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11/12/09
That, my friends, is why CNN is unwatchable these days. They can't take a stand or offer in-depth analysis of any kind whatsoever. If Satan himself crawled out of a flaming pit of brimstone in the middle of Times Square, they'd get a panel of pundits on to discuss how it might affect Obama's approval numbers, how this is going to affect the healthcare debate, and whether the Devil was upset because Michelle Obama showed too much of her arms. #cnn
11/12/09
He obviously tries to temper his conservatism for what he sees as his duty as a journalist, and that's nice I guess, but on the other hand I'd rather have what I'm dealing with out in the open. There's nothing worse than bias that's not obvious enough for most people to catch, but that nevertheless can affect the public's perceptions of things. Until now, John King was not in a position to have much of an effect, but he will be now. #cnn
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In other words, HE HAS NO PROOF!
From wikipedia: Bill Roggio pointed out that the JSOC reports to the Secretary of Defense and falls under congressional oversight. Roggio said "Hersh has made a living of making fantastic claims that don't quite live up to the hype. Chalk this one up as another Hersh fantasy."
03/16/09
If photos weren't leaked, just imagine what an over-hyped fantasy that would have been written off as officially--troublemaker Hersh overstating the slight misconduct of a few bad apples...
Oh, and since the CIA admits erasing nearly 100 video tapes of torture, so... NO PROOF of misconduct there.
I think we all see how this works...
03/16/09
What he's got now is, "Dick Cheney has been directing loose canon assassination teams while bypassing congressional oversight." Not exactly a stretch given this sick fuck's record.
03/16/09
i categorically deny any involvement with any assassination teams.
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Never let the sheep glean what they don't need to know.
03/16/09
No one in the military should have been reporting to Dick Cheney. Period.
This deep fried fuck had nothing but contempt for the Constitution and for our way of life. He and his family have used the government as their own personal teat for 30 years, all the while unironically deriding others for looking for a hand out.
If you don't get that this guy is an enemy of democracy, you don't know dick.
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On the plus side, he made his company a lot of money by getting the US involved in an unnecessary war in Iraq, so in a way, he has been a productive member of society.
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dick cheney was vice president on 9.11
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03/16/09
Whether the tools employed by Cheney's henchmen were ethical or not, the government clearly received a stream of information that it was unlikely to obtain via other methods.
The other issue is not that Monsieur Obama wants to spend money on healthcare. It's that the economy is bleeding money and he wants to raise income taxes on the wealthy (who are now defined as anyone just north of the poverty line), increase the power of the unions, cut tax deductions for charitable contributions, initiate cap and trade and a number of other anti-business practices. He claims that he is doing this to avert immediate crises with which we have been living for years (i.e. healthcare) or are based on conjecture (i.e. the crumbling Global Warming "Theory.")
Cheney may not be a virtuous man, but don't hate him just because he hasn't swallowed your liberal snake oil. Hate him on his own merit.
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They've been around for decades, and they're a legit military organization. It's akin to calling the Marines a "presidential death squad" because they ultimately report to the President and invaded an country under his orders and, yes, killed people.
And evidently, they report to the Secretary of Defense, not the President. Sorry guys, but I'm calling bullshit on this one.
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@saintjim: It's not a matter of proving him wrong. It exists. It's part of Special Forces. It kills people, but it's not an assassination ring just like the Air Force isn't an assassination ring. Nobody is going to contest the fact that the President is head of the military and JSOC is part of the military. That's my only point. Maybe Bush abused them like every other executive item he could grasp at, but still....
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