CIA kept Congress in the dark; Nancy Pelosi dies a little inside

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Why is a CIA program to assassinate terrorists news of any kind? OK, keeping it from Congress might have been kinda slimy, but government is a slimy business.

The less those special people on the Hill know, i.e. our government, the higher the odds are of accomplishing something.

And I realize they're cute and cuddly, but behind those fuzzy terrorist beards of benevolence, lies some people with serious issues. The sage advice of Rodney King comes to mind: "Can't we all just get along??"

But really, don't folks know that the Central Intelligence Agency has been whacking people all over the world since our country began meddling in other's affairs, which goes back quite far.

During the Cold War, continents were played like a checkerboard between the USSR and USA. Leaders were propped up or pushed out depending on who's agenda the nudging was being done on behalf of.

Those that follow the mantra of "Let's blow shit up" probably wouldn't attend a peace, love and happiness Oslo Summit-type gathering regardless of how many virgins were promised, so do we really think we could play nicey nice? Or is it just the fact that the House and Senate didn't get to debate their wrinkled, old asses off until the sun came up?

I'm no diplomat, nor am I a proctologist, but neither scenario sounds very attractive.

Hottest resort in Cuba on everyone's mind

An enduring example of one of the many messes our former president got to hand over before slithering back to Crawford, Texas, is that trendy resort we keep hearing about called Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Though it ranks in the Top 10 of the most recent issue of Jihadist Getaways, it is a place that no Democrat or Republican seems to have an inkling what to do with, much less what the tab is for taxpayers in the long run.

The winner and loser of this past election said they think it should be closed, but with no real plans offered. Now, the cast of "Cocoon," aka the Senate, and the House of Yahoos, aka the House of Representatives, have bucked President Obama's push to shut Gitmo down. Look out, world, the Congress is looking for details!

What was interesting to me was how the idea of keeping the prisoners in the U.S. was quickly shot down -- the thought being that they could coordinate attacks from within a federal Supermax facility. Where were all the congressional hissy fits when that brush-clearing genius Mr. Bush transferred at least 60 of the inmates, albeit overseas?

Whether it's a pearl of wisdom from Sun Tzu or Michael Corleone, whatever happened to keep your friends close and your enemies closer? Or do we actually have more faith in a facility on a completely different continent than our own?

As far as coordinating attacks from within our prisons, a bigger question in my mind is: How are the gangsters that currently run criminal operations out of prison any different? It may not be a terrorist attack on the masses, but Americans are dying on U.S. city streets because of it.

Could it possibly be that lives are valued differently by certain people in power depending on skin color and what tax bracket you're in?