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Mr. Bush’s Twisted Logic

Argumentum ad ignorantiam 

Today Mr. Bush once again advocated to justify the practice of “waterboarding” — a favored torture tactic that was widely used during the Inquisition.  When pressed by the BBC’s Matt Frei regarding Mr. Bush’s desire to use this dubious procedure, Mr. Bush said:

To the critics, I ask them this: when we, within the law, [...]

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Please, think for yourself

Crowds ‘pick leaders to follow’

By Roger Highfield, Science Editor

People in crowds behave just like sheep, scientists claim, by blindly following one or two people who seem to know where they are going.

Researchers at Leeds University believe their findings could have important applications, notably in the management of disasters.

The team, led [...]

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Two-Party Death Grip

This article is just too good to not post here in its entirety, so here goes.  A link to the original article follows:

A TWO-PARTY DEATH GRIP

By Pastor Chuck Baldwin

February 15, 2008

It is time to say it: the two major parties hold a death grip on the American people. Instead of [...]

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New World Order for Global Security

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has begun secret talks with other world leaders on far-reaching reform of the United Nations Security Council as part of a drive to create a “new world order” and “global society”.

Brown will unveil a proposal for the UN to spend £100 million ($257 million) a year on setting [...]

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Bush to endorse McCain?

(AP Wire) Former president George H.W. Bush will endorse Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in Houston on Monday during a media availability at 9:30 a.m. Texas time, Republican sources say.  

So former President H.W. Bush will “endorse” Senator John McCain…. This should seal the deal for the Republicans, so far as I am concerned.  [...]

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