by James Heflin | Apr 20, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Interesting, even promising in light of how much he's frustrated civil libertarians like me with certain actions, that Obama did the right thing (well mostly) in releasing Bush torture memos yesterday. The immunization of torturers from prosecution is certainly a...
by James Heflin | Apr 22, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Mark Twain said, "To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman."Who would believe that the Bushies wanted to wiretap members of Congress? Oh, sorry. I would too. But who would believe that a congresswoman would be on the phone...
by James Heflin | Apr 27, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
It's hard to know who most deserves the Up Is Down Award right now, especially when it comes to the Room 101 case currently unfolding to reveal that Bush and his apologists really were every bit as bad as his most vociferous detractors said.I mean, which of these...
by James Heflin | May 4, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Forget the Super Bowl. This is the event I'm waiting for, as promised by Sean Hannity's television antics:Charles Grodin: You're for torture. Hannity: I am for enhanced interrogation. Grodin: You don't believe it's torture. Have you ever been...
by James Heflin | May 5, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
This one will play well in these heady days of Royalists, Whigs and Tories. Mitt Romney: "We are the party of the revolutionaries, they are the party of the monarchists."Rumor has it he later called Arlen Specter and said, "Gird thyself, sir, for a...
