Just When I Thought I Knew all the BushCo Monsters

[Stevendsmith]

I was just made aware of John Yoo, the former Justice Department official "who provided the legal justification to spy (perhaps illegally) on Americans without judicial oversight" and who wrote the infamous torture memo which argued that interrogation techniques only constitute torture if they are “equivalent in intensity to…organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death.”



How this sadistic fuck flew under my radar is beyond me. The fact that this vile creature slithers in the highest halls of our government is almost beyond comprehension.

More on Yoo at the link:

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/16/shame-on-yoo/

[indepat]

1. Just another extreme RW take on the America they envision for all of us

2. How would he like being tortured?

Take that little smile right off his face.

[Eric J in MN]

3. The memo was by Jay Bybee, as the Washington Post

article says.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26401-2004Jun8.html

John Yoo isn't even mentioned in the article.

Bush promoted Jay Bybee with a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

[hwmnbn]

4. No, this guy is a major league weasel........

He espouses attitudes that in 1942 led to the internment of Japanese Americans. He would be right at home in the repressive governments of North Korea or China for the authoritarian bent of his thinking. No wonder he's in the chimp's administration.

Here's his resume. http://www.law.berkeley.edu/faculty/profiles/facultyProfile.php?facID=235

He is a well-schooled, well-spoken asshole.

[slor]

5. I think I saw that Un-American nazi...

fucker on C-Span. Quite the right-winger.

[Eric J in MN]

9. Such horrible people get treated with respect for being part

of the Bush Administration, when they should be shunned.

[leveymg]

6. Thank AEI and the Federalist Society for another nat'l treasure.

This guy would have quite at home counseling Chaing Kai-Shek or Attila on how to handle POWs.

[Faygo Kid]

7. He's now a law professor in California, I understand. Here is his class.

Constitutional Law 101, Prof. John Yoo.

Syllabus: Each and every day, foreign nationals, even certain American citizens, refuse to accept the settled wisdom of Rush Limbaugh, Fox News and other Bush Administration mouthpieces. In this course, Prof. Yoo interprets the U.S. Constitution for unenlightened students, explaining how the power of the Executive Branch is unfettered to spy domestically with no judicial oversight on our citizens (despite settled Supreme Court precedent saying otherwise), and is empowered, even required, to torture foreign nationals in violation of international treaties, the Geneva Convention, our Constitution, American ideals and common decency. In a related weekly class for extra credit, Prof. Yoo will challenge students to explain why such torture should not be extended to American citizens, particularly those who post on Democratic Underground.

[petgoat]

8. Students at Berkeley protested at John Yoo's lecture

http://dailycal.org/article.php?id=20154




The protest was staged by The World Can't Wait! Drive Out the Bush Regime!,
a national organization which is preparing for massive demonstrations at
the time of the State of the Union address.

http://www.worldcantwait.org/


World Can't Wait ran a full page ad in the NY Times on Monday.
Here's a 'pdf of it: http://worldcantwait.net/flier/nyt.pdf

Check out the endorsers' list:

