[Peace-discuss] Fake democracy

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

Hairy Reed was careful to oppose the Patriot Act as a  perversion of the 
Bush Administration when
the Dims were not in power.  Of course it was a perversion of the Bush 
Administration.  But
now it's essential to national security.

Don't worry.

The courts are there to protect you in case your rights are violated.

Actually this is not "Fake Democracy" but it is "Democracy, American-Style".

By the way, what is the name of the New National Holiday?  Enquiring 
minds want to know.


On 2011-5-27 8:16, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> Although a growing majority of Americans are opposed to Obama's 
> illegal foreign wars, the US House of Representatives passed today the 
> "Defense Authorization" bill, HR1540, which gives the president 
> authority to wage war wherever he wishes in the world and to imprison 
> people indefinitely without trial. (See "The Worst Bill Ever in 
> Congress" <http://warisacrime.org/content/worst-bill-ever-congress-0>.)
>
> The House also unanimously created a new national holiday to celebrate 
> the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars - and defunded the US Institute for 
> Peace (saving the cost of 5 hours in Afghanistan).  And it required 
> that all suspected terrorists be tried by the military and not in 
> courts (unless the president orders them to be murdered first).
>
> A majority of the Democrats in the House voted for this bill. The 
> opposition was expressed by Rep. Ron Paul. (See his speech here: 
> <http://www.ronpaul.com/2011-05-25/ron-paul-is-this-the-end-of-the-american-republic/>. 
> )
>
> Unfortunately, our representative, Timothy Johnson, went back on his 
> promise to vote against more money for war in the Mideast, and voted 
> for this bill (while six other Republicans manged to vote against it).
>
> Meanwhile, the Democrats in the Senate reauthorized the Patriot Act. 
> Here the opposition against the Democrat majority leader, Harry Reid, 
> was led by Senator Rand Paul 
> (<http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/05/24/harry-reid-pushes-patriot-act-past-rand-paul>.) 
>
>
> Illinois Sen. Durbin, normally a toady to the administration, in fact 
> voted against the extension of the Patriot Act.
>
>
>
>
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