Inertia

Last night I watched Faranheit 9/11 for the first time since its release on DVD and it struck me how prescient Moore was but also how, with the events that have unfolded since the movie went into the can, how much more damaging it could have been. It is worth another viewing if you haven't done so recently.

A sure sign of the implosion that is coming is that the right hand doesn't know what the left one is doing.

Cheney is seeking to persuade Congress to exempt the
Central Intelligence Agency from the proposed torture ban if one is passed by both chambers.

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Without confirming or denying the existence of such prisons, Bush said, "Our country is at war, and our government has the obligation to protect the American people."

He pointedly noted that Congress shares that responsibility with the administration.

"We are finding terrorists and bringing them to justice. We are gathering information about where the terrorists may be hiding. We are trying to disrupt their plots and plans. Anything we do ... to that end in this effort, any activity we conduct, is within the law. We do not torture," Bush said.