Where were you when America officially legalized torture?

[Solly Mack]

I'd been running errands all morning so I could be back home (here in Germany) in time for the signing. I wanted to see him sign it. I had to witness him signing it. I refused to run from it. America was about to legalize torture and I wanted to feel every second of that moment.

I will never forget this day.

[soulcore]

1. I'm at work, watching democracy die with a whimper

and a signing statement.

what a sad, sad day.

[Solly Mack]

7. A very ugly day...very sad

[helderheid]

2. It's my 7 year wedding anniversary.

[Solly Mack]

5. Even in all the bad...there is good

Congratulations on your anniversary!!!

[helderheid]

8. Thanks Solly - I am focusing on all people being at ease and celebrating

with my extremely wonderful husband.

:hi:

[Solly Mack]

12. We can't allow them to steal our joys

For it is those joys that we fight for

[jasmineblue]

37. Happy Anniversary!

It is also my 7th wedding anniversary today. I am also trying to stay focused on the good that this day represents to our family.:hi:

[helderheid]

41. Happy Anniversary to you too! Also your 7th! Samll world. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[jasmineblue]

46. Thanks!

I don't usually post much, but enjoy coming here to get a daily dose of sanity.:)

[Solly Mack]

47. Happy Anniversary to you too ,jasmineblue!!

7 is a good number today :)

[jasmineblue]

48. Thanks Solly!

7 years ago seems like an alternate reality nowadays. Unbelievable!:scared:

[AndyA]

3. This will go down in history as one of America's darkest moments.

It will rank right up there with the attacks on Pearl Harbor, and 9/11.

Bush will be delegated to history as the worst President ever, bar none. And this will be his crowning glory, the failed attempt to do away with the Constitution.

[Solly Mack]

10. It'll certainly share a place in history with the worst of America

[G_j]

4. should be recognised as a day of shame

& there have been far too many

[Solly Mack]

9. too many, indeed

maybe that's what a lot of people count on...this is just one more shame in a history of shameful acts...maybe many in government think people will "just get over this" too.

[G_j]

when I see what is happening in Iraq everyday

as I watched the US stand by as much of Lebanon was destroyed by USA made weapons..

I'm not sure if "shame" can even describe the horror of helplessly watching these things.

**& I won't forget all the politicos who supported this torture bill

[Solly Mack]

15. It really doesn't....the helplessness of it all

that's what destroys me inside...and that's what people like Bush count on.

[G_j]

26. I do know we are not COMPLETELY helpless

you and I and so many others try like hell to make a difference.
It is just that they go ahead and do what they do regardless.

I would love so to see 50 million Americans or more partake in a tax revolt and really cut the purse strings. There are many things people might do if they had the will.
Knowing that will not happen adds to the helplessness.
The fact is, Americans COULD do something to change the equation.

[Solly Mack]

31. They could indeed. And you're right - that adds to it

that's completely part of my helplessness...that action could be taken....if only people would.

But people have to feel directly affected first...and many don't...many refuse to see it. Many are scared.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. Elsewhere. -nt

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. I was still on my first cup of coffee...

at the exact moment Amerika legalized torture. :(

[Solly Mack]

13. I'm a coffee nut myself..and truly...you need more than one cup

for such an event...though not even a whole pot would help.

Sorta ruins the flavor - and coffee is one of those small pleasures....and that's what Bush is ruining in addition to other things...the small pleasures.

We can't let him do that.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

19. He will not ruin my day-off-with-pay!

I just got the call from the boss, project delayed.
I just made fresh pot, and I will enjoy every leisurely sip! :patriot:

[Solly Mack]

20. and that's how we win....

we resist...

[CrispyQ]

14. I am sick.

How much more perversion will We the People take?

[Solly Mack]

17. That is the question

We will just adapt...like those frogs in the slowly heated pot...or we will jump out of the pot and reclaim our lives...reclaim our dignity.

[peace13]

18. I don't know but we have already had a butt load, literally!

Sorry, I'm a bit over the edge. It is impossible to wake up the sleeping Americans until they physically feel the pain. Those of us that have magically retained empathy in this world are few and far between. NGU. Peace on earth, Kim

[Benhurst]

16. After a sleepless night, I was awakened by a loud clunk,

Old Glory being thrown into the trash bin of history.

