With the assemblage of a full compliment of GOP stooges, assholes, emotionally suspect and outright lying scum being commercially packaged by the mainstream media for no other purpose than distraction and infotainment, coverage of critical issues taking place that could negatively impact lives globally was effectively censored. In our opinion, one of the two biggest stories that scantly saw any media attention, was the bipartisan support for an extremely dangerous detainee amendment that was to be attached to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2012.
If it were it not for Sen. Rand Paul, amendment No. 1274 of S. 1867 would have allowed the U.S. government to detain an American citizen indefinitely, even after they had been tried and found not guilty, until Congress declares an end to the war on terror. Arguing that the United States is to be considered part of the battlefield in the war on terror, American civilians could be turned over to the military if suspected of engaging in or supporting terrorist activities. What actually constituted engaging or supporting was not nearly precise enough for our comfort zone.
Considering this war on terror is intended to last many lifetimes if not forever, once one is determined to be a terrorist, enemy combatant or even a "person of interest", American citizen or not, your ass is grass for good. Which Homeland Security Agency will have the mowing rights has yet to be determined, but its obvious Congress is working that out now.
"Suspicion of committing a crime should lead to your attempted prosecution. If the evidence does not support conviction, it would be against everything we believe in and fight for in America to still allow the government to imprison you at their whim," Sen. Paul said. "Tonight, a blow was struck to fight back against those who would take our liberty." We say Bravo Senator, Bravo for you.
After digesting what had been argued by Democrat Carl Levin and Republican Lindsey Graham on the Senate floor was chilling to say the least as we found little difference between how the Nazis could drag somebody off the street, spirit them away for indefinite detainment, deny them access to council and exposed them to torture and what was attempted to be passed by the United States Senate last week.
Even though Barack Obama had threatened to veto S.1867 Bill, with amendment No. 1274 included we should all be wary of this government and never, absolutely never trust it with your Rights to freedom and Due Process.
While we freely admit having serious issues with Rand Paul and the Tea Party philosophy, sometimes politics makes for strange bedfellows. This is clearly one of those times. More than ever, we need to reexamine, ignore or simply disengage from Party identification or affiliation and pay attention to just the facts. One can never tell where the truth can be found, but one can be sure its unlikely the government will be offering much of it.
BTW, The other major story that was pushed aside for the titillating and tantalizing tales of Herman "The Player" Cain and Jerry "The Perv" Sandusky's extramarital love activities was America's push for war with Iran. More on that later.
If it were it not for Sen. Rand Paul, amendment No. 1274 of S. 1867 would have allowed the U.S. government to detain an American citizen indefinitely, even after they had been tried and found not guilty, until Congress declares an end to the war on terror. Arguing that the United States is to be considered part of the battlefield in the war on terror, American civilians could be turned over to the military if suspected of engaging in or supporting terrorist activities. What actually constituted engaging or supporting was not nearly precise enough for our comfort zone.
Considering this war on terror is intended to last many lifetimes if not forever, once one is determined to be a terrorist, enemy combatant or even a "person of interest", American citizen or not, your ass is grass for good. Which Homeland Security Agency will have the mowing rights has yet to be determined, but its obvious Congress is working that out now.
"Suspicion of committing a crime should lead to your attempted prosecution. If the evidence does not support conviction, it would be against everything we believe in and fight for in America to still allow the government to imprison you at their whim," Sen. Paul said. "Tonight, a blow was struck to fight back against those who would take our liberty." We say Bravo Senator, Bravo for you.
After digesting what had been argued by Democrat Carl Levin and Republican Lindsey Graham on the Senate floor was chilling to say the least as we found little difference between how the Nazis could drag somebody off the street, spirit them away for indefinite detainment, deny them access to council and exposed them to torture and what was attempted to be passed by the United States Senate last week.
Even though Barack Obama had threatened to veto S.1867 Bill, with amendment No. 1274 included we should all be wary of this government and never, absolutely never trust it with your Rights to freedom and Due Process.
While we freely admit having serious issues with Rand Paul and the Tea Party philosophy, sometimes politics makes for strange bedfellows. This is clearly one of those times. More than ever, we need to reexamine, ignore or simply disengage from Party identification or affiliation and pay attention to just the facts. One can never tell where the truth can be found, but one can be sure its unlikely the government will be offering much of it.
BTW, The other major story that was pushed aside for the titillating and tantalizing tales of Herman "The Player" Cain and Jerry "The Perv" Sandusky's extramarital love activities was America's push for war with Iran. More on that later.
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