Monkeys and doubt

I love this notion. Self doubting monkeys are sort of like modern liberals. Conservatives know no doubt. So they are more advanced than monkeys or liberals? Such fun here. Rush really is superior in this context?

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How US was duped by Iraqi fantasist looking to topple Saddam

In case there is someone in the world who didn't know this...

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Chilean Miners Smoked Pot...

Thanks, Mark, for this. I'm feeling better about humanity already.

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It's legal because he said it was?

Clipped from www.democracynow.org

MATT LAUER: Why is waterboarding legal, in your opinion? GEORGE W. BUSH: Because the lawyers said it was legal, said it did not fall within the Anti-Torture Act. I’m not a lawyer. And—but you got to trust the judgment of people around you. And I do. MATT LAUER: You say it’s legal, and the lawyers told me. GEORGE W. BUSH: Yeah. MATT LAUER: Critics say that you got the Justice Department to give you the legal guidance and the legal memos that you wanted. GEORGE W. BUSH: Well— MATT LAUER: Tom Kean, who was the former Republican co-chair of the 9/11 Commission, said they got legal opinions they wanted from their own people. GEORGE W. BUSH: Well, he obviously doesn’t know. I hope Mr. Kean reads the book. That’s why I’ve written the book. He can—they can draw whatever conclusion they want. MATT LAUER: If it’s legal, President Bush, then if an American is taken into custody in a foreign country, not necessarily a uniformed American— GEORGE W. BUSH: Look, I’m not going to debate the issue, Matt. I really— MATT LAUER: I’m just asking. Would it be OK for a foreign country to waterboard an American citizen? GEORGE W. BUSH: It’s—all I ask is that people read the book. And they can reach the same conclusion if they would have made the same decision I made or not. MATT LAUER: You’d make the same decision again today? GEORGE W. BUSH: Yeah, I would. Read more at www.democracynow.org

 

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