Speaking of the Bush family, you probably need to take the fifteen minutes minutes to watch Jon Oliver's take on torture. And hey, it also features Helen Mirren.

(Yes I know fifteen minutes is a long time in internet terms, but trust me it is worth your time.)

Here is more courtesy of Raw Story:  

With a CBS poll showing the 69 percent of Americans believing that waterboarding is torture and 57 percent believing “aggressive” interrogation techniques help stop terrorist attacks, Oliver set out to point out that not only doesn’t torture work — it may make a comeback since it is only restricted by executive order, which can be tossed out by the next president. 

With the help of British actress Helen Mirren, Oliver compared the reality of torture to the version most American’s believe from television shows like “24.” 

With Mirren reading from the report about “rectal rehydration” — in the case of one detainee who was force fed a meal of hummus, pasta, nuts, and raisins pureed and introduced rectally — an aghast Oliver challenged his viewers to “try not to think about that the next time you eat hummus.”

Oliver's point that the only thing that is keeping us from torturing people right now is an executive order, that the next President can repeal on a whim, is yet ANOTHER reason to make damn sure that our next Commander-in-Chief is not a Republicans. And certainly NOT another Bush!

P.S. To end this post let me just trot out one of my own personal conspiracy theories, which is that the program "24" (Which is cited several times in this video.) was purposefully broadcast into our homes to help Americans become comfortable with the idea of torture. After all we saw it saving American lives every week on our television sets.

I don't actually have any proof of that, but it's one of those things that just seems a little too coincidental to actually be a coincidence.

And just to screw with you further the creator, Joel Surnow, is a Republican who is good friends with Rush Limbaugh. He filmed the pilot for the show in March of 2001, and aired the first episode on November 6th less than two months after the attacks on 9-11.

Surnow now owns the actual American flag that was flown over Baghdad during the 2003 invasion. 

Not saying you should read too much into this, just saying these facts exist.

Fox's hit show "24" helps to prepare us for the Presidency of Hillary Clinton.

Cherry Jones has been appointed president on the upcoming season of "24," sources said.

"24" producers had been contemplating having a female president next season for some time.

Their decision to go for it adds another wrinkle to the closely watched Democratic Party's presidential race, in which Hillary Clinton is the frontrunner.

Yeah no shit Sherlock. But the question is whether it is just a coincidence or a conspiracy? If you scroll down to some of my previous posts you will see where I stand.

We are being prepared.

Justice Antonin Scalia does not realize that Jack Bauer of the FOX television show "24" is make believe.

The conservative jurist stuck up for Agent Bauer, arguing that fictional or not, federal agents require latitude in times of great crisis. "Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles. ... He saved hundreds of thousands of lives," Judge Scalia said. Then, recalling Season 2, where the agent's rough interrogation tactics saved California from a terrorist nuke, the Supreme Court judge etched a line in the sand.

"Are you going to convict Jack Bauer?" Judge Scalia challenged his fellow judges. "Say that criminal law is against him? 'You have the right to a jury trial?' Is any jury going to convict Jack Bauer? I don't think so.

I firmly believe that the show "24" was developed by FOX to get Americans comfortable with the idea of torture by creating these horrible circumstances and then having the heroic Agent Bauer use extreme measures to save the day.

And the simpletons in the Republican party are buying it hook, line, and sinker. I wonder if the voters are that easily fooled as well.