Well said...
I love a good turn of phrase - a sentence or two that can really capture the essence of an argument. I've pulled it off once or twice in my life, but in general it is not something that I excel at. Here's a good turn-of-phrase that I enjoyed, from Don Williams at OpEdNews.com...
"* Quicker than we can digest Bush / Cheney's latest efforts to tie the mess in Iraq to Osama bin Laden, the president acknowledges we've been holding prisoners for "questioning by experts" in secret prisons around the world. He says such questioning-a euphemism for torture-has prevented acts of terrorism by these very bad men.
Well, there you have it, straight from the horse's mouth. What else do you need to know about? International law? Forget it. Constitutional protections? Writs of habeas corpus? Facing one's accusers? Bills of alleged crimes? Calls to attorneys? Hey, who needs a Constitution when you have a George? Our Founding Fathers had King George III. True, they got rid of him in favor of Constitutional Law, but that was in the pre-9/11 world. "
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