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Sunday, April 13, 2008
We recently learned of Cheney and other top White House officials being directly involved in the orchestration and approval of torture techniques and the fact that this revelation has not broken as big as Clinton's Lewinsky affair or even Watergate is a sad and telling sign about our country. Apparently we've become so accustomed to this administration committing so many wrongs and illegal acts that we're now numb to it all. Endorse and use torture? Sure. Illegal eavesdropping? I guess. Bomb Iran? Whatever.
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