I'm Beginning to Feel That America Has Become a Giant Alzheimer's Ward

Because everyone seems to be Sgt. Schultz - remembering "Nothing! Nothing!"

From the Anchoress:

Actions speak louder than “words, just words.”

My husband did not get the campaign reference to the “just words” quote; he doesn’t follow politics much. He probably won’t remember Obama laughing at Sarah Palin back when she said during the 2008 campaign,

“Al Qaida terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America, and he’s worried that someone won’t read them their rights.”

He won’t remember, either, that Obama said in February:

“Now, do [enemy combatants and terrorists] deserve miranda rights? Do they deserve to be treated like a shoplifter down the block? Of course not.”

So, my husband won’t realize the hypocrisy in this news:

…the Obama Justice Department has quietly ordered FBI agents to read Miranda rights to high value detainees captured and held at U.S. detention facilities in Afghanistan, according a senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee.

More:

“The administration has decided to change the focus to law enforcement. Here’s the problem. You have foreign fighters who are targeting US troops today – foreign fighters who go to another country to kill Americans. We capture them…and they’re reading them their rights – Mirandizing these foreign fighters,” says Representative Mike Rogers, who recently met with military, intelligence and law enforcement officials on a fact-finding trip to Afghanistan.

Rogers, a former FBI special agent and U.S. Army officer, says the Obama administration has not briefed Congress on the new policy. “I was a little surprised to find it taking place when I showed up because we hadn’t been briefed on it, I didn’t know about it. We’re still trying to get to the bottom of it, but it is clearly a part of this new global justice initiative.”

I'm really getting tired of responding to these things, only to hear a skeptical "Where did you hear THAT?". Folks, it isn't rocket science. Read the papers, the news sites, pay attention, and, if the issue is legislative, READ THE FREAKIN' BILL! Most of them aren't that long, or complicated.

At least read the abstract.