Jack & Jill Politics

Ed Schultz continues to be on the money.

Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape'
Photographs of alleged prisoner abuse which Barack Obama is attempting to censor include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse, it has emerged
At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee.

Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults on prisoners with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/north...

Maj Gen Taguba, who retired in January 2007, said he supported the President’s decision, adding: “These pictures show torture, abuse, rape and every indecency.

“I am not sure what purpose their release would serve other than a legal one and the consequence would be to imperil our troops, the only protectors of our foreign policy, when we most need them, and British troops who are trying to build security in Afghanistan.

“The mere description of these pictures is horrendous enough, take my word for it.”

yeah, there is no doubt in my mind that if muslim fighters had a detention center and captured some chrisitan white soldiers and showed them forcing themselves onto the women, America wouldve tried to drop a fucking nuke on them without hesistation

I heard about this a few days ago. I knew it was something bad when he decided not to show the pics.

Oh Gawd!

Have Mercy on us Lord!

Yes, where are the "progressives" who lamented about the lack of "transperancy" because he decided not to make those photos public.

I admire a man who knows when to say when.


May I just add that I am so disgusted by those people who were involved in such vile acts.

The truly vile are those who gave the orders to do this. Barbaric mentality. Brutal and inhumane folks like Cheney and Rumsfeld.

Agreed!

The thing that bothers me the worst about the Sotomayor nomination is the fact the Republicans sit down and do their homework and are prepared to throw shit on the wall to find out what sticks. The WAPO is already posting shit like this:
"Ideology, abortion and remarks on ethnicity come to fore as both sides in the fight over Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation move quickly to try to define the woman who may become the nation's first Hispanic justice."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/na... it's a banner page for articles.

Remembering the fact that they have to sell newspapers they can't help themselves to free material.The Democrats under Reid and Pelosi are never prepared to make an arguement against anyone the Republicans nominate for anything. The poltical operations of the Democrats in Congress are so poor it is disgusting and maddening.
President Obama should check Bill and Eliot into the Bunny Ranch and run the war room from there. The tapes can finance their stay.

Calm down. Obama is aware of the attacks already lobbed at her.

remove by poster see spirit_55 below

RobM, would you mind breaking down the post in lay man's terms?

I just responded to the wrong post.

The 20 largest financial organizations w/ the exception of Goldman and Morgan made most of there money in the last quarter on mortage refinancing or mortgages purchsed by first time buyers scooping up very inexpensive houses. Party is over. Rates are up and applications are declining. Prime owners(jumbo market) are beginning to default.
Get your popcorn out. the only party isn't in Sotomayor's house.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087...

U.S. Considers Creating Single Agency to Regulate Banking Industry
By Binyamin Appelbaum And Zachary A. Goldfarb
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, May 27, 2009; 9:19 PM

Senior administration officials are considering the creation of a single agency to regulate the banking industry, replacing a patchwork of agencies that failed to prevent banks from falling into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The agency would be a key element in a sweeping administration plan to overhaul financial regulation, which officials hope to unveil in the next few weeks, including the creation of a new authority to police risks to the financial system, and a new agency to protect consumers, the sources said. Most of the proposals would require legislation.

"The president is committed to signing a regulatory reform package by the end of the year, and officials at the White House and the Treasury Department are continuing work with Congress on the final phases of a proposal, but there is no final proposal in place and any announcement will not be for a couple of weeks," said White House deputy spokesman Jennifer R. Psaki.





http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...

Excuse me, but this is one thing Reagan did that still rubs me the wrong way. The vatican does not need an ambassador. No religious person should get this kind of attention. If the pope wants to set up his own government fine, but do so without any input from us.

Brilliant.You got to love it.Now since the republicans are going all racist in their code words against a latino Supreme court Justice,this has the potential to really change the political map.In 2010 and then for President Obama's re-election Texas, Arizona and maybe Georgia will turn blue with Latino voters .

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has picked a major Democratic fundraiser as ambassador to Britain, a theology professor to represent the United States at the Vatican and a former member of the 9/11 Commission to be the top U.S. diplomat in India.

The White House on Wednesday announced a slate of top diplomats in capitals from Tokyo to Paris. The group fills many of the highest profile jobs in the foreign service and will be crucial representatives of Obama and his State Department with U.S. allies.

"I am grateful that these distinguished Americans have agreed to help represent the United States and strengthen our partnerships abroad at this critical time for our nation and the world," Obama said in a statement. "I am confident they will advance American diplomacy as we work to meet the challenges of the 21st century."

