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PastorDan has it right about today’s U.S. torture legislation, “a Republican deal on terrorism trials and interrogations [that] would give President Bush wide latitude to interpret standards for prisoner treatment” (CBS News).

In response to yesterday’s Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) action message, The Senate Can Stop Torture, which points out that

Congress is in a bind. Many members of Congress are opposed to any legislation that would condone torture, secret prisons, or other programs that would undermine U.S. security, and violate the moral principles on which this nation was founded. But members of Congress are under pressure because the president is arguing that these techniques are necessary for the defense of the United States. Hearing from their constituents now could help them resolve this dilemma and do the right thing.

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“Lately it has come to my attention that I have been swiftboated by a gang of lowly sinners who march under the banner of the Christian Right. They have obfuscated my teachings and associated my name with the terrible sins of war profiteering, torture, and the dropping of bombs on innocents and children.”

My friend Hal has launched a marketing services company, Market Strategy, drawing on his many years experience in the field:

Market Strategy exists to provide professional, high-quality marketing services to small- and medium-size businesses. …

Large companies have dedicated marketing departments churning out marketing studies, trade show dates, new brochures, articles and case studies. … [For smaller companies,] we offer to be your “marketing department.”

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“Why are so many people who believe in the Rapture so unwilling to consider that such a belief might be false? Why the psychological investment in a belief that has nothing to do with the doctrine of salvation?”

At the present death rate, Iraq is suffering a 9/11 every month.