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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I am squeamish.  There might be good reasons to vote for one of the two 
candidates over the other.  But on this particular issue, many might give the 
edge to the man who can't comb his own hair or tie his own windsor 
knot..........bobford


--- On Thu, 6/19/08, paxamicus AT earthlink.net <paxamicus AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: paxamicus AT earthlink.net <paxamicus AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] It's not just politics. It's people.
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008, 6:36 AM
> I have been reading the press about this torture report the
> Physicians  
> for Human Rights published yesterday.
> 
> http://brokenlives.info/   Don't read it if you are
> squeamish.
> 
> It has gotten picked up by the mainstream press and is
> making some  
> headlines.
> 
> 
>   ' "After years of disclosures by government
> investigations, media  
> accounts, and reports from human rights organizations,
> there is no  
> longer any doubt as to whether the current administration
> has  
> committed war crimes. The only question is whether those
> who ordered  
> the use of torture will be held to account."   —Maj.
> General Antonio  
> M. Taguba (USA-Ret.), preface to Broken Laws, Broken
> Lives" '
> 
> 
> This is one of the reasons why I can't vote for McCain.
> Another 4  
> years of this.
> 
> 
> Interestingly, when I went to the Washington Post this
> morning to read  
> their article.......        
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061800336.html
> 
>          ..... this article was topped by a banner advert
> for the  
> "Hidden Treasures from the National Museum of
> Kabul" on display at our  
> National Gallery of Art. Irony.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Celia
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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