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Casual Observation

by BooMan
Thu Feb 5th, 2009 at 03:37:04 PM EST

Watching the Leon Panetta confirmation hearing, it is obvious that Republicans are still in the thrall of the FOX show, 24, and think Jack Bauer should be cloned until our entire intelligence community is made up of superheros who specialize in torture.

Casual Observation | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Casual Observation (none / 0)

Let's see what Russ Feingold has to say.

by BooMan on Thu Feb 5th, 2009 at 03:37:41 PM EST

Re: Casual Observation (none / 0)

Panetta's answers are almost 100% satisfactory with no bullshit or prevarication.

by BooMan on Thu Feb 5th, 2009 at 03:58:25 PM EST

Re: Casual Observation (none / 1)

I prefer McGyver. He could bring terrorists to their knees with a paper clip and a gum wrapper.

by Second Nature (denn1214 at gmail) on Thu Feb 5th, 2009 at 04:48:15 PM EST

Re: Casual Observation (none / 0)

entirely too smart a hero for the average Republican these days....

They don't wanna think so much to win---all they want is 'he blowed up real good!!'

"The invisible hand of Adam Smith seems to offer an extended middle finger to an awful lot of people"---George Carlin

by justadood on Thu Feb 5th, 2009 at 04:58:04 PM EST
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As much as I love Jack Bauer (none / 0)

And I do love Jack Bauer and 24, but seriously, people need a reality check. I'm hoping this season they emphasize how torture doesn't always give you what you need, and how it puts you at risk. It started promisingly enough, with Jack having to defend himself to Congress re his past torture activities, but I don't think they're going to backtrack on this, darn it. The creators are pretty hardcore rightwingers, save one.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Thu Feb 5th, 2009 at 07:40:52 PM EST

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