What I wanna' be when I grow up

I'm an American kid.  My Mom and Dad work for the US Federal Government.  When I grow up I wanna' be a torturer - just like my Mom and Dad.  Why?

The people I look up to think torture is OK.  So it must be OK.  Right?

If torture was wrong - wouldn't my Mom and Dad say something about it?

Take a look at this nice lady who explained to one of my friends in fourth grade that they had to torture people to keep me and my family safe from torturers like my Dad is in the US military:  LINK HERE

"Then Misha Lerner, a student from Bethesda, asked: What did Rice think about the things President Obama's administration was saying about the methods the Bush administration had used to get information from detainees?

Rice took the question in stride. saying that she was reluctant to criticize Obama, then getting to the heart of the matter.

"Let me just say that President Bush was very clear that he wanted to do everything he could to protect the country. After September 11, we wanted to protect the country," she said. "But he was also very clear that we would do nothing, nothing, that was against the law or against our obligations internationally. So the president was only willing to authorize policies that were legal in order to protect the country.""

What I don't understand is how revolting torture is to me - but my Mom and Dad - working for the CIA - torture people at work because somebody told them to.  I think it was some guy named John Yoo, who's a lawyer.  I heard my uncle say that you can always tell when a lawyer is lying - it's when her/his lips are moving.


Another thing I was wondering about is how my Mom and Dad torture people when they go to work.  I thought they were just waterboarding people like KSM a coupla' 150 times until he confessed.  He's a grown-up - and I think a Muslim too - and I'm just a kid and not a Muslim - so I didn't think they would torture me too - but then I saw this on my Dad's computer:  LINK HERE


"Bush Administration memos released by the White House on Thursday provide new insight into claims that American agents used insects to torture the young children of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

In the memos, released Thursday, the Bush Administration White House Office of Legal Counsel offered its endorsement of CIA torture methods that involved placing an insect in a cramped, confined box with detainees. Jay S. Bybee, then-director of the OLC, wrote that insects could be used to capitalize on detainees’ fears....

The memo was dated Aug. 1, 2002. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s children were captured and held in Pakistan the following month, according to a report by Human Rights Watch."

I thought my Mom and Dad were concerned about the safety of children since they drive really slow in our SUV and make me wear a helmet when I ride my bike.  They also walk us to the school bus stop and wait for us after school in case there are any terrorists that might want to torture us.  They told me that would be a bad thing.  I don't understand how they are torturers at work but are different people when they are home.  I wonder if they would ever torture our cat to make it confess to taking a peepee on the rug?

Here's something that confuses me:  Jesse Ventura was in the military and he says that waterboarding is torture - especially since he was waterboarded during a survival school in the military.  He seems a lot tougher than the newspeople - many of whom have never been waterboarded - so how come they think they know more than somebody like Jesse who had it done to him?  I don't know - I just a kid - maybe when I grow up I'll find out the truth.  It's hard to understand - especially when my Mom and Dad work for the United States government and they torture people.  They are real nice to me.  I just don't understand.  Here's the video of Jesse talking about torture to a guy that doesn't seem to have any opinions:

Conclusion

When I grow up - I wanna' be just like my Mom and Dad.  I want to be a torturer and I'm gonna practice right now on some bugs.  Even though it makes me sick to my stomach - if I want to be like Mom and Dad I guess I'll have to get used to punching people's faces in which makes me sick too.  I'll have to start with puppies - then I can move on to other animals - then - when I'm old enough - and I'm in the CIA like Mom and Dad - I'll be able to do it without any remorse - just like them!

Maybe - eventually - I can then graduate to be a murderer for the Federal government - since they murdered Anwar al Alwaki and his son.  Maybe after I'm a torturer I can become a murderer too - just like my Mom and Dad working for the US government.


P.S.  My  uncle and aunt are peeping thoms and snoops for the NSA.  They look at everything my neighbors do - at their job.  I wonder if they ever snoop on us - you know - our family?  I think they are really creepy and sick.

American torture: When the chickens come home to roost...

"Nogales, Ariz. (AP) A southern Arizona student and father expecting his first child has been found dead in Nogales, Mexico, with what authorities say are signs of torture.

