Your email address: Send To (enter comma-sperated email addresses): Note to Recipient: Entry: Snippets About Our So-Called President Some very reassuring news out of the White House today. The [1]NY Times is reporting that President Bush issued orders that all prisoners taken in Afghanistan were to be treated humanely. Hello! Isn't that the default? Isn't that how our soldiers are trained? Did he issue orders that they should wear their uniforms and clean their rifles too? And if this is really the case, why lock them away in Guantanamo and keep the Red Cross away from them? And what about the prisoners that were turned over to the CIA? No mention is made of them in the White House disclosures. And Bush is claiming that he never authorized torture. Which would you rather have the president debating: the meaning of the word 'sex' or the meaning of the word 'torture.' Sure am glad W is bringing dignity back to the office of the president. Meanwhile the Republican smear campaign is already nit-picking at Michael Moore's latest film. [2]Fahrenheit 9/11 just opened in NY this week, and goes national on Friday. So far the most amusing critique they've come up with is the observation that the Saudi nationals, including members of the bin Laden family, that were evacuated from the US immediately after the attack didn't actually leave until 9/14, after civilian flights were reauthorized, not before as Moore claims. This statement is then followed up with the statement that the FBI had cleared all those evacuated with White House assistance, and stated that they weren't involved in the attacks. How interesting. We have people we've been holding in Guantanamo for over eighteen months and we still aren't sure whether or not they are threats, but the FBI was able to clear Bush's friends in three days. And why was the FBI even asked to dedicate resources to perform what is clearly a favor for the Bush family's business associates at a time of national crisis? If anything Moore has apparently missed a bigger stink, not overblown a non-issue. References: 1. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/23/politics/23ABUS.html 2. http://www.fahrenheit911.com