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Recently Vice President Cheney lobbied Congress in an attempt to block HB2082 bill, a bill banning torture. When the bill passed by both Houses, President Bush just vetoed. Of course, Bush does not call for extreme treatment of prisoners was authorized "torture." He calls "intensive interrogation". As my father likes to point out, "Our President has been very good at changing the definitions of words to suit their purpose ".
I bring my father because this week I sent an e-mail full of indignation, disbelief, frustration, and anger. He asked me his thoughts to my friends and I decided to pass them to you.
1. U.S. citizens should recognize that what they allow their government to do to a person, but are allowing them to anyone, including yourself.
2. Mr. Bush has assumed the authority to appoint any person he chooses as an enemy combatant, hold them incommunicado, and that they tortured.
3. It's a small step to justify torture in a CIA black prison to justify torture in a police investigation.
4. What is even more worrying is the fear of many talk shows based on actively supporting the government-sponsored torture, believing that war makes necessary for Americans to torture their prisoners.
5. During the Second World War, we knew that our prisoners were mistreated by our enemies, but as an American, I was very proud of the fact that our government treats our prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention.
6. Overall recognizes that torture does not work. The victims will say anything to end their agony.
7. When the U.S. government legalizes torture, we send a signal the world who believe that torture is acceptable.
8. Despite what our president says, water boarding has been considered torture since the Spanish Inquisition. Moreover, being forced to remain for days is unbearable. If our President does not believe that these forms of interrogation including torture, could perhaps volunteer to try experiencing extreme interrogation itself.
9. Torture is demeaning to the victim and executioner. It is degrading to our country and all citizens who allow torture to continue.
Remember, if it can happen to a person, it can happen to you. Tell Mr. Bush and our representatives in Washington that the deplore torture …
11/28/07 Republican Debate- Vice President Cheney
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Dick Cheney and Colin Powell / TIME Cover: November 12, 1990, Art Poster by TIME Magazine $19.95 The most eagerly awaited event in the editorial cycle at TIME Magazine is always the selection of the cover. The best covers capture the zeitgeist of the week while surviving the judgment of history. As browsing this collection of TIME cover art prints shows, TIME is as good a record as any of who and what mattered over the past 80-plus years. And so when TIME captures a person, an event or a tren… |
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Dick Cheney and Colin Powell / TIME Cover: November 12, 1990, Art Poster by TIME Magazine $15.95 The most eagerly awaited event in the editorial cycle at TIME Magazine is always the selection of the cover. The best covers capture the zeitgeist of the week while surviving the judgment of history. As browsing this collection of TIME cover art prints shows, TIME is as good a record as any of who and what mattered over the past 80-plus years. And so when TIME captures a person, an event or a tren… |
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