This Day in History - March 8 (Good Decisions Edition)

1917 - The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.

Of course, as we now know, this forever ended any issues that body may have had
concerning delays on passage of legislation due to one party's blockages,
or the other's ability to achieve a majority vote. Good job!

1965 - The United States lands approxomately 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam.

Within two weeks, U.S. military superiority forced the tumultuous conflict to a swift
and decisive end. American casualties were extremely minimal, and the personnel
involved received a heroes' welcome upon their near-universal return. Awesome!

2008 - President George W. Bush vetoes a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods to gain information from suspected terrorists.

Through the simple use of creatively applied linguistics, practices like
waterboarding, threats, intimidation and sleep deprivation are found NOT
to be "torture." Subsequently, these practices result in the government's
discovery of reams and reams of intelligence, and the eventual
end of the political practice of terrorism. Way to go!