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Nov. 3rd, 2005 03:29 pmStill home. Still sick. There's nothing like having a dizzy spell because you emptied the dishwasher. Next up, gather laundry and have a nice nap.
Is the CIA completely on crack? Who thought it was a good idea to fly torture flights through Scotland? (Or, you know, at all.) There goes one of the three remaining countries where American tourists didn't have to pretend to be Canadian.
Apparently the CIA is also shipping folks to other countries so we can keep them ourselves in super secret jails that are overseen by pretty much no one. Who came up with black sites, and why didn't everybody else in that meeting avoid eye contact, cough, and change the subject, like you do when one of your coworkers has lost their tiny mind? And maybe pass them a donut, in case it's a blood sugar problem? I realize if you're in the CIA you're probably not, by nature, particularly into oversharing, but at some point doesn't somebody go, wait a minute, isn't this the kind of thing we used to overthrow folks for?
Meanwhile, the President is busy trying to make sure the CIA is allowed to torture prisoners. Because nothing makes me feel safer and prouder than knowing my country is secretly torturing prisoners jailed in other countries with no due process of law. Who is it who hates freedom again?
I feel very secure in my homeland. Or sickened, depressed, and scared. One of those two.
In my continuing quest to bring everything back to a Joss Whedon show, I'm picturing the CIA as Wesley. ( Read more... )
Is the CIA completely on crack? Who thought it was a good idea to fly torture flights through Scotland? (Or, you know, at all.) There goes one of the three remaining countries where American tourists didn't have to pretend to be Canadian.
Apparently the CIA is also shipping folks to other countries so we can keep them ourselves in super secret jails that are overseen by pretty much no one. Who came up with black sites, and why didn't everybody else in that meeting avoid eye contact, cough, and change the subject, like you do when one of your coworkers has lost their tiny mind? And maybe pass them a donut, in case it's a blood sugar problem? I realize if you're in the CIA you're probably not, by nature, particularly into oversharing, but at some point doesn't somebody go, wait a minute, isn't this the kind of thing we used to overthrow folks for?
Meanwhile, the President is busy trying to make sure the CIA is allowed to torture prisoners. Because nothing makes me feel safer and prouder than knowing my country is secretly torturing prisoners jailed in other countries with no due process of law. Who is it who hates freedom again?
I feel very secure in my homeland. Or sickened, depressed, and scared. One of those two.
In my continuing quest to bring everything back to a Joss Whedon show, I'm picturing the CIA as Wesley. ( Read more... )
