Thoughts for Today

Just a few thoughts while I watch the Lions game.

• You are what you do.  If you torture, then you are a torturer.
• Welcome back, John McCain.  There was a time when I actually thought McCain was a Republican I could vote for.  His behavior over the last few years kind of changed my mind about that.  But that old McCain was back for at least one glorious moment last week with his eloquent speech in the Senate.  Thank you, John McCain, and welcome back.
• Also, a special thanks to Ted Cruz for his valuable contribution to possibly getting a bunch of Obama nominees approved.
• Would ISIS exist today if we hadn't invaded Iraq?
• It is eerie how the Bush/Cheney Iraq War parallels the facts that are exposed in the torture report.  In both instances you can see how horrible policies were made even worse by the hubris and incompetence with which they were executed.  In neither case could the bad policy have been improved by "better" implementation, but they could certainly have been made worse (and they were).
• Oh, and in both cases, Dick Cheney is still defending them.  What more evidence does one need to prove that they were terrible policies?  Is there anyone left who takes seriously anything he has to say?  Except maybe for Chick Todd?