[Solly Mack]

22. It was a lot like a roaring sound in my ears

when the silence is so intense, it's deafening in it's loudness

[Oilwellian]

21. This thread needs a pic of the event

Let's not forget all of the thugs that helped him.

[Solly Mack]

24. Thanks! Note the missing McCain

[spanone]

25. Shame on them. And under the guise of 'Protecting America'

What a sham. What a shame.

[Solly Mack]

45. I noticed that. Sick sign for sick minds

It's their sick little joke...

[Canuckistanian]

32. Note their names

Every person in that picture.

Take down those names and put them beside the names of Benedict Arnold, Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, and John Wilkes Booth.

They are America's shame.

[RestoreGore]

23. I was crying, and thinking of Thomas Jefferson;

"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then."
Thomas Jefferson, letter to Abigail Adams, 1787

How shameful that today even Thomas Jefferson would be considered an "enemy combatant" by these bastards. What a sad day, but one that will only empower me to exercise my freedoms even more, and no matter where the chips may fall, I stand with Thomas Jefferson and his words.

[Solly Mack]

27. I couldn't cry. I could feel the tears near the surface

but I just couldn't.

[chill_wind]

28. K&R #5 to the greatest. nt

[stephinrome]

29. watched on c-span, then sent this letter to Italian press

Travel Advisory for Visitors to the United States

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2412179

Steph

[Solly Mack]

35. Excellent letter!!!!

And one that needs to be in American papers as well

[stephinrome]

43. thanks, but

I'd rather not have written it :(

[Solly Mack]

44. True. Our "reality" is forcing a lot of d'ruthers we never expected to

have... :(

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

30. Neither will I Solly Mack.

RIP America July 4, 1776 - October 17, 2006. 230 years of representative democracy done away with a stroke of a pen.

I have always said there were only two people in the world that I hoped would literally die screaming in pain, Margaret Thatcher and my late brother's second wife. Now I'll add George Walker Bush to the list. I hope he and everyone that voted for this travesty literally rot....

I am so ashamed to call myself an American right now. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Solly Mack]

34. I do too, mohinoaklawnillinois

I hope they rot while still breathing...painful sores filled with oozing pus covering their body - the ugly that's inside them coming out.

[TahitiNut]

33. I want to see every one of these bastards in prison!

:grr:

[Solly Mack]

39. Yes! For the rest of their natural lives

Wouldn't object to confiscation of property and assets either...all the way to bankruptcy.

[annabanana]

36. . . . .sitting in front of C-Span, with my jaw dropped

down to my knees. Then in tears.

[Solly Mack]

40. ((((annabanana)))))

It was a surreal moment

[The Backlash Cometh]

38. Hmm...today I'm still recovering from a week old bout of food poisoning

and plan on going to a CPR class. Somehow, it all seems to make sense...

[Solly Mack]

42. Been there. Hate food poisoning. Hope you feel your best

soon. :)

[Pachamama]

49. Standing in the shower while closing my eyes and trying to breathe

When I woke up this morning, I knew what was going to be taking place soon. I got in the shower and at the moment I believe he was signing it and spewing his garbage from his mouth about how it was being done in the memory of the 9/11 victims, I closed my eyes and tried to breathe, realizing that a shift had just taken place in the Universe and that our country, our world was about to be taken in a new direction and some very ugly things were coming.

It was also on this day 17 years ago that I went through the Loma Prieta Earthquake here in San Francisco....I think that what Bush just did will shake the foundation of this country far worse than the 6.9 that hit San Francisco in 1989.

I too will never forget this day. :cry: :puke: :cry: :puke:

[DemoTex]

50. I was eating breakfast at Tommy's Country Ham House in Greenville, SC.

Tommy and I were talking. Tommy hates Bu$h and will tell anyone in his restaurant. After Bu$h signed the legislation, Tommy went back to his office muttering "worst president in history."

[Cha]

51. At home at my computer working

to change America. Right now it's looking like a revolution is in store.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

52. In my Political Science class of all places!