Vlad/Genghis 2008
Transparent Cruelty for the 21st Century
No more pussyfooting around with ambiguous "signing statements" to evade that pesky legislative branch, or secret orders from the Justice Department suggesting that there is really no need to worry about all that Geneva Convention nonsense. No more hiding our torture away in super-secret Black Sites, and refusing to discuss it, like we're embarrassed by it or something. Let's just cut to the chase and have mass impalements on the National Mall supervised directly by the chief executive. Enemies foreign and domestic served up like a forest of bloody Popsicles. Now that would send a signal (and make for some fine Reality TV). And if George and Dick, or Rudy F. and Hillary, are just too squeamish to go there, then it's time for some real leadership.
