Keith's clips are entertaining. He has a flair for the dramatic.
At the very least, it is food for thought...
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Showing posts with label olberman. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
R.I.P. Bill of Rights and Habeas Corpus
He Swore An Oath to Defend The Constitution...
Instead...
Instead...
Today (oct 17th), 135 years to the day after the last American President (Ulysses S. Grant) suspended habeas corpus, President Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006. At its worst, the legislation allows President Bush or Donald Rumsfeld to declare anyone — US citizen or not — an enemy combatant, lock them up and throw away the key without a chance to prove their innocence in a court of law. In other words, every thing the Founding Fathers fought the British empire to free themselves of was reversed and nullified with the stroke of a pen, all under the guise of the War on Terror.
Labels:
betrayal,
civil rights,
habeas corpus,
olberman
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