Not For The Thin-Skinned or Those With Inferiority Complexes
The Torturers Are Still in Power, But Not For Long (Al Qaeda and/or The International Criminal Court'll get 'em)
This article was first written many, many lives of dead U.S. troops and innocent and/or untried Iraqi's ago. The article was drafted by a Mexican, from Mexico and his best friend, who was born and raised in Mexico. If you fall into that category, or consider yourself "Hispanic" then either you are invited to read this Chronicle, or bury your head in the sand and read the funny books.
This article was first written many, many lives of dead U.S. troops and innocent and/or untried Iraqi's ago. The article was drafted by a Mexican, from Mexico and his best friend, who was born and raised in Mexico. If you fall into that category, or consider yourself "Hispanic" then either you are invited to read this Chronicle, or bury your head in the sand and read the funny books.
The ultra-indecent U.S. administration, with the unequivocal help of a toad, referred to herein as an "Azteco-American," is still, after all this time, and after being made well-aware of the opprobrium of the entire world, rhythmically, rapingly, savagely, espousing the continued use of torture as an instrument of "war." The policy was designed by the toad who is today the Attorney General of the Sad United States, Alberto Gonzáles, at the behest of the President of the Broken United States and his President of Vice, Slimy Dick Cheney. The Coup de Vie was given to this policy by malevolent and sadistic Donald Rumsfeld, "Condi" Condosleazza Rice, General Richard Myers, and Raccoon Eyes Harriet Miers, among others. Each, paragons of what Bush calls Christianity.
The original article, in light of recent events, will have an addendum, right before our group heads in for dinner.
Barbarian Torturers in our Midst
Tonight, Schuyler served a good cocktail from the 1920s, a Bennett. Everybody arrived just about the same time, anxious to meet, have a good cocktail and important conversations, and to talk about our dinner.
Art, who is Mexican and from Mexico, was visibly upset about the whole Alberto Gonzáles issue. While finishing touches were being performed in the kitchen before serving dinner, he told us that the Aztecs were barbaric, blood-thirsty, sadistic torturers, with barrel-shaped hairless torsos, extremely short necks (look at the front page of the New York Times for Saturday, February 5, 2005), and flat, splayed feet. He told us that 99.9999% of the people in Mexico had fortunately lost, through evolution and intermarriage, their barbaric links to the Aztecs, but that an infinitesimal few that did not, were still connected by zero, zip, nada, degrees of separation from those torturers who were so uniquely fond of cutting out the beating hearts of their victims with obsidian knives. Art prayed out loud that someone out there would be able to keep all obsidian out of Gonzáles' reach, though he seemed sure that Bush would hand him some from time to time, as he has in the first four years of this grim administration. An old Aztec proverb says: "The enemy is but weeds to be moved."
Tonight, Schuyler served a good cocktail from the 1920s, a Bennett. Everybody arrived just about the same time, anxious to meet, have a good cocktail and important conversations, and to talk about our dinner.
Art, who is Mexican and from Mexico, was visibly upset about the whole Alberto Gonzáles issue. While finishing touches were being performed in the kitchen before serving dinner, he told us that the Aztecs were barbaric, blood-thirsty, sadistic torturers, with barrel-shaped hairless torsos, extremely short necks (look at the front page of the New York Times for Saturday, February 5, 2005), and flat, splayed feet. He told us that 99.9999% of the people in Mexico had fortunately lost, through evolution and intermarriage, their barbaric links to the Aztecs, but that an infinitesimal few that did not, were still connected by zero, zip, nada, degrees of separation from those torturers who were so uniquely fond of cutting out the beating hearts of their victims with obsidian knives. Art prayed out loud that someone out there would be able to keep all obsidian out of Gonzáles' reach, though he seemed sure that Bush would hand him some from time to time, as he has in the first four years of this grim administration. An old Aztec proverb says: "The enemy is but weeds to be moved."
