...and now for something completely different. sigh. here's the talk left digest of today's denver post article on previously unreported torture deaths in iraq. republicans used to really like trickle-down economics, but as these abuses show, the george w. bush administration is really more adept at trickle-down moral decay. i know, i know. i've said it before. but the president's intentions make a difference in the conduct of any government policy.