{"id":181,"date":"2006-09-26T10:44:49","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T15:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/26\/a-divine-torture-cartoon\/"},"modified":"2006-09-27T11:35:36","modified_gmt":"2006-09-27T16:35:36","slug":"a-divine-torture-cartoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/26\/a-divine-torture-cartoon\/","title":{"rendered":"A Divine Torture Cartoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post&#8217;s Tom Toles has a cartoon on Congress and torture that is worth its weight in thumbscrews.<\/p>\n<p>The cartoon perfectly captures how Congress is partnering with the Bush administration in sanctioning U.S. barbarity. The cartoon is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/opinions\/cartoonsandvideos\/toles_main.html\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0&#8211;<\/strong> at least for today (9\/26).<\/p>\n<p>Yet, as long as congressmen\u00a0blindfold themselves to\u00a0any and all atrocities committed with their approval, they will likely consider themselves blameless.<\/p>\n<p>And people ask me why I drink. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>EDIT update: Patrick kindly provided the permanlink for the cartoon &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/opinions\/cartoonsandvideos\/toles_main.html?name=Toles&#038;date=09262006\" rel=\"nofollow\"><font color=\"#003366\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/opinions\/cartoonsandvideos\/toles_main.html?name=Toles&#038;date=09262006<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post&#8217;s Tom Toles has a cartoon on Congress and torture that is worth its weight in thumbscrews. 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