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WTF or Good Luck and Good Night

Today I found out probably the most disturbing news of my life.  What I found out is of profound effect to all people and will likely have a major impact on all of our lives in the future.  I found out that our fine president, kept lowercase as a sign of disrespect, in his infinate wisdom has decided to take away Habeas Corpus.  Now I am sure many of you have heard this within the last few weeks, as it took place fairly recently. 

This is important to all of us because any one of us can now be imprisoned for any reason what so ever, with out trial, without a lawyer, and for any length of time.  Now while this may be a knee jerk reaction to the dismissal of an Amendment to the Constituition of the United States, but I am stunned that our representatives allowed this law to pass.  If the Military Commissions Act of 2006, is not challenged in the Supreme Court then we may as well just give up all of the rest of our rights.

posted by: funktifyknow at 04:04 | link | comments (2) |

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#1  19 October 2006 - 07:25

 

If our representatives weren't awake enough to challenge this (and apparently most of them are not), the citizenry should have been. I've resigned myself to the unfortunate truth that the majority of citizens are ill-informed, apathetic, and self-absorbed.

Anonymous

#2  19 October 2006 - 14:33

 

Standing in China's Tiananmen Square in fall 2004 made me realize that as China moved toward capitalism and the US, toward totalitarianism, the two countries were becoming one in the same. The destruction of the Habeas Corpus act brings us just that much closer together.

grigar

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