From the indispensable Avedon Carol:

One of the processes that's worried me over the last eight years is the way we prepare for Bush to do outrageous things (like, say blanket pardons). They start off as "paranoia", we're assured that no one would do something like that, then people produce the arguments for why it could happen and even be legitimate, and next thing we know it's a fait accompli and the Villagers have already decided it's old news, everyone knew it was coming/happening, and it's not worth discussing. What a pity we can't send out the meme with such effectiveness that if Bush pardons everyone, we'll have no choice but to hand him and them over to the international courts.

I wonder what the failure to fully investigate the criminality of Bush will lead to. Even if Obama is the saintly one so many have him claimed to be and won't dare abuse his imperial powers, the next president after him will indeed be mortal and more than capable of being corrupted by those powers. He'll, it's a guarantee they will be corrupted by such awesome power.

I don't know if this was a typo but I think it is most appropriate that we take Change back from the newspeak category it has fallen into and offer in its place - Chnage.

The alternative to prosecution is not doing nothing, it's revenge. The cycle of revenge never ends. That is why civilized societies have courts and prosecute criminals. We pay attention to the victims, and we punish the criminals, but this is really about a just society where the Hatfields and McCoys don't start killing each other to the last warrior.

it is not okay. neither of these ideas are okay. bush must be held accountable and so must torturers. very disgusting developments if they pan out as reported.