Well it looks like Dick(head) Cheney is up to his "higher than thou" and "wasn't me" antics again. The Associated Press writes that Cheney feels that President Bush should not have to apologize for not foreseeing the U.S.'s current economic, and that the no one at the CIA participated in any illegal activity of interrogating detainees of war time prisons in Iraq or Guantanamo.

First of all, Mr. Cheney is only the vice president, thus his points of view only really matter when the president concurs with them. Sorry, there are no points for second place. It's also worth noting that Cheney is correct in that Bush should be sorry for not foreseeing the economic crisis, simply because he didn't have to. He created it. It's would be ridiculous to think that people could be expected to foresee there own performances. Thus, his boss should apologize for what he produced, not what he could not predict.

One could also approach the CIA's illegal actions in the same manner. Cheney is correct again, in that the CIA's agents did not participate in illegal operations in detaining suspected terrorists in prison camps throughout the Middle East, including Egypt, Afghanistan, Iraq, and of course the Bush Administration's safety, Cuba. Recalling that the Pentagon hired corporate mercenaries to carry out logistical operations, those operations once delegated to military personnel, which included interrogations. These interrogations involved not just the illegal mistreatment and torture of detainees, but some were killed without proof of their guilt or association with terrorist cells. So, in a way the CIA is not the only institution to point a finger at, but let's also throw some fingers in the direction of your good old buddies at Haliburton/KBR, or whatever ass-covering name it is nowadays.

Cuba? Who Cares!

McCain, today, spoke to voters in Florida today, addressing foreign relations with Cuba, and challenged Obama's ability to effectively negotiate with the leadership in Cuba. Why all of a sudden is Cuba an issue? What factor does it have on our bad economy, and shotty leadership in place in the U.S. currently? Cuba has not either been a threat or a benefit to the U.S. at all in the past 40 years, and thus shows us that the Republicans are either really reaching for a valid political platform to stand on, or they're just plain scheming to undercut a very efficient politician.
We all remember what happened last time we got involved with Cuba, we almost started World War III, lost our brave soldiers to a battle in the Bay of Pigs, and a Democratic president was assassinated by a communist extremist, who sympathized with Cuba.
Who cares about Cuba, Mr. McCain. It seems to me that you're reaching. Cuban leaders are thugs, and just as bad as the so called leaders in the Middle East, that your party labels as supporters of terrorism. Cuba refuses to deal with us through negotiation, unlike Obama who is willing to talk, but negotiation is a two way street.
Obama, should just stay off the Cuba path all together. It neither boosts or takes away from his campaign, and the Cuba point McCain made is irrelevant. It's simply a plot to attempt to destructure the already thriving Democratic party, and a lousy attempt to give a flailing GOP a chance. There's no chance for conspirators, crooks, and liars. Obama I beg you not to stoop to the GOP's level, stay away from Cuba, and on that note don't visit Texas in a convertible!