Secret Prisons & The Police State
In the aftermath of the Post story I discussed here a few days ago (link here), numerous nations have vigorously denied any connection to the secret camps described in the story as being spread throughout ex-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe. Oddly enough, it has also been revealed that a number of these secret prisons are housed in old Soviet detention centers. Thus it seems that Bush and his administration are not only adopting the anti-liberty practices of Soviet totalitarianism in their new Gulag, but are also re-animating the old facilities perfectly fit to such use. The circle is now complete, and the U.S. is eagerly stepping in to fill the void of totalitarianism left by the demise of the Soviet Union.
As things stand now, since 9/11 George Bush has attempted to suspend habeas corpus in the case of Jose Padilla and others; he has militarized police forces throughout the nation; he has created an army command (NORTHCOM) with control over the continental United States as battleground; he has supported the Patriot Act which encroaches on citizens' privacy and weakens judicial review; he has infringed on freedom of speech with the use of caged "free speech zones"; he has initiated the use of liberty-degrading mandatory national ID cards; he has mounted numerous illegal disinformation and propaganda campaigns involving Iraq and domestic issues, even being caught red-handed in his manipulations surrounding the Medicare drug plan; he has extralegally detained thousands of foreigners in Guantanamo Bay without any evidence of their guilt; he has overseen the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, with him and members defending the use of torture on many occasions; and now it is revealed that Bush has been disappearing people from throughout the world in violation of their human rights to fair judicial process, and detaining them indefinitely in holes in the ground throughout the world.
Even General Tommy Franks, the officer who oversaw the invasion of Iraq, has said that America's constitution will not survive another terrorist attack, and that in the case of another attack the U.S. will devolve into a police state.
America, the land of the free, indeed.
What more could one need to realize that Bush is evil and power-hungry beyond imagining? He has no respect for liberty, and should be removed from office immediately. Removed, that is, unless you approve of America's transformation into Big Brother police state. As sad as it is, I guess anyone who doesn't get it by now deserves their chains.
As things stand now, since 9/11 George Bush has attempted to suspend habeas corpus in the case of Jose Padilla and others; he has militarized police forces throughout the nation; he has created an army command (NORTHCOM) with control over the continental United States as battleground; he has supported the Patriot Act which encroaches on citizens' privacy and weakens judicial review; he has infringed on freedom of speech with the use of caged "free speech zones"; he has initiated the use of liberty-degrading mandatory national ID cards; he has mounted numerous illegal disinformation and propaganda campaigns involving Iraq and domestic issues, even being caught red-handed in his manipulations surrounding the Medicare drug plan; he has extralegally detained thousands of foreigners in Guantanamo Bay without any evidence of their guilt; he has overseen the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, with him and members defending the use of torture on many occasions; and now it is revealed that Bush has been disappearing people from throughout the world in violation of their human rights to fair judicial process, and detaining them indefinitely in holes in the ground throughout the world.
Even General Tommy Franks, the officer who oversaw the invasion of Iraq, has said that America's constitution will not survive another terrorist attack, and that in the case of another attack the U.S. will devolve into a police state.
America, the land of the free, indeed.
What more could one need to realize that Bush is evil and power-hungry beyond imagining? He has no respect for liberty, and should be removed from office immediately. Removed, that is, unless you approve of America's transformation into Big Brother police state. As sad as it is, I guess anyone who doesn't get it by now deserves their chains.
posted by Dan at 12:28 PM
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