ACT UP, New York City
Mumia Abu-Jamal, political prisoner, journalist
Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid, mosque of Islamic Brotherhood; Justice Committee, Majlis Ash-Shura, NY
Pam Africa,Move Organization and International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
After Downing Street Coalition
"Alberto Lovera" Bolivian Circle, New York
Aimee Allison, army conscientious objector (Gulf War
90)/counter-Recruiter
Tom Ammiano, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Aris Anagnos, Los Angeles
Anti-Flag
Carlos Arango, director of Casa Aztlan*
Edward Asner
Axis of Justice
Rosa Ayala, Justice for Janitors*
William Ayers, professor and author
Russell Banks, writer
Father Luis Barrios, Iglesia San Romero de Las
Americas, New York
Rev. Willie Barrow, Women Connecting*
Dave Berenson, Cleveland, OH, U.S. Green Party
Michael Berg, anti-war activist
Jessica Blank, writer, actor
Blase Bonpane, author
Bob Bossie, SCJ, 8th Day Center for Justice*
Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition, NYC
Carol Brightman, author, "Total Insecurity: The Myth of American Omnipotence"
Dennis Brutus
Gabriel Byrne, Actor
Campus Anti-War Network(CAN)
Tim Carpenter, Director, Progressive Democrats of America
Chicago ADAPT
Ward Churchill
Citizens For Legitimate Government
Kate Clinton, humorist
Clothing of American Mind
David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate
Code Pink: Women for Peace
Steve Colman, poet
Barry Crimmins, writer/
correspondent, Air America Radio
Culture Clash
Chris Daly, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
DC Anti-War Network
Democrats.com
Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party
Dominican Women's Development Center, New York
Tom Duane, NY State Senator
Michael Eric Dyson, author, "Is Bill Cosby Right?"
Steve Earle, musician
Edwin Ellis, President of Veterans for Peace, LA*
Eve Ensler
Michelle Esrick, actress, poet, filmmaker
Donelle Estey, artist, Artists Against the War
Christian Ettinger, exec. prod. of film "The Weather Underground"
Jodie Evans, Code Pink
Nina Felshin, curator, writer
Rev. John Fife
Jane Fonda
Michael Franti, musician
Aaron Freeman, comdian
Samina Faheem Fundas, American Muslim Voice*
reg e. gaines, poet, playwright
Deborah Glick, NY State Assemblywoman
Global Justice and Peace Ministries, Riverside Church,
New York
Francis Goldin, literary agent
Sam Greenlee, poet
André Gregory, theater director
Andy Griggs, US Labor Against the War, Exec. Board of United Teachers of LA*
Jose Guerrero, artist and muralist, Chicago
Paul Haggis, Director/Writer of Crash, screenwriter of Million Dollar Baby
Haitian Coalition for Justice
Suheir Hammad, poet
Sam Hamill, Poets Against War
Kathleen Hanna, Le Tigre
David Harris, founder of The Resistance*, writer
Jon Hendricks, jazz singer/lyricist
Jon Hendricks, artist
Hermandad Mexicana
Warren M. Hern, MD, MPH, PhD, Director, Boulder Abortion Clinic
Hip Hop Caucus
Marie Howe, poet and writer
Impeach Bush Coalition
Mesha Monge Irizarry, Idriss StelleyFoundation
Islamic Association of America
Abdeen Jabara, past president, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee*
Ron Jacobs, writer
Alan Jones, Dean of Faculty at Pitzer College*
Bill T. Jones, dancer
Sarah Jones, poet and actor
Rickie Lee Jones, musician
Esther Kaplan, author of With God On Their Side
Casey Kasem
M. Ali Khan, American Muslim Council
C. Clark Kissinger
Frances Kissling, President, Catholics for a Free Choice*
Yuri Kochiyama
Ron Kovic, author, Vietnam Veteran
Jonathan Kozol
Joyce Kozloff, artist
Ray Laforest, organizer, DC 1707, AFSCME*; member, Pacifica National Board*
Beth Lamont
Martha Lavey, Chicago
Mark Leno, California Assemblyman


Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine
James Levin, co-director of Cleveland Festival of Arts & Technology (Ingenuity)
Simon Levy, director, "What I Heard About Iraq" at Fountain St. Theatre
Bruce Lincoln, professor, History of Religions, University of Chicago
Margarita Lopez, New York City Council Member
Haki R. Madhubuti, chairman, publisher, Third World Press
Gregory Maguire, author, "Wicked"
Make the Road by Walking, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Lucinda Marshall, Founder Feminist Peace Network*
Bill Martin, philosopher
Allen Michann, owner, Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, CA
Ellen McLaughlin, actress and playwright
Camilo Mejia, conscientious objector
Dave Meserve, Arcata California city council member
Carol Migden, CA State Senator
Carly Miller, Clothing of the American Mind
Millions More Movement, Pittsburg /Antioch CA organizing committee
Bill Mitchell, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace*
Leon Mobley, musician
Tom Morello, Audioslave
Tracie Morris, poet
Andrew Muñana, Images Salón, East Los Angeles
National Lawyers Guild
Armando Navarro, chair and professor, Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside
Bill Nevins, teacher, Albuquerque
Not in Our Name
Mike and Julie Nussbaum
Efia Nwangaza, director, African American Institute for Policy Studies, Greenville, SC
Brian O'Leary, PhD., author, former astronaut
Bertell Ollman, prof. Dept. of Politics, NYU
R. Tomás Olmos, President, Mexican American Bar Foundation, Los Angeles County*, Dean Emeritus, People's College of Law*
Outernational
Ozomatli
Jose Padilla*, executive director, California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA)
Grace Paley, writer
Patrick Henry Democratic Club
Rosalind Petchesky, prof., Hunter College & Grad. Center, CUNY
The Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines
Peter Phillips PhD, Project Censored, Sociology Dept Sonoma State University
Jeremy Pikser, screenwriter, Bulworth
Harold Pinter, Nobel Prize winning playwright
Frances Fox Piven
Sterling Plumpp, poet
Kevin Powell, writer
Progressive Democrats of America
Queers for Economic Justice
Jerry Quickley, poet and playwright
Malik Rahim, New Orleans Community Organizer
Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights*
Reach Hip Hop Coalition
Raghava Reddy, stem cell biologist, biomedical scientist, film maker
Eric Resnick, Gay People's Chronicle* reporter, peace activist, one time candidate for US Congress
Allan Rich, screenwriter/actor
Boots Riley, The Coup
Walter Riley, lawyer
Douglas Rushkoff, author
Kalamu ya Salaam, Listen to the People
JD Samson, Le Tigre
Sonia Sanchez
Rev. Henry Sanders, Fountain of Life Missionary Baptist Church, Watts, CA
San Francisco Bayview Newspaper
Sapphire, poet, writer
Rinku Sen, Colorlines*
Richard Serra, artist
Lou Shaw, writer, creator of Quincy MD
Cindy Sheehan
Martin Sheen
Stanley Sheinbaum, economist, LA
Nancy Spero, artist
Dona Spring, Berkeley Council member
Sunsara Taylor, Revolution newspaper
Studs Terkel
Marianne Torres, Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane*
Dwight Trible, jazz vocalist
Gore Vidal, writer
Kurt Vonnegut
Alice Walker
Wavy Gravy
Leonard Weinglass, lawyer
Rev. Dave Weissbard, senior minister, The Unitarian Universalist Church, Rockford, IL
Cornel West, Princeton University
Rev. Phil Wheaton, Episcopal Co-pastor, Community of Christ, Washington DC
Saul Williams, poet
Standish E. Willis, National Conference of Black Lawyers
Krzysztof Wodiczko, artist
Ann Wright, former US diplomat, resigned in protest of Iraq war
Leland Y. Yee, Speaker pro Tem, California State Assembly
Juanita Young, courageous resister, leader in October 22nd Coalition*
Dave Zeiger, filmmaker, "Sir, No, Sir!"
Zephyr, graffiti artist, writer
Robert Zevin, Robert Brooke Zevin Associates, Inc.
Howard Zinn, historian, "A Peoples' History of the United States"
David Zirin, author, "What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States"

[Jane Austin]

10. Yoo is on the Jim Lehrer News Hour all the time speaking for bushco.

n/t

[KoKo]

12. He's a very weird creepy guy who managed to promote himself amongst

Repugs just like Clarence Thomas. He was someone that one would have thought SHOULD have been a DEM...but he is a strict, radical, Impirical Contructionist in his views. He made his "claim to fame" early on when his Professors culled him out as a GREAT NEW VOICE a Person to WATCH!

So...this is where we are in America today. :shrug:

[KoKo]

11. Bush has a VERY DIVERSE Administration....

so NO ONE can EVER question him! Repugs are CLEVER to THE MAX! Allow folks with a really "OUT THERE MINORITY VIEW" and if THEY, Themselves are MINORITIES...it causes Dems to go into Rigor Mortus trying to figure how they can fight the policy and not seem "Racist."

:shrug: I know this post sounds kinda weird for a Dem to post...but we need to think about BUSH USE OF IMMIGRANTS and MINORITIES?

It's so easy to find an "Extremist" if one goes and "beats the grass of American Minorities" isn't it?

[KoKo]

13. What's amazing is that his face is beautiful enough to be a Painting......

from one of the more Brutal Chines Dynasties..........but still a beautiful face.