[Peace-discuss] Fake democracy

[C. G. Estabrook]

It's tempting to make suggestions...


On 5/26/11 9:21 PM, "E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森" wrote:
> 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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