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Because, like Harmony, I'm a sheep
May. 19th, 2004 08:39 amsuzannemarie
Well, blue is my favorite color.
Well, blue is my favorite color.
May. 19th, 2004
I wish this were a surprise
May. 19th, 2004 08:53 amU.S. tried to curb Red Cross inspections
After the International Committee of the Red Cross presented its report complaining of prisoner abuse in one cellblock in November based on two surprise inspections, the U.S. military told ICRC inspectors they should make appointments before visiting the cellblock, the Times said in the report, citing a senior Army officer.
After the International Committee of the Red Cross presented its report complaining of prisoner abuse in one cellblock in November based on two surprise inspections, the U.S. military told ICRC inspectors they should make appointments before visiting the cellblock, the Times said in the report, citing a senior Army officer.
We have a subscription to The New Republic at work. I don't read it much anymore because over the last several years it seems to have moved more and more to the right. But I leafed through the latest issue today, and my eye fell on the quote (under the headline Abu Ghraib Idiocy Watch):
"I'm sure that our committees are going to be asking the right questions. ... But a full-fledged congressional investigation--that's like saying we need an investigation every time there's policy brutality on the street."--House Majority Leader Tom DeLay
So, does that mean that we should be accepting police brutality as part of our everyday lives? Isn't that kinda more what you expect when you live under a dictatorship rather than the standard bearer of the free world?
I have such silly ideals.
"I'm sure that our committees are going to be asking the right questions. ... But a full-fledged congressional investigation--that's like saying we need an investigation every time there's policy brutality on the street."--House Majority Leader Tom DeLay
So, does that mean that we should be accepting police brutality as part of our everyday lives? Isn't that kinda more what you expect when you live under a dictatorship rather than the standard bearer of the free world?
I have such silly ideals.