Today, September 28, 2006, the Congress of these United States has taken a gigantic step in the dirtection of Fascism. For 230 years, since 1776, we have been a nation that respects individual liberty. How vital is that word, "Liberty?" How important is it to this nation; this nation of laws? Can we so off handedly discard such a concept? Are the situations of today so different from anything we have ever faced that it requires us as a nation to discard Liberty?
Liberty is the right to be respected, heard and treated like a human being. George W. Bush feels that Liberty is in the way of what he wants to do with people he says are bad people. George says that the Geneva Convention is vague when it says that a person can not be treated in a way that is humiliating. George thinks that needs to be quantified. Apparently, George does not understand what humiliating means.
But George did not get just an explanation of what is "humiliating." George got the privilege of deciding what he wants to do with "unlawful combatants." George can now torture them. It's no surprise. George used to torture animals when he was a kid. In fact, he was very proud of how he tortured animals; fire crackers up the anus and such. Now George can do that to people he does not like.
"Oh, but that is only to people who have helped the Taliban or the terrorists," you say. No, unfortunately, it is ANYONE George feels is a terrorist. George can make them disappear and be put into jail without trial or a hearing before a judge. I am sooooo glad George is infallible! Then we, as American citizens, can know that whatever George says is true, is true! If George says you are a terrorist, you are a terrorist! If George says you are helping terrorists by contributing to a charity, you are a terrorist! You become whatever George says you are.
The last time in history that such a law was passed was when a leader said he needed such power to prevent enemies of the state from doing damage to the country. It was called the "Enabling Law" and it was granted to Adolf Hitler by a Democratic government believing it was doing the right thing. The year was 1933.
Remember that date! 1933. September 28, 2006 is the new Enabling Law. And your government just did it!
