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Ex-CIA agent talks on Waterboarding
ecthompsonmd December 10, 2007

As usual, we only get half of the story.  Waterboarding worked.  We got information which disrupted several plots.  On the other hand, Brian Ross of ABC News didn’t really ask about false information that sent federal agents on wild goose chases.  He didn’t mention that Abu Zabayduh was mentally disturbed from a head injury that he suffered years earlier.  He also didn’t mention that James Risen reported that the FBI was getting good information out of Zabayduh without torture. Why did this CIA operative speak out now?  Do you smell a book deal in the air? ——– From ABC News: A

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President talks about World War 3
ecthompsonmd October 17, 2007

There are times when the White House press corps simply gives me chest pain. When President Bush mentioned that “if Iran would get plans for nuclear technology”, someone should’ve asked the following question — “Mr. President, didn’t we give Iran nuclear blueprints?” “Didn’t we give technical designs to a TBA 480 Russian reactor? ” “Wasn’t the operation to give ‘phony plans’ to the Iranians code-named, MERLIN?” “Wasn’t the whole operation delineated in James Risen’s book, State of War?” I hate it when the press corp is stupid. I also hate it when the President thinks that we are stupid. I mean

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UAW GM talks – Day 1.5
ecthompsonmd September 26, 2007

Update below Reports are suggesting that the 2 sides are closer to a deal. I’m hoping that labor isn’t giving away the store again. This is critically important. The American worker has been increasing productivity every year for decades. Fewer vacations. Longer hours and for what? For pensions to be taken. For healthcare benefits to stink and deductibles to increase while cooperate profits have skyrocketed. Workers simply need a larger piece of the pie. We are not trying to kill the goose that lays those golden eggs. We just want a larger piece and, for that matter, management should get a

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