10/20/2006: "The death of Habeus Corpus"

mood: livid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igycXBseoAg

For those who are unable/unwilling to watch the video, Habeus Corpus gave Americans the right to know why you are being imprisoned if taken into custody and the right to a fair trial.

Your president just signed a law that takes those rights away based on his whim and fancy. Your president can now deem anyone he chooses, for any reason, an "enemy combatant," throw them in prison with no explanation, and toss in a little torture for good measure. Geneva Convention? He don't need no stinking Geneva Convention.

So what are we, the people, going to fucking do about this? Why aren't we marching in the streets?

See you in Gitmo, indeed.

(Dummies version) from Minimum Security