Some things are just so obvious, that writing about them makes me feel like the guy managing the Department of Redundancy Department.
The Bush administration's attempts to defend inhumane interrogation methods and seek exemptions from planned anti-torture legislation compromised campaigns for human rights around the world in 2005, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
Upon hearing the sad news, Preznit Morally Bereft commented: "Who Cares" and VP Crashcart turned down the Imperial Death March on his office stereo to order another fillet of infant, rare, for lunch.
It said those practices by U.S. allies -- combined with the European Union's practice of subordinating human rights to trade in its relationships with many rights offenders -- left a "global leadership void" in defending human rights.
"Sadly, Russia and China were all too happy to fill that void by building economic, political, and military alliances without regard to the human rights practices of their partners." the report said.
When the metric for our Human Right activities are Russia and The PRC, we're seriously plumbing the depths. Sounds like it's time for another Tax Cut, eh?
posted by Jo Fish on 01.18.06 at 04:37 PM
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I lost all sense of shame when the US was voted off the UN Human Rights Committee and replaced by Libya.
And our Dear and Fearless and Total Leader has, of course, two Departments of Redundancy Departments, and he's aiming for two redundant and pointless wars, too. The countries both start with the letter I...
posted by: Nina on 01.18.06 at 11:26 PM [permalink]