This particular Gonzáles family renders quaint the notion that all sadistic Aztec blood has been eradicated, and proves that an infinitesimal portion of the population remains attached to its barbaric ancestors. My, my, funny, isn't it, how El Toxico zeroed in on El Creepo and the attached at the hip cloven-hoofed and splayed flat feet have become inseparable since El Creepo's time in the Texas judicial system where he received countless thousands of dollars from parties his office was trying in court. Oh, hail, can you see, how many people El Creepo sent to the death chamber that El Toxico should have pardoned? If his record today is abysmal and sullies our country, his judicial failures in Texas were criminal and immoral.
Insanely Stupid Loyalty
Art, and Max, who grew up abroad in a tyrannical, despotic country, were ashamed of the "Hispanics", like the National Council of La Raza, the League of United States Latin American Citizens, and the Hispanic National Bar Association for their support of Gonzáles, an avowed and enthusiastic supporter of torture who has blemished our country for the next several hundred years. If they think they're patriotic American citizens, they're wrong.
Art, and Max, who grew up abroad in a tyrannical, despotic country, were ashamed of the "Hispanics", like the National Council of La Raza, the League of United States Latin American Citizens, and the Hispanic National Bar Association for their support of Gonzáles, an avowed and enthusiastic supporter of torture who has blemished our country for the next several hundred years. If they think they're patriotic American citizens, they're wrong.
Morally, our country has been raped, and the effects of that rape will last a very long time; we will not be able to hold ourselves up as the model for democracy to the rest of the world at least for a few hundred years. How can we ever, now, accuse another country of violating human rights? The height of ridiculous ignorance, the comment made by Hispanic National Bar Association spokeswoman, Lisa Navarrete: "This is a milestone for the community." Milestone? Hitler's killing millions of people was a milestone. Does she think that too is good? By her pathetic and sick rationale, Germans everywhere, in every country, would have to support Nazis seeking public office because "they're one of us, and that would be a milestone!"
Don't Cry for Me, U.S.
Just because some little creep, neckless toad crept out of poverty and went to Harvard doesn't make him a figure to emulate. Hitler, Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan all had to overcome unfortunate childhoods. Should they be revered for having overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become what they became? I guess you can take the creep out of Teotihuacán, but you can't take Teotihuacán out of the creep, or the obsidian.
The National Council of La Raza, the League of United States Latin American Citizens, and the Hispanic National Bar Association I suppose are trying to make out El Creepo to be human, and in response, Art told us what others have said on the subject.
Just because some little creep, neckless toad crept out of poverty and went to Harvard doesn't make him a figure to emulate. Hitler, Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan all had to overcome unfortunate childhoods. Should they be revered for having overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become what they became? I guess you can take the creep out of Teotihuacán, but you can't take Teotihuacán out of the creep, or the obsidian.
The National Council of La Raza, the League of United States Latin American Citizens, and the Hispanic National Bar Association I suppose are trying to make out El Creepo to be human, and in response, Art told us what others have said on the subject.
The National Director of the Anti-Defamation League asked, referring to Hitler's troubled and difficult youth: "Why the need or the desire to make this monster human? The judgment of history is that he was evil, that he was responsible for millions of deaths. Why trivialize that judgment of history by focusing on his childhood and adolescence?"
The same sentiments have been expressed by Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, and by Ruth Weiss, a professor of Yiddish at Harvard University. So, Art said again, just 'cause you didn't have it easy as a child doesn't mean you have the right to grow up to be a sadistic torturer, and you also don't have the right to call yourself a true American citizen. If anybody ever deserved to be deported, well, need we say more? (Also needing forced repatriation, the other torture approver, Condi the Pit Bull. There are plenty of countries in Africa where she would fit right in.) El Creepo's sadistic, criminally pathological nature renders quaint the notion that he is an American citizen in the true sense of the word. Ah, the International Crimes Tribunal, when will you charge this obscene joke of a man and bring him to justice (together with his familiar.)
Anatole France wrote: "If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one." If only the neoconservatives, conservatives, "born-agains" and others in this tawdry administration would heed those words.
Kudos and Condemnation
Kudos to Melvyn Montano, the first Hispanic adjutant general in the Air National Guard, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund for withholding their endorsement of the neckless, torturing toad. However, shame on those democrats who elected to approve the toad's nomination, especially Lieberman. Jeez, you'd think an intelligent Jew would have felt revulsion at the very thought of having such a creep as attorney general.
