Our seldom spoken shame

The online announcement of yesterday's Nightline on ABC included this damning fact:

"Between 1882 and 1968, at least 4,700 people were lynched in the United States. Remarkably, many of these incidents were photographed -- and these photos were reproduced in the thousands, sold door-to-door as keepsakes -- along with other horrible souvenirs of these crimes."

And now we are learning more about the USA transport of prisoners to other countries that are even more disposed to carry out torture than our own government is.

Flag waving, anybody?