For the plum London appointment, Obama turned to Louis Susman, a retired vice chairman of Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking. A former Salomon Brothers employee, he won a commission appointment from President Ronald Reagan and was a director for the St. Louis Cardinals for more than a decade.

He also has raised hundreds of millions in campaign donations for Democrats.

The White House also announced it plans to nominate Miguel H. Diaz, an associate professor of theology at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minn., for the top job at the Vatican.

A Roman Catholic theologian, the Cuban-American advised Barack Obama's presidential campaign. He also was among 26 Catholics who signed a statement supporting the nomination of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, a Catholic whose support for abortion rights was criticized by conservative Catholics.

And Obama nominated former U.S. Rep. Tim Roemer of Indiana to be his ambassador to New Delhi. The former Sept. 11 commissioner endorsed Obama during his primary campaign and was a strong advocate of Obama's foreign policy approach.
He now faces a tough challenges in New Dehli, where U.S. and Indian interests are deeply linked.

"I believe that many of things we want to get done in the world cannot be done without India, and many things India would like to get done cannot get done without the United States," said Frank Wisner, who was President Bill Clinton's ambassador to New Dehli.

For instance, the stalled trade talks that began in Doha need India's support, and New Dehli's quest for a seat on the United Nations Security Council needs U.S. support, Wisner said. And both countries need a shared stance as they negotiate any climate change agreements.

To other capitals, Obama planned to nominate Charles Rivkin, an outside homeland security adviser, to France. A former financial analyst, he also ran entertainment companies such as The Jim Henson Co. and Wild Brain, Inc.

And Obama tapped Internet and biotechnology lawyer John Roos as the United States' top diplomat to Japan. As the top executive at a Palo Alto, Calif., law firm, he helped raise money for startup companies and has represented major technology companies.

Vilma Martinez, a former president and counsel of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, would head to Argentina. She is now a commercial attorney who advises companies on employment law.

And Obama nominated a partner in a top Washington law firm as his voice in Denmark. Laurie Fulton of Williams and Connolly already has won Senate confirmation as a director of the U.S. Institute of Peace and has advised nonprofit groups such as the Girl Scouts.

Obama turned to a 20-year U.S. Army Reserve chaplain as the United States' representative to the African Union, a position carries the rank of ambassador. Michael Battle worked at several universities and now is president of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta.

In other posts, Obama turned to longtime foreign service ministers:

_ Robert Connan, a diplomat to the U.S. Mission to the European Union, was nominated to represent the United States in Iceland. Previous postings include Saudi Arabia, South Africa, China and Iraq.

_ Christopher Dell, currently a diplomat in Afghanistan, was tapped as the ambassador to Kosovo. He previously spent two years there as chief of mission and has worked in Angola, Zimbabwe and Bulgaria.

_ Patricia A. Butenis, a diplomat in Iraq, would be the United States' top voice in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. She previously was ambassador to Bangladesh and worked in Pakistan, El Salvador and India.

_ Thomas Shannon, an assistant secretary of state since 2005, would head to Brazil. A former National Security Council official, he previously worked in Venezuela, South Africa and Guatemala.

The posts all require Senate confirmation.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/27/obama-...

Goodness gracious! The little girls are too darling!

thanks for this

Okay guys,

Just thinking again, but this Supreme Court Roll-out could not have been timed better. What were people talking about before this?
1. Nancy Pelois calling CIA liars.
2. Senator Dems voted en masse against Gitmo funding.
These stories were the talk of the weekend...NOT ANYMORE!!!

Damn You Barack Obama...!!!

This is like the Kennedy, Edwards, & Gore rollouts during the primaries and general.
Obama admin is playing hardball ya'll.

@lamh32, Thanks for that youtube link. That was a wonderful spoken word poem!

Dick Cheney: Powell Is Welcome In GOP (VIDEO)
Mr. CHENEY: Well, we're happy to have General Powell in the Republican Party. I was asked a question about a dispute he was having, I think, with Rush Limbaugh, and I expressed the consent, the notion I had that he had already left since he endorsed Barack Obama for president. But I meant no offense to my former colleague. I wasn't seeking to rearrange his political identity.

On the subject of party identification, Cheney was also asked if he thought President Obama was "a socialist or a socialist-light." He responded, "Well, I agree with the criticism without using the labels. I don't want to get into trying to label President Obama. He's our president. At this point, he's the only one we've got. He won the election, and he obviously is entitled to pursue those policies that he wants to pursue."http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/27/dick-cheney-powell-is-wel_n_208208.html

Please, now this mofo is backing down. Don't trust him as much as I FART.