: About Me

In order of occurence in my life I am, a wife, mother, writer, grandmother. I live in Western Mass with my husband, one daughter and granddaughter, and my cat Lefty. Honestly, she's the first klutz of a cat I've ever seen.

Currently my son is a sergeant in the Army and serving in Afghanistan. Prior to that he served in Iraq twice with the Marines. Yes, I have an opinion about the crisis in the Mideast and the War on Terror. For one, I'm really sick of my son getting shot at to fulfill someone else's agenda!

Other than my six year old granddaughter, I have a newborn granddaughter. I would really like to leave them a better world than the one we have today.

I am pro-choice, anti-war, and a fervent believer that citizen rights outweigh politics.

Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Do 'enhanced interrogation techniques' permitted by the Bush Justice Department constitute torture?

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What does the Spanish Inquisition have in common with WWII Axis Prisoner of War camps, the KGB, Stasi, and Guantanamo Bay? Each of these organizations documented the use of water boarding, sleep deprivation, and personal humiliation to gain a confession. Thus, the use of 'enhanced interrogation techniques,' as permitted by the Bush Justice Department, cannot be categorized as anything other than torture. Historically, such practices constituted war crimes, especially when used against civilians. Mr. Bush's administration declared Al-Qaeda to be illegal combatants because of the events of 9...

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