...The Nogales International reports Navarro had been shot once in the head.[*] He was a 2008 graduate of Nogales High School and was taking college courses with an eye toward a degree in business administration."

Read more:HERE

Pay close attention to time=2:03 in the following video where self-described Christian, and torture proponent - Sean Hannity - discusses the "differences" between torturing and "scaring somebody."





Hmmmm.  I wonder if Sean would agree that before this American was murdered in Mexico - they weren't really torturing - but just trying to scare him?  


I would imagine that the ever-clever Sean Hannity has an answer that only his one-sided and daily-dwindling flock of sheep would accept - to rationalize away that somehow torture is good enough for "terrorists" - but not "great Americans" - like himself - or General Petraus.


As the sayings go:  "What's good for the goose is good for the gander"  - and "payback's a bitch!"


This torture issue is undermining our American culture - and has undermined our credibility in ANY CASE where torture is to be condemned.  


Those responsible for ordering, justifying, and executing torture by Americans must be held accountable if America is to heal.


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 [*] Looks like the torturing murderers of this American took the advice of two of the heros of the phony dying "conservative" media...
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Is it Safe? (To Torture).....Good illustration vid from "Marathon Man"

In the following scene from the Dustin Hoffman movie "Marathon Man"- the guy being tortured has no idea what the "dentist" wants to know... he'll say it's safe or not safe - he doesn't even know what is safe or unsafe - he just wants the pain to stop.

Yes - just a movie - but a good illustration of the reality...

Is It Safe?


Marathon Man
— MOVIECLIPS.com

NAZI: Petraeus says torture an option for US

No American Flag:  wonder why?  pic from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus

"WASHINGTON: David Petraeus, Barack Obama's choice to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, says the US should consider using special interrogation techniques when a captive is withholding information that is immediately needed to save lives."

Read more HERE 

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NOTE:  Did anyone ask this sick twisted bastard David (The Impaler) Petraeus how he KNOWS FOR SURE that someone has information he wants - and can conclude that torture is needed to extract it?  

If he already knows they have "the information" - then why is torture needed to get what he already knows they know?  (Yeah - I'm starting to sound like Rumsfeld here)

Why does this embarrassment to our great nation have such prestige and power when he advocates for the TORTURE OF HUMAN BEINGS - a practice that ACTS AS A RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN FOR OUR ENEMY - don't take it from me - take it from OUR OWN MILITARY EXPERTS!:  "torture doesn't save lives - it costs lives..."

witch-huntnoun historicala search for and subsequent persecution of a supposed witch.

• informal a campaign directed against a person or group holding unorthodox or unpopular views. (Apple dictionary) 

WHO do the FEDs hire to guard Bradley Manning?

Support our troops? Bull-SH#T! 


What the WAR-MONGERS REALLY MEAN IS:   Support our troops UNTIL they do their duty to uphold their oath to defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC.   This brings us to Bradley Manning:

http://www.anorak.co.uk/275325/politicians/bradley-manning-is-stripped-at-night-and-made-to-stand-naked-by-his-cell-tortured-for-his-own-good.html

We've all heard about Bradley Manning - the soldier they are torturing in prison right?  Oh - no - not really - the mainstream media, which acts mainly as a loudspeaker for Pentagon propaganda has kept a "lid on" this.


And don't forget:  Those who "dare" to speak out about the insanity and psychopathic nature of his treatment need to either keep their mouths shut or risk "early retirement" to "spend more time with their families."  for example (CLICK.)


"State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley has resigned after publicly crossing swords with the Pentagon over the treatment of an Army soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military reports and sensitive diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.The chain of events that led to Crowley’s exit was set in motion Thursday when Crowley appeared at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology seminar and called the Pentagon’s handling of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is detained at the brig at Quantico, “ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid.”"

Of course the man is right - it is not only stupid - but cruel and unusual.  But that's the norm for the federal government of these united states these days.  Hopefully we can change that.

 Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51197.html#ixzz1Gn9M6BIE

Bradley Manning is being held in captivity by the US Federal government - and is being tortured:

"Robert VerBruggen declared Tuesday that there was "no excuse" for subjecting Manning, who has not been convicted of a crime, to harsh conditions.Manning attorney David Coombs revealed earlier this month that for at least two nights in row, the Army private had been "stripped naked" for as long as seven hours at a time.Manning has been held at the Quantico brig since July under a maximum security regimen, which leaves him in his cell for 23 hours a day, because authorities say his escape would pose a risk to national security."  Read more here.

No - my friends - the only threat to "national security" (the security of the  citizens of a free republic) - is the sick twisted treatment of a person who volunteered to serve his country and supposedly tried to blow the whistle on crooks embedded in the government that is supposed to be protecting the rights of its citizens.

The threat to society is the notion that we are guilty until proven innocent - Napoleonic law - the foundation of the lying scoundrels that assert the authority to torture ANYONE for ANY REASON.  Adding insult to injury - they assert the right to hold a person without trial - because of this and because of that.

Well - since the corporate-owned-Pentagon-loudspeaker media machine that is mainstream U.S. propaganda-media cannot find their vertebral fortitude to inform the public about a real threat to the citizens of this great nation I suppose we'll continue down this road.  What is the saying?  "You can't fight city hall?"  Bullshit.

You CAN fight city hall - and we will - once informed by a functioning media.

But in the meantime - may I suggest a job applicant to work for our great "protectors" in the federal government?  He's ready to get to work right away:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ABDUCTED_WOMAN_TEXAS?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

Photo above for prison guard candidate.  HERE'S PART OF HIS BIO - SEND REQUESTS TO TEXAS FOR COMPLETE RESUME.  HE CAN WATCH BRADLEY MANNING AND ALL THEM AY-RABS YOU'VE GOT LOCKED UP TOO!

"A man accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman for two weeks in a "house of horrors" after she repeatedly rejected him is being investigated in two cold cases of missing women, including his ex-wife's disappearance, a sheriff says.

...Investigators did find a hidden area built to keep someone restrained, Fowler said, describing it as a "house of horrors." The sheriff said it was not yet clear how the woman was able to escape Saturday.

"He held her for 13 days. I don't know how much longer she could have lasted," Fowler told The Associated Press. "She had restraint marks on her wrists, and he had hit her on the head. Her hands were cut up, and her eyes were black."

Read more here.

It seems to me that we have a set of rules for our dictators - and another set of rules for the public.  Although I don't want to torture anyone or anything ever - if I did - I would set my sights on employment with the U.S. Federal government.

If you think I'm kidding - look at this recent local case propagated on the radio here in Charlottesville, VA regarding a former UVA student going to the "big house" for child porn possession:

http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/Former_UVa_Student_Convicted_of_Possessing_Child_Porn_108524419.html

"University of Virginia Police have arrested a student on child pornography charges.

Dustin LaPradd was charged with ten counts of possession of child pornography. LaPradd appeared in Albemarle County District Court Wednesday May 20, where his case was transferred to the Albemarle County Juvenile-Domestic Court, because his alleged victims are children. LaPradd will appear in court June 15, 2009.
Working with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, UVa Police executed a search warrant at his residence at Hench Dorm on April 10. A computer, computer hardware and other electronic devices were seized from the dorm room.
The UVa directory lists LaPradd as an undergraduate student in the School of Education, although UVa officials say he's no longer enrolled as a student."  Read rest here.


Don't fool yourselves.  If you think the one locked up now "deserves it" for whatever they did - no trial needed - picture yourself in jail - locked up by your worst enemy on false charges with no opportunity to rebut them in court.  No evidence presented on your behalf.  No nothing.


Those involved in this disgrace to the Bill of Rights, and to humanity in general, need to have THEIR DAY IN COURT.

Rep. Kucinich unable to visit accused WikiLeaks source

REad entire article here
""I put in a request to the secretary of defense, who referred me to the secretary of the army, who referred me to the secretary of the navy, who referred me to the secretary of defense, and still not an answer on whether or not I can visit Private Manning," Rep. Kucinich explained to radio host Scott Horton on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, during Friday's broadcast of Antiwar Radio."
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Note:  No kidding - we are living in a dictatorship - Congress has no power.  No more Bill of Rights.

