The shrub has resorted to barefaced lying: “We do not torture.”
Um, Abu Ghraib (not for the faint of heart)? Secret CIA prisons?
Oh, wait. Those were abuse not torture. See, this administration has the power to define torture any way they want to. And none of those things count. Welcome to newspeak, kids. If only it worked in real life.
“You stole $10,000 from the bank.”
“I do not steal.”
“Oh, ok. Move along then.”
Sigh. I could really use that $10k, too.
mondrian’s neon fantod » Frist concerned more about leaks than secret prisons - Nov 10, 2005 | 10-Nov-05 at 1:35 pm | Permalink
[...] To which one can only say “Duh.” Of course the fascist is more concerned with the leak (which hurts him and his fascist buddies running ruining the country) than he is with the actual torture. Oh, wait. That’s not torture. The shrub done told us that the USumA don’t do no torturatin’. [...]