BushCo and Consequences and Mark Danner

When there are never any consequences, the scandals cease to exist

From the intro to this Salon.com article by Tom Englehardt about journalist Mark Danner, entitled When Facts Fail.

Taking-the-wind-out-of-your-sails primo argument: No consequences.

Other quote, by the author of the article:

If you can torture, you can do anything.

Other quote credited to a senior administration official and originally reported by Ron Suskind:

"We're an empire now and when we act we create our own reality."

Heads up- Salon.com will want a registration to read the whole article- I was able to read 2 out of 4 pages before getting bumped.