Lawyer: Some CIA interrogation tactics not OK’d

Read entire article HERE.

" The professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, was waterboarded 183 times. Terrorist suspect Abu Zubaydah was subjected to the procedure at least 83 times."
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Note: Your tax dollars at work. Those who did this are scum. Participants can congratulate themselves that they have given the green light to those the US military is "fighting" to torture our POWs. Thanks for forfeiting the moral high ground! What's next - your dog if he barks too much? Freaks.

The torture files: key passages

Read entire article HERE.

" We highlight the key passages from the classified documents disclosed in high court proceedings - and what they show. Click on each passage in red to read the annotations
• The torture files: MI6 legal advice
• The torture files: Downing Street's role
• The torture files: the Whitehall row
• The torture files: the interrogations"

UK Prime Minister announces torture inquiry

Read entire article HERE.

" Prime Minister David Cameron told the House of Commons that the probe, to be led by retired judge Sir Peter Gibson, was expected to start before the end of the year and should report within 12 months."
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Note: Maybe they could compress the investigation down to 12 minutes by torturing all the suspects for confessions? :)

Ex-Chicago policeman guilty of lying about torture

Read entire article HERE.

" The guilty verdict on all three counts in a federal indictment means he could face up to 45 years in prison."
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Note: I'm confused - the FEDS indicted him? But aren't the feds the ones that told everybody it's okay?

Shocking New Report: The CIA Performed Human Experiments on Prisoners Under Bush

Read entire article here:

"A new report details how the effects of torture on detainees were closely studied in order to perfect 'enhanced interrogation techniques.'"
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Note: Conclusion - all wars fought by America were fought for NOTHING. If you have loved ones in the armed forces they are being used and abused and, unfortunately, will have to answer for their complicity in war crimes.

American cage fighter 'rips out still-beating heart - Charged with torture

Read entire article here:

" A U.S. cage fighter ripped out the heart of his training partner while he was still alive after becoming convinced he was possessed by the devil, it was alleged today.

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Wyatt has been charged with first degree murder and torture.
Prosecutors added the torture charge as Powell was still alive when his heart was removed."
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Note: God Bless America

US Troops Executing Prisoners in Afghanistan: Seymour Hersh

Read entire article here:


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Note: Thanks Barack Obama for stopping the madness.

Pentagon Sees a Threat From Online Muckrakers

Read entire article here:

" To the list of the enemies threatening the security of the United States, the Pentagon has added WikiLeaks.org, a tiny online source of information and documents that governments and corporations around the world would prefer to keep secret"
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Note: I don't blame them for trying to keep all evidence of corruption secret - what other defense do they have?

Bush's Hypocrisy on War Crimes

In Amerika - our world truly seems to have been turned on its head: Upside-down if you will in EVERY WAY.

I'm not trying to be funny. But what do Americans do when their government is committing war crimes? What is a war crime? Why not ask the accused what a war crime is? Then we can use their own definition to make sure they know the difference between right and wrong - allowing them a courtesy not granted to the citizens - allowances for ignorance of the law.



Read entire article here:

" "If there is somebody captured," President George W. Bush told reporters on March 23, 2003, "I expect those people to be treated humanely. If not, the people who mistreat the prisoners will be treated as war criminals." "
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Note: Perhaps this previous blog post will be of interest to those not in denial:

Please read and examine links in article here:

" America waterboarded prisoners
The argument seems to have boiled down to whether or not waterboarding is torture or not. Some say yes, others say no. The question is not whether or not it was done. There are also conflicts regarding the value of torture - but illegal is illegal regardless of the monstrosity justified or beliefs held. Here is a review to help you follow this contorted path of cruelty."
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UPDATE FEB 18, 2010 Cheney Admits to War Crimes, Media Yawns, Obama Turns the Other Cheek

Documents reveal new information about destruction of torture tapes

Read more here:

" The tapes, which show CIA operatives subjecting suspects to extremely harsh interrogation methods, should have been identified and processed for the ACLU in response to its FOIA request. Instead of identifying and processing the videotapes, however, the CIA destroyed them. "
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Note: Of course they are going to destroy the evidence - that's exactly what one would expect from a criminal.

