Added to the hubris of admitting that he authorized waterboarding, a form of torture prohibited by international and domestic law, now Dick Cheney is defending Bush by saying that no one saw the financial crisis coming.
How come I did? Last spring I woke up in the middle of the night and informed my no-longer-sleeping husband that we had to pull our money out of the stock market. From everything I had been reading about the banking industry, mortgage market, and the state of the credit card industry, I figured we were in for a big fall. The next day we moved much of our savings, although unfortunately not my 401(k) out of the market.
I'm not that smart. I was just paying attention, as were most of the progressive press, the not so progressive Kevin Phillips, and many other writers. Well, everyone except for the president and vice president who remain with less than two weeks less, far from apologetic for what they have done to this country and the world.
I am becoming less optimistic that Barack Obama is going to hold this current administration accountable for the policies that led to torture, renditioning, and the excesses of the war on terror. However, this isn't about moving forward. This is about reinstating the United States as a lawful nation. This is also about making sure that we don't have these kinds of abuses in the next administration.
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