Johnny Musn’t Grumble

See www.tomifobia.com/jmahoney.html

Well, if you’re an old, pudgy (fat, obese, lard-assed, add your own descriptor), sexual-practice hypocrisizer (little boys, little girls, bigger boys, bigger girls, ho’s and trannies), and eagerly welcome strings-attached contributions, you probably wouldn’t.

No, wait…

The CIA does not want Americans – and the rest of the world – to see any more photographs of Americans committing acts of torture and abuse.

President Obama, to his shame, also wants these illegal acts concealed.

He still swings with both “Don’t ask, don’t tell” and “Don’t show, don’t tell.”

Seal the borders.

America for Americans.

Be all you can be: Think American. Buy American.

And God Bless America, eh?

More than half — 52 percent — of Americans polled by the AP say torture is sometimes justified.

The pro-torture stance breaks down like this:

Republicans — two-thirds approve.

Democrats — one-third approve.

Overall, Americans favoring torture is up 35 percent in the last four years.

At the same time, Americans now spend about $50 billion a year on non-diet sodas. That’s not counting sugared teas and sports drinks.

Is there a connection? You tell me.

Mister Commander in Chief Obama, what are thinking?

One of your top Air Force pilots, with 18 years of experience, and multiple decorations for bravery and exemplary service, is being fired – two years short of receiving his pension.

It cost 25 million bucks to train him, over the last two and one half decades.

Why are you allowing this to happen?

Oh, yeah, the reason the US Air Force is firing Lt. Col. Victor J. Ferenbach – decorated combat officer and outstanding American – is that he is gay.

Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t help, eh?

Citing fears that to make public more photographs of prisoner abuse by US soldiers “would further inflame anti-American opinion”, President Obama is going to fight to keep them secret.

He also opposes a Truth Commission on the grounds that it might prove “distracting.”

This, in the NY Times report:

Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the A.C.L.U., said the decision to fight the release of the photos was a mistake. He said officials had described them as “worse than Abu Ghraib” and said their volume, more than 2,000 images, showed that “it is no longer tenable to blame abuse on a few bad apples. These were policies set at the highest level.”

Get them out into the light of day. Let it all hang out. Get it over with.

Don’t turn into another “Let’s keep it all hidden,” politician Mr. Obama.

We’ve had enough of that shit to last several lifetimes.

Some numbers ~ Canadian and American

There are more than 33 million Canadians. All have access to health care.

There are more than 45 million Americans without healthcare coverage.

Agreed, President Obama has his plate full but that does not excuse some of the current actions and positions of his administration.

He opposes a truth commission to open the garbage can of torture and abuse of the Bush administration.

Accountability for this shameful, criminal conduct “would be too distracting.”

Move on?

Move on, my ass. How can we move on until these atrocities are dealt with, until we know what really happened, until we know who created the policies, until they are held accountable?

Summing it up: He is beginning to disappoint.

You’ve promised the world that the United States will not torture people any more.

But now, you refuse to hold accountable those who have tortured in the name of freedom and justice.

Your top spies at the CIA claim that American torturers should not be “shamed” and “embarrassed” by having their cover ripped off.

“Nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past,” you claim.

That’s pure bullshit, Mr. President, and you know it.

You’re selling out even before your first 100 days are up.

If the latest polls can be believed, the majority of Israelis and Palestinians want no part of a two-state solution in which both sides live in peace.

Some 53 percent of Palestinians do not support a two-state solution, according to an independent Norwegian poll taken by the Fafo Institute for Applied Internations Studies.

A recent Angus Reid poll showed that 51 percent of Israelis oppose the idea of Palestinians having their own state next door.

Fafo reports that:

33 percent of Palestinians want the state of Israel destroyed, either by final combat or by political means.

20 percent for destruction of Israel by the Palestinian cradle.

About 80 percent of Hamas members reject the two-state solution.

Only 32 percent of Israelis support the two-state solution.

Not. Looking. Very. Good.