U.S. Secretary of Defense of Torture blocks release of torture photos

UPDATE NOVEMBER 20, 2009 GATES used "New Authority"






Click for more pictures of your tax dollars at work:
Read more torture gallery here:


Read more here:

" Gates' new authority comes from a law, signed by President Barack Obama last month, that gives the Secretary of Defense the power to rule that photos of detainees are exempt from release under the Freedom of Information Act. Gates' action on Friday was the first use of the new FOIA exemption since it passed Congress last month. The photos in question are the subject of a years-long legal fight by the American Civil Liberties Union, which first filed a FOIA request for records pertaining to detainee treatment, rendition, and death in May of 2005. The case is currently being reviewed by the Supreme Court."

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had sued for the release of 21 color photos under the Freedom of Information Act. "
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What do you expect from Robert Gates? Everybody knows that all Aggies are stupid.

Here's a paragraph from his Wikipedia page. I'll provide a translation beneath :

" Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18, 2006.[2] Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as Director of Central Intelligence. Immediately after being recruited by the CIA, he served as an officer in the United States Air Force.[3][4] After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates also served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee Hamilton, that has studied the Iraq War. He was also the first pick to serve as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security when it was created following the September 11 attacks, but he declined the appointment in order to remain President of Texas A&M University.[5]"

Translation: Yes Man
American Interrogator says Torture costs American Lives


You see, Gates doesn't care about our troops deployed overseas - because until the torture issue is settled, all captured Americans are in grave danger of torture by their captors. Maybe I can make this easy for Gates to understand: "an eye for an eye." That is the deal you are making for every member of the American armed services you F&%K. Now tell me how you are protecting those Americans?

All Afghan detainees likely tortured: diplomat

Read more here:

"In other words, we detained and handed over for severe torture a lot of innocent people."

US Secretary of State Robert Gates blocks release of Iraq, Afghanistan torture photos

Read more here:

"Gates said that public disclosure of the photos would endanger US citizens, US armed forces, and employees of the US government deployed outside the US.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had sued for the release of 21 color photos under the Freedom of Information Act. "
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What do you expect from Robert Gates? Everybody knows that all Aggies are stupid.

Here's a paragraph from his Wikipedia page. I'll provide a translation beneath :

" Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18, 2006.[2] Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as Director of Central Intelligence. Immediately after being recruited by the CIA, he served as an officer in the United States Air Force.[3][4] After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates also served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee Hamilton, that has studied the Iraq War. He was also the first pick to serve as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security when it was created following the September 11 attacks, but he declined the appointment in order to remain President of Texas A&M University.[5]"

Translation: Yes Man
American Interrogator says Torture costs American Lives


You see, Gates doesn't care about our troops deployed overseas - because until the torture issue is settled, all captured Americans are in grave danger of torture by their captors. Maybe I can make this easy for Gates to understand: "an eye for an eye." That is the deal you are making for every member of the American armed services you &^$%. Now tell me how you are protecting those Americans?

Fox News Stories to be removed from Google

Click here to read Raw Story - Murdoch to remove Fox stories from Google:

"Google said on Tuesday, in response to threats by Rupert Murdoch to ban the search engine from listing content from his news empire, that any company could ask to have stories taken off."

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For me - I don't like Fox News anyway. Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck - these people represent everything that is wrong in the media today. They are propagandists spreading fear - not newsmen.

However we will lose content that is damning to those who've been caught on camera - like this:



In the above video Bush says "When people study the history ...(of torture scandal)... It'll be a bit difficult to study the history when the videos are not available to the public won't it? If seeing is believing how to get a point across that is of equal impact to the public as a video of the person in question admitting something on camera?

Perhaps the reader wishes to take a peek at this old blog post - which of these videos will be removed by Murdoch? Is this fair to the citizenry whose airwaves these rich folks broadcast on? Or are there no more publicly owned airwaves? A grey area at best. Anyway - check this old post out if you wish - some of the vids may not be here in the near future:

CLICK HERE FOR OLD POST WITH VIDS