Facty Facts And The Facters That Fact Them

May 3, 2011 in Montana

by lizard It’s only Tuesday, not even 48 hours after the breaking news of Osama’s death, and there is so much crap swirling around it’s dizzying. Unfortunately it pays to be suspicious of those often unreliable initial reports. The nature of the 24 hour news cycle and the competition between networks to take any tidbit [...]

Apparently, the Ends do Justify the Means

May 3, 2011 in Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, National security, Obama Adminstration, Osama bin Laden, Terrorism

By CFS This come from an AP story featured in the Missoulian today: The revelation that intelligence gleaned from the CIA’s so-called black sites helped kill bin Laden was seen as vindication for many intelligence officials who have been repeatedly investigated and criticized for their involvement in a program that involved the harshest interrogation methods [...]

Party in the USA! The Wicked Witch Bin Laden is Dead!

May 3, 2011 in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bush administration, Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, Islam, National security, Osama bin Laden
Tags: foreign policy, national security, Obama, Osama, War on Terror

By CFS It would seem that we in America are once again experiencing a kumbaya moment in which we all hug, hold hands, and say things like “America, Fuck Yeah!” and chant “USA, USA.” All because of the killing of one man. But in watching the news reports of celebrations taking place outside of the [...]