Andrew Sullivan points out that by Bush/Cheyney’s definition of torture, John McCain was not officially tortured in Vietnam. Hrm…
From Sullivan:
No war crimes were committed against McCain. And the techniques used are, according to the president, tools to extract accurate information. And so the false confessions that McCain was forced to make were, according to the logic of the Bush administration, as accurate as the “intelligence” we have procured from “interrogating” terror suspects. Feel safer?…
…Now the kicker: in the Military Commissions Act, McCain acquiesced to the use of these techniques against terror suspects by the CIA. And so the tortured became the enabler of torture. Someone somewhere cried out in pain for the same reasons McCain once did. And McCain let it continue.
Social Notworking pp. Surfing a social networking site instead of working. Also:social not-working.
—social notworker n.
Example Citations:
It’s time businesses faced up to Facebook.
Some users waste hours on social notworking sites, but a gentle hint may work better than a ban.
—Daniel Robinson, “It’s time businesses faced up to Facebook,” IT Week, October 8, 2007
Slim-line, modern and slick, this metal and glass computer desk features a pull-out keyboard worktop and shelf, perfect for wasting time social “not-working”.
—Charlotte Philby, “The Ten Best Desks,” Independent Extra, August 11, 2008
Earliest Citation:
Welcome to SocialNotworking.co.uk. The idea behind this site is to offer some alternatives to those people who have been there, done that and got the t-shirt in terms of the whole social networking phenomena.
In the same way as smokers get away with working less than non-smokers due to their smoking breaks, those people developing addictions to social networking sites are working less, and notworking more!
—”Welcome…,” SocialNotworking.co.uk, July 8, 2007
This is so dope! My only question is, how would you do this with liquid still in the bottle? Thanks to Scott for posting this and other helpful hints over at GrowthPop!
McCain says that the “rich” (i.e., people who should be in the upper tax bracket) are people who make $5M or more per year. Obama claims the number is closer to $250,000 per year. This isn’t surprising given their very different backgrounds. It also suggests to me that McCain is richer than rich and has no concept of how poor off most of America is.
McCain’s Homes:
Phoenix $4.6 million
Coronado, CA $2.1 million
Sedona, AZ $1.9 million
Coronado, CA $2.7 million
La Jolla, CA $1 million
Arlington, VA $847,000
So, with the dollar getting stronger and the price of oil falling (soon to be followed by the price of gas dropping), will Americans stop clamoring for the repeal of the offshore drilling ban? (Which, I may point out would do almost nothing to actually lower the cost of gas at the pump.) I hope Pelosi and Obama don’t cave when October rolls around. Of course, best case scenario would be if they didn’t have to cave because the topic is moot by then. We shall see…
“It’s hard to remember now, but before Social Security, nearly half of America’s seniors lived in poverty. After a lifetime of playing by the rules and working hard, there was no guarantee of a secure retirement.
“My grandfather, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a majority of Americans thought that was wrong.
“They believed that lifting our seniors out of poverty is a reflection of our nation’s core values.
“That’s why my grandfather signed the Social Security act seventy three years ago today. One of the great successes of the 20th Century, today Social Security lifts nearly 13 million seniors and 1.3 million children out of poverty. Keep reading more of this post »
