Thursday, April 16, 2009

Obama Admin to release interrogation memos

This is good news, especially considering that Obama has been less than perfect on reinstating our constitutional freedoms and the rule of law. This gives hope that he's moving in the right direction, at least. As for the Republicans who threatened Obama's legal nominees over release of these memos: he called their bluff. And I do believe it was a bluff--blocking Obama's nominees now would just be revenge. Not that they're above it, but there's really no point now. I'm guessing Dawn Johnsen and Harold Koh will be confirmed forthwith.
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The Man, The Myth, The Bio

East Bay, California, United States
Problem: I have lots of opinions on politics and culture that I need to vent. If I do not do this I will wind up muttering to myself, and that's only like one or two steps away from being a hobo. Solution: I write two blogs. A political blog that has some evident sympathies (pro-Obama, mostly liberal though I dissent on some issues, like guns and trade) and a culture blog that does, well, cultural essays in a more long-form manner. My particular thing is taking overrated things (movies, mostly, but other things too) down a peg and putting underrated things up a peg. I'm sort of the court of last resort, and I tend to focus on more obscure cultural phenomena.