As in “blind” and “crazy”: Instead of “the hammer,” in the words of John O. Brennan, President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, America will rely on the “scalpel.” In a speech in May, Mr. Brennan, an architect of the White House strategy, used this analogy while pledging a “multigenerational” campaign against Al Qaeda and its extremist [...]
Entries Tagged as 'human rights'
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
August 15th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: human rights · obama · war
Never Been Any Reason
August 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments
My fellow leftoids may rage against FOXNews, but I appreciate the service they provide: putting all the right-wing crazy into one predictable package. Really, I don’t need Media Matters to cherry-pick the offensive and stupid, when all I have to do is look for the FOXNews byline on my Google News reader, and I know [...]
Tags: human rights · politics · racism · religion
Well, That Was Worth It
August 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Awright! We got Osama! Or, really, his cook. But how’s he gonna get his lamb kabobs now, huh? Anyway, the cook will get two years, wherever the military decides to finally put him. The judge, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Nancy Paul, said an assistant defense secretary ordered two years ago that the Army and the [...]
Tags: human rights · war
Writing Disaster
March 8th, 2010 · No Comments
Marc Thiessen defends the “al-Qaeda 7″ attack ad by likening the attorneys who defended detainees in Guantanamo, as well as José Pedilla, John Walker Lindh, and others to “mob lawyers” and “drug cartel lawyers.” Setting aside the obvious point that even mobsters and drug lords deserve representation in a court of law, we should not [...]
Tags: human rights · war
Homophobes are Anally Fixated
February 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment
People — queer or straight — who support social equality for sexual and gender minorities tend to consider the subjects of their advocacy as whole people. For instance, one might think of a married couple of gay men as two goofy dudes who listen to Heavy Metal and play video games, like Brian and Steve [...]
Tags: LBGT · human rights · racism · sexism · sexuality


