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This week ABC News revealed that George W. Bush himself approved the torture of prisoners: Bush Aware of Advisers’ Interrogation Talks. I’m not sure this came as a surprise to any of us. The scandal is that this revelation is being treated as rather ho-hum. The ACLU, of which I am a card-carrying member, is asking for a special investigator, but is being met with indifference. Avedon Carol points out that an impeachment proceeding doesn’t have to stop at the end of a term. She suggests that we all should be making some noise about this:

Above and beyond that, everyone should be contacting national and local media outlets right now to demand better coverage of these crimes and call for prosecution of these criminals.

Read also Digby, who also provides this handy list of media contacts.

Update: Sign the ACLU petition here.

Ratslinger won’t eat with Bush. Interesting to have a dinner in honor of some one who won’t be there. Even this Pope has his redeeming characteristics, though for some he is the last straw.

Barack Obama’s unlikely political education. The Agitator. This article by Ryan Lizza is several months old, but it is still a good example of what I find appealing about Barack Obama and the reasons why I am skeptical of his readiness to be President. It might also be worth revisiting this Feb 2007 profile in the Rolling Stone. I found both links at No Quarter, though I don’t necessarily draw the same conclusion from them that the poster draws.

Why Hillary Should Be President

The new Don of the Dirty Dozen. The League of Conservation Voters is not impressed by Mitch McConnel’s green record.

Talent, Guts, and Condition. Jeff Hess at Have Coffee, Will Write is asking writers to share their ways of keeping in condition.

The Dependable Renegade is always, well, . . . dependable.

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