If you type “torture” plus “election” into Google News today, nothing much comes up. “Interrogation” plus “election” doesn’t yield much either. This is puzzling, since America’s interrogation tactics arguably affect its reputation profoundly. You’d think this might be more of an issue on the campaign trail.
Torture/interrogation plain and simple, though — minus the election part — is certainly in the news: A recent Justice Department report documented new instances of harsh interrogation methods used at Guantanamo. Last month, ABC News reported that President Bush knew his top officials approved specific interrogation techniques. Meanwhile, Robert Gates just announced that Guantanamo can’t close any time soon.
The matter of torture/interrogation is also reverberating in citizens’ conversations online. Ann Raber found this provocative photo taken by Robin Dude in Bellingham, Washin...
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Obama and Open Source PoliticsFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 15:24:48
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Here’s another perspective on technology and Campaign 08. Scott Chacon is a Bay Area computer programmer with an abiding interest in “open source politics” — which he defines as “the idea that openness and transparency through technology can improve our political system.” He put that idea to the test in his own 2006 bid for a Congressional seat; he didn’t win, but he learned some things.
In this 2008 campaign, Chaco...
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Post Date: 2008-03-05 16:19:50
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This picture by trialkat was taken at a Fair Tax rally in Jacksonville, FL, where Mike Huckabee played his bass. The boy is holding a dollar bill autographed by Huckabee, and the photo seemed a fitting adieu to the candidate, who, after last night’s primaries, conceded the GOP nomination to John McCain. This leaves all hopes of abolishing the IRS in the hands of Ron Paul .
It also saddles Ron Paul with responsibility for the evolution/creation debate...
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Post Date: 2008-03-05 15:00:18
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John McCain clinched the Republican nomination last night, but the buzz belonged to Hillary Clinton for winning Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island.
Ohio blogger The Critic explains the vote he cast for Clinton yesterday:
Today I was up by six thirty, dressed by six forty, and out the door to vote in the Ohio Democratic Primaries. The sidewalks were so slick from the freezing rain, that I walked in the street. Our polling place w...
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Post Date: 2008-03-05 13:21:21
A Vermonter and self-described “housewife and homeschooling mom” had this to say last night after watching the Vermont primary results on TV:
On the Channel 17 exit interviews, when asked what comment she would write on her ballot for her elected officials, if she could, one woman said, “I would tell them to get out of Iraq and try to do something with the economy.”
Funny, it is the exact opposite for me. I would tell them to get out of the economy and try to do something ...
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