The "war on terror" has created a culture of fear in America. The Bush administration's elevation of these three words into a national mantra since the horrific events of 9/11 has had a pernicious...
This starkly realistic editorial from Buzzflash considers potential ramifications of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, reminding us of relatively recent South American history following a similarly tragic path. Given the many examples of the repercussions of unbridled power in just the last century of history, this editor asks, "What will it take for us to rise to the occasion, America? Must history repeat because we refuse to learn from the past?"
The Center for Constitutional Rights has already filed litigation against parts of this legislation, on October 2, 2006. CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren said: "Last week, Congress voted to have the United States join the ranks of the nations of the world that have authorized indefinite detention without trial and torture without accountability. For over two hundred years, our Constitution has guaranteed that we would not sacrifice our democratic principles even in times of crisis. In this first challenge to the MCA, we demand that the Administration uphold the Constitution which has, and should continue to be, the pillar of living in a democratic society."
This is but one example of resistance, and we encourage readers to be aware of and support every effort to stop the imminent threats of this constitutional crisis. Talk to your neighbors (how will we stand together if we don't even know each other?). Hold community meetings and inform others of what's going on. Put your money to work supporting truthtellers and organizations fighting for us--time to take every penny back from the war machine and the liars. Read. Think. Discuss. Act. Now is the time.
As we wait to see if the London liquid explosive plot was credible or as pathetically insubstantial as this year's Florida and Canadian "conspiracies", here is a recent relevent piece from our less than radical brothers in the corporate press. We must always remember that unlike acts of arson or murder, acts of terror refer less to objective deeds than to the reactions of a populace. By this logic whatever spreads terror is an act of terror and who does that better these days than our own electioneering government?
Homeland Security, the "Keystone Stasi," Now Tracks and Enforces Local Police Warrants
June 20, 2006: For many years, those working to create a total surveillance state have employed the "salami tactic" of taking away our...
A fairly elementary and belated riff on the Rove/Cheney era of engineered insecurity. It is all downstream analysis, alas, and doesn't go to the logical 9/11 fountainhead, but it is in the NY Times, and half of New Yorkers have now apparently walked upstream by themselves.
By Paul Craig Roberts 03/15/06 "ICH' -- -- If you were President George W. Bush with all available US troops tied down by the Iraqi resistance, and you were unable to control Iraq or...
