Olberman again - Death of Habeas Corpus

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » October 18, 2006, 2:00 pm

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/1 ... rpus-died/

Today, 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.

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Countd ... George.wmv

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » October 18, 2006, 2:30 pm

Why does George Bush hate freedom?

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » October 18, 2006, 2:48 pm

Aslanna wrote:Why does George Bush hate freedom?

Because it is inconvienent...

miir · Post by **miir** » October 18, 2006, 2:49 pm

Animalor wrote:http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/1 ... rpus-died/

Today, 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.
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Countd ... George.wmv

This is great news and will only serve to help win the war on terror!!

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » October 18, 2006, 2:52 pm

I really dont know if i should laugh or cry.

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » October 18, 2006, 3:05 pm

Hesten wrote:I really dont know if i should laugh or cry.

Careful sirrah, we can come and Gitmo you!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » October 18, 2006, 3:39 pm

The sad part is that we've traded liberty for the ILLUSION of security, not even the real deal.

Drinsic Darkwood · Post by **Drinsic Darkwood** » October 18, 2006, 4:55 pm

But Masteen, we haven't been attacked since 9/11 so it's obviously the real deal. Maybe we could trade the right to free speech to prevent all the domestic terrorists from communicating in America. I'd feel a lot safer.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 18, 2006, 4:57 pm

Arborealus wrote:
Hesten wrote:I really dont know if i should laugh or cry.
Careful sirrah, we can come and Gitmo you!

not sure why, but there is something in the phrase "come and Gitmo you" that makes me giggle.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 18, 2006, 5:28 pm

According to Siji, Gitmo probably isn't that bad. Why are people complaining? Three squares a day, cable tv. There's probably a waiting list in the Middle East of people trying to get into the Gitmo resort.

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Olberman again - Death of Habeas Corpus

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