If you thought flapable, laughable Andy Sullivan went bat guano crazy over Palin's child, one can only imagine where this will end up. The poor man will be seeing "insects," yes, insects, in his sleep before this one is done.
It will take some time to absorb the full implications of the ICRC report and the OLC memos. Right now, many are understandably focused on the legal details, the grotesque specifics of the techniques ("insects", "walling"?), the inconsistencies of the memos, the weakness of the legal arguments, the human context in which some of these decisions were made.
Abe Greenwald at Commentary calls it: bug gate! What an evil, evil man.
Bug-Gate is bad, folks, really bad. But I remain convinced that the only way we’ll ever bring this “dark and painful chapter in our history” to a close is to face the horror of it full on. Only then can we heal as a nation. So steel yourself for what comes next:
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Does the sadism of Dick Cheney know no bounds!


Yes, we traded in a catonine tails for a caterpillar for nine jihadis. I am quite scandalised that scorpions, recluse spiders, praying mantises (would that use violate separation of church and state?)and hornets were not considered for use on these jihadis. I am scandalised that nowhere in the memos was it even mentioned as a possibility that VP Cheney take some of these jihadis out on bird hunting vacations. I am also shocked, shocked, that Darren Stevens, or whatever the NSI head's name is, states that we in April 2009 are living in safety, as if the War on Terror suddenly ended some unspecified time between March 2003 and January 21, 2009, and now we suddenly have breathing space to release secret memos of valuable assistance to the enemy (I guess that means democrats or AQ members, I get confused between the two sometimes). Who knew that Pres. Bush single handedly ensured the safety of the USA, so that now swords could be turned into plowshares or at least universal health care one payor coverage. God Bless You George W Bush, wherever you are.
Posted by: eaglewingz08 | Friday, April 17, 2009 at 01:38 PM
Proving that there's really no torture too good for people the right wing just hates, hates, hates. I mean, seriously, what's wrong with stuff a full grown man into a tiny box and dropping bugs on him?
I wonder where they could have even gotten this idea?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCx-M8dcDhk
What could be more humane? Nice to know we're upholding our status as "Greatest Country on Earth".
Posted by: IslamoLlama | Friday, April 17, 2009 at 02:01 PM
It's kind of puzzling that someone could complain about placing a harmless insect into the close proximity of a terrorism suspect and then go to a party where rectal gerbil insertion is de rigueur.
Posted by: spookyben | Friday, April 17, 2009 at 02:23 PM
Those big Madagascar Roaches would be a good choice. I think they even hiss.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins | Friday, April 17, 2009 at 02:34 PM
Spooky, please the mental picture of a poor defenseless Gerbil and Drew in the same room is just too much to bear!!
As a proponent of the testicular cleansing ritual that he and his fellow trolls were so excited about I'm surprised that he wasn't more supportive of the Tea Parties!
He's done more "bagging" than a grocery store clerk!!
Posted by: SacTownMan | Friday, April 17, 2009 at 03:37 PM
"Andy Has A "Bug" Up His Butt"
If only Andy had been more concerned and careful about other items "up his butt" the world would have been spared the AIDs/dementia-inspired lunatic rantings.
Posted by: Nate Stremon | Friday, April 17, 2009 at 03:40 PM
Everyone should send "poor Andy" a bug in a box with a little salt and pepper.
Better yet, send him a dead fish wrapped in newspaper.
Posted by: WBestPresisdentEver | Friday, April 17, 2009 at 05:57 PM
Very nice, spookyben.
Posted by: CH | Friday, April 17, 2009 at 07:12 PM
What could be more humane? Nice to know we're upholding our status as "Greatest Country on Earth".
Keep in mind that this is being done to the people whose idea of good treatment is what happened to Daniel Pearl.
Of course, IslamoLlama and its Obama Party are fine with that, because, after all, everyone knows what the Obama Party and its supporters think of "those people".
http://www.adl.org/special_reports/farrakhan_own_words2/on_jews.asp
Posted by: North Dallas Thirty | Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Considering that the "detainees", "enemy combatants", "terrorists" or whatever the term of the day is to describe these people are unrepentent enemies of our country, I really don't care if and how they are tortured, humiliated, killed or otherwise handled. What do we gain by treating such people humanely, with dignity, when they care neither for themselves nor us as human beings, but some twisted aberration of their religion in the context of "jihad", "warriors for the faith", "defending Islam", various Zionist conspiracy theories or other such nonsense.
Posted by: Mark Turner | Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 05:14 AM
So, instead of a "thrill up his leg, Matthews had a caterpiller....Kinky to say the least.
Posted by: Bosslowrider | Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 10:18 AM
When Hollywood USA is blown to pieces by any number of their Hollywood friends ie Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Al Queda, Mexican drug-lords etc., etc., I dare say Jon Stewart will be laughing at the ruinous fall of his mighty Kingdom.
Kingdom Hollywood's epic block-buster starring in their 'man-made disaster' are going to be wishing their fraudulent Global Warming was real.
Posted by: syn | Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 10:21 AM
I wonder where they could have even gotten this idea?
IslamoLlama | Friday, April 17, 2009 at 02:01 PM
You mean torture like this?
http://www.nbc.com/Fear_Factor/files/files_617.shtml
or this?
http://www.nbc.com/Fear_Factor/files/files_610.shtml
or this?
http://www.nbc.com/Fear_Factor/files/files_616.shtml
If they can't hack a game show, what can they hack? The comfy chair?
Posted by: Dusty | Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 09:21 PM
Bugs?
It's either TORTURE!! or, y'know, a reality TV show.
Posted by: mojo | Monday, April 20, 2009 at 12:02 PM