Tuesday, October 17, 2006
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So today President Bush signed a piece of legislation that is totally unConstitutional.
These are dangerous times we live in. There are people in this world that want to completely destroy the United States and our way of life. These people will die with the belief that they will go to paradise in the after life if they die and take innocent people with them. They have no second thought about flying a plane into a building and killing thousands of innocent unsuspecting people.
So today with the pretence that he is protecting the American people President Bush signs a piece of legislation that has the effect of taking all liberties away from any person thought to be a terrorist. Not only that, this piece of legislation allows the President to decide which pieces of International Law our operatives and military can break and when, in fact possibly making any President an international criminal and/or war criminal.
But back to my main point. I understand the threat. I am aware that to win this war we must fight dirty and that having our hands tied will lose it for us. But I am not ready to give up my constitutionally guarantied civil liberties to do it and I am not ready to allow my government to do the same. Basically the President has said that these people are less than human and can be treated as so. That is not what made this country great.
I am scared of these terrorists as I am sure most everybody else is. But I am also scared of a government that has the power to say who a terrorist is and to snatch them off the street anywhere, torture them and use those confessions against a that person in a military “court” of law.
The leaders of this country need to get their heads out of their asses and start to think. This is not the USSR under Stalin. What is next for this administration a secret police to decide who is a terrorist and carry out what ever horrible tasks it takes to get the outcome that they seek? This is the exact tyranny that this country has been fighting for the last one hundred plus years.
The effect that these terrorist are trying to have is to change the way we the American people live our lives. They are trying to tear down this country. With the signing of this legislation into law, effectively President Bush has ripped the constitution in half and set it on fire.
President Bush, remember these words?
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
There were some extremely intelligent men who wrote these words and had an idea of what freedom should be. Time changes and threats change, but losing sight of the freedoms and ideals that made this country what it is today will only accomplish the tasks of our enemies and weaken this country.
My hope is that the Supreme Court will strike this legislation down swiftly. If they do not my faith in this government will be severely shaken. These are scary times we live in. The people of this nation shouldn’t fear their own government as well.Labels: Politics
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Sunday, October 15, 2006
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The Arizona Senatorial election is getting stupid. It is all about pointing fingers and negative ads. Great, Jon Kyle did this and Jim Pederson wouldn’t have. You know what tell me what you would do about stuff that is messed up. Public schools, healthcare and things here at home that needs to be addressed. I would love to get out of Iraq, but we are there for the long haul. I want to know how they are going to fix the issues that affect the future of this country.
Stop acting like children and tell me something positive. If these people don’t start doing things that make a difference for the American public this country is in a lot of trouble. The in-fighting between Republicans and Democrats does us absolutely no good. Making the special interests extra money does us no good.
We were all told that we should absorb these high gas prices and let the gas companies make the money because they needed to upgrade their equipment. Funny, they did very little but pay their executives huge bonuses. Then we have pipelines break and pipelines that have been leaking for years, which the gas companies and government have known about. Nothing was done till it was so bad that they had to do something. Where is our leadership there?
Our public schools are a mess. Teachers are paid so little that they can barely afford to live in some areas. Good teachers are leaving the profession in droves because they want to live like a person. If we continues to lose teachers our children’s future and the future of this country will be very bleak.
So don’t spin me a bunch of crap that Kyle did this and Pederson won’t do this. I want answers and I want fixes. As I am sure the majority of this country wants. Making it easier for special interests to make money does a very small percentage of this country any good. Do something for the biggest special interest in this country, the children. Labels: Politics
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Bill Callahan needs to stop being so conservative. Learn from Frank Solich in his first few seasons. He would do the same thing, get up 21 points then just run the ball. In college football you need to get up 35 to 40 points then run the clock. Against good teams 21 points isn’t enough. I know he is trying to protect his defense, but you have to let the players play. The offense can score. Get more points then run the ball. Labels: Football, Huskers
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