Dick Cheney is Ruling My Mind

OK, we might already be 100 days into the Age of Obama, but Dick Cheney is still ruling my mind! I spent all day yesterday immersed in these torture memos, and this morning, I woke up to hearing his gravel, Darth Vader voice defending the use of torture, as effective.

He had been speaking on Fox News last night. Now he is calling for the release of all the CIA memos to prove that torture works!

In 2009, in the United States of America, where the Rule of Law was born, nurtured, and then overtly discarded, I can't believe we are having this conversation.

And remember, Dick Cheney made millions while serving as vice president of the United States. He profited from his position, from his decisions, and from the decisions of the Bush administration.

But last evening I went to hear women read their stories at an opening ceremony for Herstory, a womens writing workshop. Some of the women had begun to tell their stories while serving in prison. I heard about the cruelty of punishing women for self-medicating by taking them away from their children, far more humiliating than taking away their freedom. I heard about the desperation, of cutting, of blinding drunks, of loving the wrong men for too long. These are the prisoners who are afforded due process.