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A National Day of Mourning
I honestly believe that someday historians will look upon September 29, 2006 as the date that marked the fall of the United States of America.
As we speak, if the evil deed has not already been done, the Senate is passing a bill that suspends the Great Writ of Habeus Corpus, that gives George W. Bush the authority to define torture, to declare enemy combatants at will, to hold indefinitely and without charges, anyone he deems necessary, that gives him immunity from being brought up on war crimes.
The war on terror is over.
The terrorists won.
We have betrayed the very foundations of our nation's spirit in the name of fear.
And what is our braying media busy covering? Clinton vs. Chris Wallace. Hillary vs. Condi. Such is the nature of our national discourse.
Shredding the Consitution? Too dry, no demographics, no money.
Make no mistake, we've begun our descent down the slippery slope.
It's supposed to be verboten to make such comparisons, but I have to wonder if the ordinary folks in Germany saw what was happening to their country? Did it start slowly? And then one day you're telling yourself, "Those are only sausage factories," and trying hard to believe it?
As we speak, if the evil deed has not already been done, the Senate is passing a bill that suspends the Great Writ of Habeus Corpus, that gives George W. Bush the authority to define torture, to declare enemy combatants at will, to hold indefinitely and without charges, anyone he deems necessary, that gives him immunity from being brought up on war crimes.
The war on terror is over.
The terrorists won.
We have betrayed the very foundations of our nation's spirit in the name of fear.
And what is our braying media busy covering? Clinton vs. Chris Wallace. Hillary vs. Condi. Such is the nature of our national discourse.
Shredding the Consitution? Too dry, no demographics, no money.
Make no mistake, we've begun our descent down the slippery slope.
It's supposed to be verboten to make such comparisons, but I have to wonder if the ordinary folks in Germany saw what was happening to their country? Did it start slowly? And then one day you're telling yourself, "Those are only sausage factories," and trying hard to believe it?