Bush to Senate: Don't Tell Me I Can't Torture People!
October 07, 2005 THE White House overnight renewed a threat to veto a $US440 billion ($578.11 billion) defence funding Bill after the US Senate defied President George W Bush by inserting anti-torture language into the legislation.
By a vote of 90 to nine, the US Senate passed the measure explicitly barring US soldiers from torturing or mistreating prisoners, and requiring strict adherence to established military interrogation guidelines.
By Stephanie Griffith in Washington
As you probably know, I'm against torture. I have lots of reasons and have addressed the topic many times. Today I just want you to know about the people in the Senate who voted against the McCain Amendment that added some anti-torture language to the defence funding bill.
The 9 Senators Who Voted against the McCain Amendment
(The list is alphabetical by state.)
Senator Ted Stevens (R - AK)
Senator Jeff Sessions (R - AL)
Senator Wayne Allard (R - CO)
Senator Pat Roberts (R - KS)
Senator Christopher Bond (R - MO)
Senator Thad Cochran (R - MS)
Senator Tom Coburn (R - OK)
Senator James Inhofe (R - OK) Senator "I'm outraged by the outrage"
Senator John Cornyn (R - TX)
Remember this vote when the really nasty Abu Ghraib photos and videos of boys being raped come out. Imagine their ads for reelection "I'm Ted Stevens and I approve of this boy being tortured and raped."
And to Brian Sussman, our favorite pro-torture radio host, these children were not trying to kill us, just thought you should know.
2 Comments:
Like Bu$hCo will cut off the cash flow from the Treasury to the D.o'D. to Cheneyburton.
Bring that veto on, baby.
Spocko, you forget who has the power, it's like Chicago. They got the power. Stop whining. As for the 4th estate: "Big Media does not know how to innovate," said Jay Rosen, PressThink blogger and associate professor of journalism at New York University, in the Online Journalism Review. "What capacity for product development do news organizations show? Zip. How are they on nurturing innovation? Terrible. Is there an entrepreneurial spirit in newsrooms? No. Do smart young people ever come in and overturn everything? Never. Do these firms attract designers and geeks who are gifted with technology? They don't, because they don't do anything challenging enough. They don't innovate, or pay well. So they can't compete."
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