The sickness of Guantanamo
So, 141 people were freed today. Out of a total of about 490. Only 10 are being charged, and none with capital offense. 4 friggin years, and they produce 10 charges. The other prisoners -- still in their shackles and their wire cages! Shocking, and this the country of laws and human rights.
Meanwhile, Bush in a speech about illegal immigrants says, "One thing we cannot lose sight of is that we're talking about human beings, decent human beings that need to be treated with respect."
Of course, he is talking to business leaders and not the Minutemen. So, he can get away with this, and perhaps be cheered for this.
Well, of course, illegal immigrants are decent people. They see an opportunity with businesses -- and people needing cheap labor -- welcoming them, and they come, never mind the laws. For more, check this out.
Well, hello, what about the denizens of Guantanamo? Aren't they decent too, at least till proven guilty? I mean isn't that the bloody law. Yet, torture and suspended habeas corpus are ok. And some inane argument that Gitmo is not on American soil, so American laws don't have to apply. They're enemy combatants and not POWs. It is not torture unless they're physically harmed. On and on, the deadly equivocation goes on. All in our names! Soiling our passports, and putting a big stamp on our foreheads as if to say "they're Americans, they're bastards! They just don't care."
I mean, of course, the Bush people take the award every single blessed day. They're bastards to the core. They strip the public of its money, and give it to rich people as tax cuts. They rip off the public's wallet, and pass it on to U.S. corporations to fix the Iraq that the U.S. defense corporations bombed and destroyed. Katrina, the same deal. Just replace a Stealth bomber with a hurricane. Callousness to the people affected. Simply move money from the public to the friendly reconstruction crony companies.
Environment, blah, blah. Who needs it. Give it away so we can drill, mine and plunder. Flora, fauna, biodiversity, indigenous peoples, poor people, sick people: who needs them. Kill, maim, plunder -- the bywords of our present lords; Equivocation, marginalization and flat-out lies the modus operandi.
Meanwhile, Bush in a speech about illegal immigrants says, "One thing we cannot lose sight of is that we're talking about human beings, decent human beings that need to be treated with respect."
Of course, he is talking to business leaders and not the Minutemen. So, he can get away with this, and perhaps be cheered for this.
Well, of course, illegal immigrants are decent people. They see an opportunity with businesses -- and people needing cheap labor -- welcoming them, and they come, never mind the laws. For more, check this out.
Well, hello, what about the denizens of Guantanamo? Aren't they decent too, at least till proven guilty? I mean isn't that the bloody law. Yet, torture and suspended habeas corpus are ok. And some inane argument that Gitmo is not on American soil, so American laws don't have to apply. They're enemy combatants and not POWs. It is not torture unless they're physically harmed. On and on, the deadly equivocation goes on. All in our names! Soiling our passports, and putting a big stamp on our foreheads as if to say "they're Americans, they're bastards! They just don't care."
I mean, of course, the Bush people take the award every single blessed day. They're bastards to the core. They strip the public of its money, and give it to rich people as tax cuts. They rip off the public's wallet, and pass it on to U.S. corporations to fix the Iraq that the U.S. defense corporations bombed and destroyed. Katrina, the same deal. Just replace a Stealth bomber with a hurricane. Callousness to the people affected. Simply move money from the public to the friendly reconstruction crony companies.
Environment, blah, blah. Who needs it. Give it away so we can drill, mine and plunder. Flora, fauna, biodiversity, indigenous peoples, poor people, sick people: who needs them. Kill, maim, plunder -- the bywords of our present lords; Equivocation, marginalization and flat-out lies the modus operandi.
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