Kudos to Melvyn Montano, the first Hispanic adjutant general in the Air National Guard, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund for withholding their endorsement of the neckless, torturing toad. However, shame on those democrats who elected to approve the toad's nomination, especially Lieberman. Jeez, you'd think an intelligent Jew would have felt revulsion at the very thought of having such a creep as attorney general.
Guess it's a good thing he didn't become our vice-president, a heart beat away from possibly becoming president, since he seems to think torture ain't such a bad thing. And that miserable Ken Salazar, I guess sided with the toad because, "hell, he's Hispanic and so am I." Of course, The Neckless Toad is not "Hispanic" since that connotes a healthy infusion of Spanish blood, and this guy is Aztec from that weird hair to those splayed feet. I don't want to get into polemics just now, but maybe, since this country is obsessed with classifying people á la American Kennel Club, González should be called Azteco-American. For some interesting views on what and what isn't "Hispanic" check out www.angelfire.com/country/portugal
The View Today Through the Prism of John McCain's Patriotism and Principles
As I mentioned earlier, Art and Max drafted this Chronicle several months ago. Today, Senator John McCain is fighting valiantly to attach an amendment to a defense spending bill that would prohibit torture or abusive treatment of detainees, wherever they may be. Fighting with equal fervor, but fighting from the manure pit, are Bush and Cheney. Bush, who could have kept his putrid mouth shut, declared emphatically that if the bill passes with McCain's amendment, he would veto it. The first veto threat of his "presidency" so you know he filthily adores the idea of torture.
As I mentioned earlier, Art and Max drafted this Chronicle several months ago. Today, Senator John McCain is fighting valiantly to attach an amendment to a defense spending bill that would prohibit torture or abusive treatment of detainees, wherever they may be. Fighting with equal fervor, but fighting from the manure pit, are Bush and Cheney. Bush, who could have kept his putrid mouth shut, declared emphatically that if the bill passes with McCain's amendment, he would veto it. The first veto threat of his "presidency" so you know he filthily adores the idea of torture.
Voilà, Quel Unexpected Allies
These are very dark times in Washington, and we should have the Rev. Martin Niemoller's words engraved on our collective brains, but, because there is a Higher Power, the usually silent members of the Supreme Court are, unusually, voicing concerns that in more civilized times, the Congress would be voicing. It is the Congress' duty to voice concerns about the brutality of a government gone astray, but since the Congress has chosen to remain silent and acquiescent, for the first time in memory the Supreme Court is voicing concerns of international import that are affecting these sad United States.
On Saturday, The Washington Post reported that "Where the White House has pursued policies in the teeth of international opposition, the justices have often spoken with a multilateralist accent." The Post continued, in the words of Michael J. Glennon, a professor of international law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University: "Congress has been notably acquiescent. The court has not. Congress has been a facilitator. The court has been an objector."
These are very dark times in Washington, and we should have the Rev. Martin Niemoller's words engraved on our collective brains, but, because there is a Higher Power, the usually silent members of the Supreme Court are, unusually, voicing concerns that in more civilized times, the Congress would be voicing. It is the Congress' duty to voice concerns about the brutality of a government gone astray, but since the Congress has chosen to remain silent and acquiescent, for the first time in memory the Supreme Court is voicing concerns of international import that are affecting these sad United States.
On Saturday, The Washington Post reported that "Where the White House has pursued policies in the teeth of international opposition, the justices have often spoken with a multilateralist accent." The Post continued, in the words of Michael J. Glennon, a professor of international law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University: "Congress has been notably acquiescent. The court has not. Congress has been a facilitator. The court has been an objector."
