Posts Tagged ‘war’

Enabling the torturers

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Stalked by night creatures
Forced to sit with backs to fire
Our shadows hide them

[Original post at TPZoo]

© 2010 cheeseflap.com

TP: Gitmo Judge Admits Confession Extracted By Rape Threat

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Preach at level ten
Faced with moral dilemma
Act at level one

[Originally appeared August 11, 2010 on thinkprogress.org]

TP: McCain On The Iraq War: ‘We Already Won That One’

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Fundamentally,
McCain may be right indeed
But he’s incorrect

[Originally posted July 26, 2010 at thinkprogress.org]

TP: FLASHBACK: Boehner Believed That Anti-Vietnam War Protesters Were ‘Un-American’

Monday, August 10th, 2009

1:

Smirking orange face
Spine held together with glue
Un-American

2:

Boner drags his bag
Across the 17th green
Time for a tea break

[Appeared August 10, 2009 at thinkprogress]

© 2009 cheeseflap.com

TP: Peters Continues Attack On Captured U.S. Soldier: He’s A Liar And ‘A Deserter’ Who ‘Shamed His Unit’

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

1:

Would pay to see this:
Bergdahl kicking O’Reilly
Square in the teabag

2:

Peters’ subspecies
Loves darkness, moisture
Taste of intestine

[Appeared July 22, 2009 at thinkprogress; Peters is a retired army colonel who said Bergdahl should be killed by the Taliban for deserting, although at the time of this story, it was unclear if he had been captured or had deserted]

TP: Newly-Disclosed Memo Shows Bush Was Presented With Legal Alternative To Torture Program

Monday, May 18th, 2009

“I still hear voices
God told me to torture you
I know I am loved”

[Appeared May 18, 2009 at thinkprogress]

© 2009 cheeseflap.com

TP: Bush officials lobbying Obama Justice Department to ‘water down’ torture report.

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Is it ethical
To change the conclusions of
An ethics report?

[Originally appeared May 5, 2009 at thinkprogress.org]