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Obama Ditches Government "Transparency"

Protecting government officials from annoying ridicule is apparently more important than telling the truth.

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Documents Show Oil Industry Execs Recommended Iraq Invasion

Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United... more

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Court Will Not Revive Plame Lawsuit Against Cheney

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will not revive a lawsuit that former CIA operative Valerie Plame brought against former... more

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Obama: Cheney's Policies Made Us Less Safe

In an interview with Harry Smith on CBS' "The Early Show," President Obama responded to criticisms from former Vice President Dick Cheney as well as those who think the U.S. should get more involved in Iran.

"He and I have a deep disagreement about what's required to keep the American people safe," Obama said. "I would argue that our policies are making the American people safer, and that some of the policies that he's promoted in the past have not." On Iran, he explained that he didn't want the U.S. to become "a foil" for justifying the crackdown on protesters.

SMITH: People in this country say you haven't said enough; that you haven't been forceful enough in your support for those people on the street -- to which you say?

OBAMA: To which I say: The last thing that I want to do is to have the United States be a foil for those forces inside Iran, who would love nothing better than to make this an argument about the United States. That's what they do. That's what we're already seeing.

We shouldn't be playing into that. There should be no distractions from the fact that the Iranian people are seeking to let their voices be heard. What we can do is bear witness and say to the world that the incredible demonstrations that we've seen is a testimony to, I think, what Dr. King called "the arc of the moral universe." It's long, but it bends towards justice. [...]

SMITH: Leon Panetta intimated the former vice president was playing politics with national security issues. The former president has intoned his own displeasure with some of your policy changes. I think they feel like some of the things that you've done, in fact, are treacherous.

OBAMA: Well, I think when it comes to Vice President Cheney, he and I have a deep disagreement about what's required to keep the American people safe. And I think that disagreement has been amply aired and certainly he has a right to voice his opinions. I would argue that our policies are making the American people safer, and that some of the policies that he's promoted in the past have not.In an interview with Harry Smith on CBS' "The Early Show," President Obama responded to criticisms from former Vice... more

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A Must See : > "Fuel" the movie!

EYE OPENING! Just saw it last night at Monterey, California's restored Golden State Theater where my father watched films... more

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Cheney Almost "Wishing That This Country Would Be Attacked Again"

WASHINGTON — CIA Director Leon Panetta says former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama... more

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This is WRONG for so many reasons

Let's hope Citizens for Responsibility and ethics in Washington and over 30 other groups can prevail upon the Obama... more

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Cheney personally oversaw ’secret’ congressional briefings on torture: report

Former Vice President Dick Cheney “personally” oversaw at least four briefings with members of Congress about the Bush... more

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Cheney finally admits: no link between Hussein & 9/11

Better late than never... ------------------------ Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he does not believe... more

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GOP Divorcing from Darth Cheney

According to the UK Telegraph some Senior Republicans are FINALLY breaking away from D. Cheney. Original story at:... more

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Cheney vs. Obama: Dueling Unprovable Claims

"Cheney repeated an assertion he made during a recent interview on "Face the Nation," in which he said that Obama's efforts to repeal Bush-era policies on interrogation and detention have "made this country more vulnerable" to another terrorist attack. "We [the Bush administration] put in place some very good policies, and they worked, for eight years."

Cheney believes that the fact that another successful terrorist attack has not occurred on American soil since 2001 somehow proves that the Bush policies have been effective in preventing them. (The irony that Cheney criticized President Obama about safeguarding America—something Bush and Cheney failed to do on Sept. 11—was apparently lost on him.)

Yet this claim rests on bad logic; it is a variation of a fallacy called post hoc ergo propter hoc, or "after this, therefore because of this," also known as faulty causation.

While it may be true that the Bush policies did indeed prevent further attacks, there could be many unrelated reasons why another attack did not occur.

It is impossible to prove the claim that the policies "worked for eight years." They may have; or they may have been a complete failure. The lack of another terrorist attack does not prove it either way. Such claims are impossible to prove one way or the other; they are what in logic are called unfalsifiable propositions. There is simply no way to know with much certainty what the long-term (or even short-term) consequences of a given action will be.

