Deep Something

Waiting For The Black Helicopters

September 30, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 802 Views Fourth Amendment, supreme court, Habeas corpus, cheney, Hamdan, torture, Hamdi, Terrorism, Magna Carta, Gonzales, Rumsfeld, First Amendment, Geneva conventions, Terrorists, Code of Military Justice, Detainees

Buried amongst the untold affronts to the Bill of Rights, the Constitution and the very spirit of America, the torture bill contains a definition of “wrongfully aiding the enemy” which labels all American citizens who breach their “allegiance” to President Bush and the actions of his government as terrorists subject to possible arrest, torture and conviction in front of a military tribunal.

Politics Congress Constitution Election War

No Protection For The Innocent

September 28, 2006 B. John 310 Views Terrorism, Bil or Rights, Dennis Hastert, Nancy Pelosi, Terrorist

We’ve heard the rhetoric before. Republicans are repackaging their “tough on crime” speeches as “tough on terror” and complaining that

Crime Politics Presidency Society

Chertoff: If We Inspect Cargo The Terrorists Win

September 14, 2006 B. John 317 Views Terrorism, Cargo, Inspections, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorists

Well that’s a unique argument, even from the always-creative Bush administration. You see, Osama’s goal is to bankrupt us –

Politics War Society Culture

Jon Stewart Said It Best

September 12, 2006 B. John 334 Views Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

I am planning a post today with my thoughts on yesterday’s fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. However, I came

Politics Congress Constitution Presidency War Corruption

So Long To The Constitution

September 11, 2006 B. John 1085 Views Toture, CIA, Guantanamo, Interrogations

What Bush is doing in the run-up to the midterm elections is a disgrace equal to any other scandal of his nasty, incipiently despotic, regime. Using the hallowed anniversary of 9/11, he has demanded Congress pass a law that enables the major terrorist suspects, until now held in CIA secret prisons all over the world, to be transferred and tried at Guantanamo.

Politics Legislature Society Crime

The Reddest Red State?

September 7, 2006 B. John 313 Views florida, Ohio, Sex Offender Registry

Who’s ahead in promoting Tom DeLay’s market-based legislative techniques? Is it Ohio’s Bob Ney, Bob Taft and Ken Blackwell, or is Florida whack-job Kathering Harris leading the way?