro dialect’?”

Christie responded “You know… he doesn’t talk like a negro. In fact, Obama’s race helped him more than it hurt him.”

After the incident became public Christie decided to make a formal apology to Obama on Monday.

In a statement to CRN, Christie said, “I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words.”

“I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African Americans for my improper comments.” Christie continued.

Christie pointed to his efforts to integrate the Las Vegas Strip and the gaming industry, among other legislation favored by African-American voters.

“I have worked hard to advance issues important to the African American community.” he said.

“While I am disappointed in Governor Christies’ comment and choice of words, I accept his apology,” said President Obama. “I have known Governor Christie for many years, and he has consistently been supportive of advancing the interests of the African-American community as he has for all Americans.”

How do you feel about this? Would you feel the same if a democrat said it? Comment below. 

Downcast for my people!!!!

I feel like I did.... when Hurricane Carter was mistreated.... and Nelson Mandela!  

I pray that... in the coming days, years.... there will be victory stories of Release and Freedom....  kinda like the diary of Anne Frank....      May our girls survive!  

BRING BACK OUR GIRLS # Nigeria

We are outraged and heartbroken. Today, the Islamic militant group Boko Haram admitted to kidnapping more than 250 girls from a rural Nigerian school. We must not remain silent.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice… but there must never a time when we fail to protest.   Elie Wiesel

Cloven dummy bundy

Ya big dummy!   Just wondering if Neegras wouldn't be better off as slaves.     Where Massa could rape abort sell pickaninnies.  Lik u did my Granda Lucinda!   Huh?

Wonderful words.....

Love builds up the broken wall and straightens the crooked path.   Love keeps the stars in the firmament and imposes rhythm on the ocean tides . . . .each of us is created of it . . . and I suspect each of us was created for it." — Maya Angelou

Future Success to my Niece/Tamaira

I've been following and noticing..... the rise of Joy Reid....   I just hope TV monguls don't overdo her lipstick and hair... to try to do a false beauty thing.   She's smart... family woman!

Note the beautiful similarities.......  Love the blackness!

 September 2013 - Wedding Oklahoma City, OK event!!!

Lupita.... Ms Patsey..... she's baaaaaack......

 She's a winner.... big time.... in 12 years a slave.    I don't know when I'll feel like seeing the "HARSH-ness" of the movie....  I'm under too much stress right now!

Deep Deuce revival ~ OKC, OK

http://www.newsok.com/article/3938940

The vile pain of racial taunts: Marcus Smart, DMX and white supremacy’s sick power

The vile pain of racial taunts: Marcus Smart, DMX and white supremacy’s sick power