Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Senate Republicans Believe Torture Is OK

By delaying the confirmation of Eric Holder as Attorney General of the United States on the grounds that he may prosecute intelligence agents for torture, Senate Republicans are saying, in effect, that torture should be legal. The Republicans are saying that if the agents were following orders and acting within what they believed to be legal guidelines, they should not face prosecution. Really? Whatever happened to "ignorance of the law is no excuse"? Is that not what these same Republicans tell marijuana users and those who partake of alcohol before the legal age - people who are harming no one, except, maybe themselves? Yet, somehow, people who torture other human beings are to be exempt if they are following orders and believe what they are doing is legal. How two-faced and hypocritical can you be? What stupidity! I say, "Prosecute these Senate Republicans for not following nor defending the Constitution of the United States."
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Israel Calls For Patience While They Kill More Innnocents

While hundreds of innocent Palestinians are killed, Israel has the gull to ask for patience. Never mind that the continued bombing, death and destruction is driving more Palestinians toward the way of the terrorists. Ignore that Israel promotes tolerance toward itself while it demands that it not be required to be tolerant toward Christians, Muslims, Buddhists or other religions and races. We are simply to remain "patient" while they cleanse Palestine. Representative Dennis Kucinich stated clearly what the position of the United States should be in this short statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrtPpk6nhF8
 
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Sunday, August 26, 2007

Limbaugh Speaks His Heart, Bigoted As It Is

In a supposed dissertation on Darfur, Rush Limbaugh states that the Democratic support for involvement by the United States and the United Nations in order to end the violence in Darfur is all because Democrats think it will win them the support of African American voters. What is worse is that he criticizes support of Nelson Mandela and our sanctions on the former Apartheid government of South Africa during the 1980's. This is appalling, vile, and inexcusable. There needs to be a cry of outrage over Limbaugh's statements. Advertisers should sanction his show until he makes a full retraction of his statements concerning Mr. Mandela, our sanctions of the former Apartheid government of South Africa, and the relationship between Democrats and their support of U.S. and U.N. involvement in Darfur. I believe Mr. Limbaugh is showing his true colors and will be making more frequent and more outrageous comments in the future.

Monday, July 16, 2007

Real ID Is Underhanded Federal ID

First, I would recommend that you view this so-called "National Town Hall Meeting on Real ID." Many of the issues that make the Real ID a bad idea were presented during the meeting. Interestingly, the meeting was put on with only 8 days notice to the public. Eight days - is that all the citizens of the United States deserve to prepare to meet and discuss such an important topic? I say it's disgraceful. Please note when watching the video how there is no response to the comments made by the representative of the Center for Democracy & Technology.

Why do I say it's an underhanded Federal ID? The first reason is that it is required from the states by the federal government. Second, there is a requirement that information within the state databases be share between the states. How can any state secure the transfer of information so that it only passes between those individuals and/or systems authorized to have the information? It cannot be done.

This program is being promoted using the same fear-mongering tactics that were used to pass the anti-"Patriot Act" after 9/11. The claims are that the drivers licensing process within the states must be made more secure because the terrorists were able to obtain licenses. However, the simple fact is that the terrorists obtained their licenses legally. Nothing would stop them from receiving a drivers license even with the "Real ID" system in place unless the information obtained by the states during the issuing of a drivers license was to be shared with the FBI, NSA, CIA, etc. The feds say this is not going to happen and that there will be no "centralized database." Right - I believe that one. And the FBI never abused the authorities given them under the Patriot Act. Tell me another one.