"U.S. President George W. Bush said on Monday "we do not torture" and defended his administration's efforts to stop the U.S. Congress from imposing rules on the handling of terrorism suspects." [Reuters]

If you are having this conversation, it seems the debate is already lost. Why not take this opportunity to declare a moral high-ground, condemning the mistreatment of any human being as a crime against all humanity? Why not pledge, in this the twenty-first century, that we are above human rights abuses, that the world's greatest superpower will be a force for good?

Ah...I just had to laugh a little. I keep forgetting who is in control of the executive branch. Sorry, world -- I'm afraid you are in for three more years of hypocrisy, corruption, and lies. We'll try not to be such fucking morons in '08.