i am chicano,
that means in mexico we are gringoes.
in gringolandia we are dirty mexicans.
bush surrrounds himself with uncle toms, and tio taacos.
thank god, miguel estrada got the boot.
bonzalez is worse, he sets policy.
these carnivores must be voted out.

fat chance diebold is bushes trummp card.

The Colorado Attorney General, Ken Salazar --

And His Brother, State Representative John Salazar --

Will Lead US out of the Wilderness . . .

Keep The Faith . . .

Duckman, this is a really great post. I remember when that Atlantic Monthly article came out because it came out just about the time the Supreme Court had rule on the unconstitutionality of using the death penalty when the criminal was mentally retard. One of the people Bush was responsible for executing had exactly the same type of extenuating circumstance and Gonzales just didn't bother to tell Bush (according to the documents). I wrote about this at the time and asked:

What does this say about him that his advisors feel free to not provide him a complete picture?

Bush's decisions are based on what his handlers tell him. And we have lots of examples now that his handlers are pretty careful to make sure he only sees what they want to show him. So he can make a decision from options 'a' to 'c', and he'll never have to worry about the fact he missed options 'd' to 'z'. Bush truly is the puppet of his advisors.

Reuters, NBC Staff Abused by U.S. Troops in Iraq

U.S. forces beat three Iraqis working for Reuters and subjected them to sexual and religious taunts and humiliation during their detention last January in a military camp near Falluja, the three said on Tuesday.

The three first told Reuters of the ordeal after their release but only decided to make it public when the U.S. military said there was no evidence they had been abused, and following the exposure of similar mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.

An Iraqi journalist working for U.S. network NBC, who was arrested with the Reuters staff, also said he had been beaten and mistreated, NBC said on Tuesday.

Two of the three Reuters staff said they had been forced to insert a finger into their anuses and then lick it, and were forced to put shoes in their mouths, particularly humiliating in Arab culture.

All three said they were forced to make demeaning gestures as soldiers laughed, taunted them and took photographs. They said they did not want to give details publicly earlier because of the degrading nature of the abuse.

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