Sadly, here comes the Azteco-american toad again. Last Tuesday, the Washington Post reported , "he chided Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Anthony M. Kennedy for using opinions of foreign courts for guidance in recent rulings." Here, on the farm, these justices, and Justice O'Connor, have been elevated to the rank of True Patriots. The Post also reported that on October 20 she, Justice O'Connor, "used a speech at West Point to make a point about the alleged mistreatment of prisoners in U.S. Military custody, telling cadets 'We need a clear set of rules to reaffirm our values as a nation. This is crucial in the ongoing war of ideas. We have to demonstrate two things in particular: First, this country believes in protecting the basic humanity of all people, and that includes even our adversaries. Second, we will not stoop to the atrocities and inhumane tactics of some of our adversaries.'" Too bad the toad, his brown-nosed boss, the boss' boss, and all the devils from top down don't share those feelings. How dare the toad scold these Justices?
An Epicurean Reprieve
Wow, after all that, we were ready to go in to the dining room and see what dinner would be served tonight. The kids, by now, were also complaining that they were "starving." The idea for the gong that announces dinner I think we got from watching so many good English shows on PBS, but hey, it works!
Alex and Jane served us one of their specialties, poached chicken soup, perfect for a night of intense discussion. They know that chardonnay is sometimes hard to pair with food, but they chose a medium-bodied California chardonnay which turned out to be a good match. Next, Carmen and Jim served us small medallions of grilled swordfish with roasted red pepper and pine nut pesto. From their wine cellar they brought a Condrieu, a dry white from the Rhône which always goes well with grilled fish.
Wow, after all that, we were ready to go in to the dining room and see what dinner would be served tonight. The kids, by now, were also complaining that they were "starving." The idea for the gong that announces dinner I think we got from watching so many good English shows on PBS, but hey, it works!
Alex and Jane served us one of their specialties, poached chicken soup, perfect for a night of intense discussion. They know that chardonnay is sometimes hard to pair with food, but they chose a medium-bodied California chardonnay which turned out to be a good match. Next, Carmen and Jim served us small medallions of grilled swordfish with roasted red pepper and pine nut pesto. From their wine cellar they brought a Condrieu, a dry white from the Rhône which always goes well with grilled fish.
After the fish, we had small dollops of mango/persimmon sorbet. The next course was a huge roast with parsnips, turnips and rutabagas from Art and Terry's greenhouses. They paired this dish with a Jade Mountain Mourvèdre 2001, which also went well with the simply poached asparagus. Alex next brought out little dollops of key lime sorbet, and followed this with a salad of rotini, spinach and sun-dried-tomato pesto paired with a Giesen Sauvignon Blanc from 2002. Jane's ending for our meal was a simple strawberry mousse with which we had with a Domaine de la Tour Saumur-Champigny, an attractive, juicy-fruited red with considerable structure.
Winding Down
We returned to the great room for coffee and liqueurs, and joined the kids, who were happily finishing their dessert. This was pure comfort, important because an aura of evil, brought down by El Toxico and El Creepo, the obsidian-knife-carrying toad, still hung in the air. Probably, from now on we'll be thinking a lot about how torture has brought our country down many rungs in the eyes of the rest of the world.
We returned to the great room for coffee and liqueurs, and joined the kids, who were happily finishing their dessert. This was pure comfort, important because an aura of evil, brought down by El Toxico and El Creepo, the obsidian-knife-carrying toad, still hung in the air. Probably, from now on we'll be thinking a lot about how torture has brought our country down many rungs in the eyes of the rest of the world.
Summary:
The Attorney General of the United States is the author of a document giving a salivating president and a slobbering president of vice, the legal wherewithal to torture people on U.S. soil, on U.S. controlled Cuban soil, in Afghanistan, Iraq, and through rendition, numerous other countries that will soon be reported on. Their actions render quaint the idea of America the Beautiful. They've turned us into America the Salivating, Slobbering Dr. Josef Mengele, or as he was known in the concentration camps, Todesengel: the Angel of Death, the exquisite torturer.
The Attorney General of the United States is the author of a document giving a salivating president and a slobbering president of vice, the legal wherewithal to torture people on U.S. soil, on U.S. controlled Cuban soil, in Afghanistan, Iraq, and through rendition, numerous other countries that will soon be reported on. Their actions render quaint the idea of America the Beautiful. They've turned us into America the Salivating, Slobbering Dr. Josef Mengele, or as he was known in the concentration camps, Todesengel: the Angel of Death, the exquisite torturer.
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