Nov. 29, 2006 – A looming … enemy combatant Jose Padilla … is threatening to create new … terrorism.

Now, why would a site owned by Microsoft have a problem with Firefox? (‘Scuse me while I adjust my tinfoil…)

From the story you linked…

The prosecutors also say there is “not a shred of record evidence� to back up Padilla’s claims that he was tortured and asserted that the “conditions of his confinement were humane and designed to ensure his safety and security.�

And guess who was keeping Padilla’s medical and interrogation records during his incarceration? Seriously, what judge could possibly accept this argument?

“Your honor, we have absolutely no record of us committing any crimes.”

C-I-L-L mah landlord.

Ding-ding … have a hot one.

When ‘the sole liberal’ … blogs … on the Wall … , … his efforts to keep … our pal … a howling … bridge-troll … is welcome.

You could say that this … cushion …include[s] … Bush … Bush … and Bush.

Interestingly, … a book of … Privacy … Information … is in fact … [a] call … ‘book.’

I’m trying to … require … dumb … numbers.

Here are … boys … with … unique … scandals.

Thank God … terrorists got … cheap.

It’s a good … pace … that … that insane … though indulging … tic … pass[ed].

It’s … afloat on a sea of … virulating … bait … yes.

[The End]

Me, I’m much more interested in this. Sure looks to me like the government might just lose this one, and if they do, Mr. President’s-above-the-law might just have to start thinking about living in exile. Hey, maybe Idi Amin’s old digs in Riyadh will be available!!

mikey

“Oversight board told of safety precautions

“…Board members said that they were impressed by the safeguards the thief has built into his robbing of liquor stores and check-cashing fronts, and that they wished the robber could tell the public more about them to ease fear and worry.

“If the American public, especially civil libertarians like myself, could be more informed about how careful this armed robber is to avoid shooting bystanders while still stealking from brown people, we’d be more reassured,â€? said Lanny Davis, a former Clinton White House lawyer who is the board’s lone liberal Democrat.”

Hey, no harm, no foul, right?

Lanny Davis’s statement is pretty close to “Well, I was impressed that while my house was burglarized last night, the burglars were very careful not to break anything or make too much of a mess of the drawers and closets.”

Bush, the gentleman bandit.

Oh, I am so with you. If anyone BUT Bush had done these things I would totally have supported him. But…..I guess I just hate Bush.

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Because as I was reading the item (with and without the ellipses) the same question kept popping up — What idiot reporter is gullible enough to write this?

Lanny Davis is a liberal Democrat? Alan Raul, impressed with civil liberties protections? “[T]hey wished the administration could tell the public more about them [the safeguards] to ease distrust.” What’s next — low, low prices on the Brooklyn Bridge?

The way this reporter typed up without question the words of a Bush Administration board reminded me of this reporter who uncritically repeated baseless charges lodged against Harry Reid, the next Senate Majority Leader. Apparently that reporter was well known as a soft touch, eager for headlines and not too interested in researching the facts. Sure enough, when I Googled John Solomon, up came the Reid stories, like this from October: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/11/175829/67

“Oversight board told of privacy protections.” A stenographic scoop like this isn’t surprising. It’s simply more of Solomon’s wisdom.

Original Statment: The Right has an ill-considered, entirely ridiculous, assinine argument regarding this establishment-ridden, hack-filled committee’s findings.

My personal favorite Republican meme. Yep, right around November 2000 I simply decided to start hating George W Bush–got no reason, what the heck? Then he did perfectly acceptable things like stealing the presidency, taking a vacation while his advisors were trying to warn him about 9/11, starting an illegal war, and destroying America’s burgeoning jobs situation, etc. and it gave me even more opportunities to hate him. For no reason.