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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:16 PM Original message |
Our government tortures people. How does that make you feel? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. It makes me feel like a revolution. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Well, something certainly has to give |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. The Tree of Liberty has gone far too long without watering. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Barbaric. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. They really are...and dragging all of us down with them |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. it makes me sad |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Yes :( |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's the denial that what has been done is torture that irks me. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I know! The denial flat out chaps my hiney |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Makes Me Feel Like We Have To Do Everything In Our Power To Ensure Democrats Get Elected. n/t |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. It makes me sick to my stomach. I started reading the Sy Hersh New Yorker |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. That sense of not being able to do more... |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Although all forms of torture are bad, |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. OK.....sorta like "i can't believe it's not butter " type torture. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Thank you |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Yes I think can't believe people are saying that. |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
52. Sorry if I can actually differentiate between different things. |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Give me a fucking break and don't forget to check out your ass and electrodes |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. We don't know about the really bad stuff. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Yeah, just some harmless frat house pranks... |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. "other extreme forms, which the US does not use...." |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Just a few thoughts to your question - |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Oh, how I grok. I do grok. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. It pisses me off, especially when they seem to think it's OK. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I know - like it's just perfectly fine to torture people |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. Appalled beyond words. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Well said. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sick |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. It is so sickening...it really is |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
60. The really sickening thing is those at the top who ordered it like it and evidently |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. Like this isn't the country I grew up in |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Like a stranger... |
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Laurier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's horrific |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. I keep hoping - and I kick myself for that hope - that humans |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. Anger with George Bush for not setting a standard of conduct |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:45 PM Original message |
Nicely said! |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. 2 of my kids and I watched a documentary on either LinkTV |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Me too! About the people and business as usual |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
64. I got into a rather nasty argument with my older brother approx. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. see my sig line photo... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. ... |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. Heart broken |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. You've been a strong voice on this board against these outrages |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's humiliating |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. It's like we're just enduring it...hoping it will all just go away |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
38. Sick, sad |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Me too, libodem |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. it depends on much veneer I peel back |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I know exactly what you mean, G_j |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
43. By the UN defintion I undergo torture every day. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. FOS |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. Pretty shitty is how I feel.... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Yep...sure is |
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Psyop Samurai (873 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
47. I don't consider it to be our government... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Well, let's hope the same end comes to them that came to other |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
50. Not as naive as I'd feel if I believed... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Yes, I suppose that would come as a horrible shock to those who don't know |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
53. There seems to be a cruelty gene, or some predisposition to it. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
54. Makes me feel like a stranger in my own country. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Hiya Octafish! |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
55. last days of the empire...disgust, shame, sadness |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Yep! The words mean nothing |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
61. I feel nothing but utter contempt for the Bush/Cheney government |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. You put it well |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
62. Sick to my stomach. |
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