Thanks, Alex, for being out there. I sat and read through all of your March posts...Sunday, March 06, 2005
Over the past four years, the Bush administration has advanced the following claims:
i. It can arrest an American citizen, on American soil, claim there exists evidence showing this man is a terrorist, and keep him in jail indefinitely without trial, without showing this
evidence to anyone.
ii. It can fly him overseas and ask friendly governments to torture him, again without showing a shred of evidence to anyone.
iii. The power of the president to do the above can not be taken away by any of the other branches of government. The man who passed this recommendation along to the President is now Attorney General. [the italics/bold and the sheer astonishment are mine]Almost surreal.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Citizen Rights or the Coming Wrongs?
I love finding great blogs. Here's a scary synopsis of our rights -- or lack, thereof -- as American citizens under George W. and his Republican handlers. Posted by Alex of the Detached Observer.
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Also, the government requires the fingerprints of those select countries it deems "threats". For some reason, a U.S. citizen or someone from the U.K. would doubtfully do a crime, but someone from China or Brazil or India is very likely to do a crime so he/she has to be fingerprinted.
Hi, Scriptor,
Thanks for adding that.
What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Isn't that a basic tenant in our Bill of Rights? I hate to think we only apply it internally and to others 'safe' countries. Isn't our national vision supposed to be a model for the world? (as opposed to paranoia?)
It reminds me of when I became a teacher years ago. I had to sign a statement that I would uphold the constitution, no problem there. But I was also expected to swear I wasn't a Communist. As much as we hated communism at the time, we were still a free country with political freedom I remember being appalled.
Wild Rider
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