Things Republicans Do To Piss Me Off

The US being the great bastion of liberty and freedom that it is. Has during this past war with Iqaq opened secret CIA prisons in less scrupulous eastern european countries. Now it doesnt just deain people sent to these prisons, no that would be too fair and Geneva convention like. No what america does there is torture people. Using the great rationale that becuase they arent doing it on american soil they dont actually break the Geneva convention. The administration has all but admitted outright that they use a method of interrogation that has been considered torture since the Spanish Inquisition, the great and noble waterboarding method. Now those of you who are up to speed on the John Mcain anti torture bill should now have an idea why the bush administration is so intent on shooting that down. Only a bush administration lawyer would have contempt for people to argue that a known torture method doesn't necessarily violate the lesser international legal standard of "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment." The best part is under their logic the FBI may use waterboarding, painful stress positions, forced nudity and other methods on Americans, in American prisons, "in certain circumstances." How on earth did people vote for this monster a second time. Read more here.