Reductio Ad Absurdum(Beg Pardon?)
I have tried over the last several weeks to make this blog a combination of my own absurd humor and some libertarian political analysis. This combination (and its parts) may not always work (ok, never?) but when I'm stupid or ignorant the only harm is that I've deprived some poor Chinese family of a blog they could have called their own. It's like eating everything on your plate and being glad you're in America.
Which brings me to the "Gang of Four", Presidents RumsfeldCheneyRiceBush. When they neglect to lock and load their brain, it is a national tragedy. And today, as Dick Cheney and George Bush refer to Amnesty International's report on conditions of prisoners of war (or enemy combatants if you please) as alternately Absurd and Offensive I find myself befuddled, completely, that this lovely bunch hold the reins of our government. I must go back and recheck the meaning of absurd. And while I'm at the dictionary, I think I'll check "stupid" too, to see if there is a picture next to it.
No one less than the New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, a vigorous supporter of Bushite foreign policy, but far from a toady, said today in his column "Shut it down. Just shut it down."
"I am talking about the war-on-terrorism P.O.W. camp at Guantánamo Bay. Just shut it down and then plow it under. It has become worse than an embarrassment. I am convinced that more Americans are dying and will die if we keep the Gitmo prison open than if we shut it down. So, please, Mr. President, just shut it down.
If you want to appreciate how corrosive Guantánamo has become for America's standing abroad, don't read the Arab press. Don't read the Pakistani press. Don't read the Afghan press. Hop over here to London or go online and just read the British press! See what our closest allies are saying about Gitmo. And when you get done with that, read the Australian press and the Canadian press and the German press."
And that's from a supporter! And his main complaint is not with what is actually happening in the American concentration camps, BUT HOW IT LOOKS TO THE WORLD!
And Miss Rice too threw in her opinion this past weekend, that Amenesty International's report is worth less than the paper it's written on.
We have a problem folks, and it's not merely cosmetic. Amnesty is hardly Aljazeera. It is a respected human rights organization that has uncovered government and non-government abuses for decades around the world. But little George and big Dick believe it to be absurd and offensive.
We are backed into a corner now, and the rats in chief are starting to feel trapped. Dismissing Amnesty's report as if they were ordering ala carte at "21" goes beyond disservice. It means the guys running the machine will run it until it runs no more, if that is what it takes to achieve their end.
And perhaps, ours.
Joe Postove
Which brings me to the "Gang of Four", Presidents RumsfeldCheneyRiceBush. When they neglect to lock and load their brain, it is a national tragedy. And today, as Dick Cheney and George Bush refer to Amnesty International's report on conditions of prisoners of war (or enemy combatants if you please) as alternately Absurd and Offensive I find myself befuddled, completely, that this lovely bunch hold the reins of our government. I must go back and recheck the meaning of absurd. And while I'm at the dictionary, I think I'll check "stupid" too, to see if there is a picture next to it.
No one less than the New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, a vigorous supporter of Bushite foreign policy, but far from a toady, said today in his column "Shut it down. Just shut it down."
"I am talking about the war-on-terrorism P.O.W. camp at Guantánamo Bay. Just shut it down and then plow it under. It has become worse than an embarrassment. I am convinced that more Americans are dying and will die if we keep the Gitmo prison open than if we shut it down. So, please, Mr. President, just shut it down.
If you want to appreciate how corrosive Guantánamo has become for America's standing abroad, don't read the Arab press. Don't read the Pakistani press. Don't read the Afghan press. Hop over here to London or go online and just read the British press! See what our closest allies are saying about Gitmo. And when you get done with that, read the Australian press and the Canadian press and the German press."
And that's from a supporter! And his main complaint is not with what is actually happening in the American concentration camps, BUT HOW IT LOOKS TO THE WORLD!
And Miss Rice too threw in her opinion this past weekend, that Amenesty International's report is worth less than the paper it's written on.
We have a problem folks, and it's not merely cosmetic. Amnesty is hardly Aljazeera. It is a respected human rights organization that has uncovered government and non-government abuses for decades around the world. But little George and big Dick believe it to be absurd and offensive.
We are backed into a corner now, and the rats in chief are starting to feel trapped. Dismissing Amnesty's report as if they were ordering ala carte at "21" goes beyond disservice. It means the guys running the machine will run it until it runs no more, if that is what it takes to achieve their end.
And perhaps, ours.
Joe Postove
posted by Mr. Liberty at 10:58 AM
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