You’ve just gotten a taste of how this torture shit is going to play out.
Liberal activists are pressing for the impeachment of federal Judge Jay Bybee over the Bush administration’s “torture memos” in part because there is virtually nothing that President Barack Obama, congressional Republicans or conservative Senate Democrats can do to stop the process from getting underway.
Ah, yes, the classic Washington “Us verses Them” bullshit. Where the Democrats will say things like, “This is outrageous. How is this man a federal judge? He signed a memo giving permission to waterboard detainees, stick their heads in a box full of bugs, slam their heads into a wall, slap them, and deprive them of sleep. How can this man say he will uphold the Constitution when he shat on its chest 7 years ago?”
And the Republicans will respond with, “Fuck that. There were high ranking Democrats who knew we were torturing those nasty brown pieces of shit in Iraq and Afghanistan. Did they object? Fuck no. They were too busy getting paid thousands of dollars by lobbyists to care about the fucked up shit we were doing to people. If they’re going to impeach anyone it should be their own goddamn selves.”
Think I’m lying? Read this shit :
Republicans are pushing back. The Judiciary Committee’s ranking member, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), warned that Democratic leaders also would also come under scrutiny. He said Podesta should also pursue House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her lack of action following classified briefings she received on the interrogation techniques.
“If he wants to be absolutely fair, he ought to ask the speaker to resign as well,” Smith told POLITICO on Monday. “Clearly, any attorney should be able to offer their legal advice and give their best counsel to a president and to an administration without fear of someone trying to reach back and impeach them when they get to a higher office.”
So it looks like nothing is going to change. Rich, powerful white people will continue to torture poor brown people. The media will continue to make this a Republicans vs. Democrats issue. And Americans could care less because they are too busy worrying about the stupid fucking swine flu.
You know…business as usual…
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