Some of the public jokesters are claiming that torture violates “American values,” by which they mean the values of the US State. What are those values? Endless murder, theft, redistriution, incarceration, coercion, lying, and–yes–torture, to name just a few.

UPDATE from Jay Stephenson:

Check this excuse out if you can get past the dopey Valley Girl dialect:

“Fox’s Andrea Tantaros Dismisses Torture Report Because ‘America Is Awesome’”

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.