President Obama made a similar argument recently in his decision not to release more photographs of U.S. military personnel abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. After strenuous objections by top Pentagon officials, Obama reversed his earlier decision, saying that "the most direct consequence would be to further inflame anti-American opinion and put our troops in greater danger."

Cheney's claim that Obama has made America more vulnerable to terrorist attack is possibly true, yet unprovable. Similarly, Obama's claim that releasing new photos of prisoner abuse would further endanger American troops is also possibly true, yet equally unprovable.

The public should be skeptical when politicians throw around unquantifiable, vague threats of "greater danger" or "greater vulnerability" resulting from a given action. Political theater is one thing, but in the real world decisions and their consequences are rarely clear or obvious.""Cheney repeated an assertion he made during a recent interview on "Face the Nation," in which he said that... more

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Oh great! That's Cheneyrific!

I fully support Obama's decision and position on Gitmo, but I would take it a step further and do the entirely unconventional; I would embrace the terrorist.

Sounds crazy and if you are smart you ask why in the world would I do that??

First; we need to move beyond the concept of adversarial positions and seek to understand why they sought to do what they did.

Let's take a lesson from Israel's brain dead and immature policies (please forgive me, I mean no disrespect nor to defame immature people by lumping together the Israeli governments collective brain power and actions with immature people in general here), killing people does nothing to change an adversarial sentiment / feeling / belief / position, it actually strengthens it creating or evoking the opposite response desired or a person's claimed desire, witness the never ending battles between Israel and it's neighbors. In Israel's case, I think they know what they are doing and it's the land of their neighbors they covet.

Second; the Busheney administration let some "detainees" out and since we've found 1 in 7 returned to terrorism. Convenient for the Busheney cranial void to keep the threat of terrorism alive for their personal political ambitions and gain, but convenient because they could then use it in an attempt to "justify" the existence and ongoing use of Gitmo.

At the very least, it showed the vacuous Busheney cranial cavity was either negligent, incompetent or complicit to some degree in the perpetration of ongoing terrorist acts in the world. After all, they had complete control of every aspect of Gitmo and the "detainees" held there.

Third; assuming the impossible, that the Busheney "frain buck" (enjoy sorting that one out) wasn't attempting to manipulate American's perception by letting the terrorists out, the fact 1 in 7 "detainees" returned to "terrorism" is testimony to the reality the United States judicial system, the popularly held ideas and beliefs about it and it's effectiveness, it's purpose and relevance to society and humanity alike... IS WASHED UP, MISTAKEN, BROKEN and illustrates a profound misunderstanding and IGNORANCE of people, of self, of psychology, of constructive purpose, of direction, of usefulness, etc., etc., etc.

Fourth; it would behoove us to find out why they feel the way they do, why? and WHY? Our broken down system does little to ask that question because WHY?

Chenerific and friends were more interested in covering their own ASS (using what was known to produce false confessions linking Al Queda to Iraq) than seeking out the reasons WHY? If we asked why and learned something maybe, just maybe we'd realize we caused it and then could change our own actions to alleviate the threat. Maybe, we could learn something and have some understanding and then we could go to the middle east (or where ever) and be proactive at addressing the problems to make America and the world safer.

Maybe, maybe, our ambitions were the villain and that villain did not want to admit it's crimes. Maybe that villain feeling justified and intoxicated by it's own power to destroy didn't care about the consequences their actions had on other people or countries. Maybe, the manner in which the Busheney gang went about things REFLECTS the fact they were the perpetrators of terror under the guise of "defending America", and that every action was an attempt to justify or hide their intentions and aggression. It isn't hard to see.

Wasn't it largely about Iraq's OIL!?

As for Cheney carrying on, he can't give up the battling position he's grown accused to over the previous eight years. Someone tell him to go home.I fully support Obama's decision and position on Gitmo, but I would take it a step further and do the entirely... more