We interrupt the liberal-love-fest with this bit of news: Obama Orders First Air Strikes. Funny, but the starry-eyed masses don’t want to deal with this quite yet. But it’s true: Obama drew his first blood on his first week with his hand on the trigger of the world’s most bloated military enterprise. The result: At least 14 civilians dead, mostly women and children. So much for that bullshit rhetoric about “extending a hand.”

But the liberals gently sleep through the news of it all, still marshmallow-brained over the fuzzy-Obama-ness-of-being. Some things never change.

I found myself at a party over the weekend and mentioned these air strikes on Pakistan. The folks in attendance treated the news as if I were a leper: “Get away from me, I’m still celebrating,” their looks and body language told me. That’s what happens with false idols. You start to ascribe qualities to them that are as far-fetched as Santa coming down the chimney.

But this is certainly one more step in Obama’s great plan to assure the still-ruling right wing that everything will be okay under his regime. The killing will continue. The Wall Street bailouts will continue. Health care will continue to be a privilege. Capitalism is king. And the undertow of society can join the fucking Army if they want a job. Brother, can you spare some change?

Please, go to the link above and watch the video of the Pakistani people protesting the Obama administration’s missile strikes on their homes. And then, please, put away your delusions and get to work.

Or, since I know it’s all the rage on this site, ask yourselves this: What would Rosa Parks do? [Hint: She wouldn’t ignore it.]

News from Alaska … could this be about our new found best conservative friend Sarah Palin?

an eruption may be imminent

last erupted during a five-month period

“There was steaming through pre-existing holes, but there were no new holes. … and there was no ash on the snow cover,” he said.

The crew members smelled sulphur as they flew over

(source)

Can there be no (re)doubt about it?

but any level of torture is.

The other day I had a visit from a state game warden. Because the bird food that was being put out behind our house was also attracting deer, the wife and I were told we had to stop.

It’s called feeding the deer. It’s a bonafide crime in Vermont to feed deer with a few exceptions, and now that we’ve received a warning a violation will result in a criminal citation.

So when I read of some schmuck like Senator Schumer of NY saying “If there are egregious cases [of torture], I don’t think you can say, blanket, no prosecutions,” Schumer told Fox’s Chris Wallace Sunday morning. “If there are egregious cases, yes, you have to look at them.” (source) I shake my head in disbelief.

In my life torture is a much more serious issue than feeding white tailed deer in one’s backyard … but in the twisted minds of the likes of Schumer (and apparently a lot of the DC DemRepup elites) that isn’t the case at all.

There’s been a sizable population in the United States who stood up and said torture is immoral and illegal no matter the plaintive excuses made by those who approve of it. The torturers were warned long ago.

And now Mr Holder’s nomination for Attorney General is being held up apparently because he won’t say he won’t pursue prosecutions against cheney/bush administration officials who, among other illegal acts, engaged encouraged or approved torture.

We could go through a list of illegal activities by the cheney/bush admin. It ranges from lying to congress about Iraqi WMD to criminal negligence regarding Hurricane Katrina to cheney shooting another hunter in the face.

But unlike me, these cretins from the last administration and their still extant legions of apologists and fellow torture approvers feel they’re above not only the law but any sense of decency.

And reading that some Democratic Senator like Schumer is talking about looking into only the egregious examples of torture (yeah … still trying to figure out what would be egregious and what wouldn’t) makes my sick.

It’s time to put torture on equal footing with feeding the deer … if somebody is reasonably suspected of participating in it, planning it, approving it, ordering it or any other action that falls under the rubrics of direct action or conspiracy … they should be prosecuted.

Wow!  This is hugely good news.  I’ve always wondered how a born-again christian like George Bush could justify trashing God’s creation…

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01…