Crucifixion: Our Dying Constitution

[kpete]

Crucifixion: Our Dying Constitution
Published by Fred Soto• February 12th, 2008
The American spirit is dead thanks to disgraceful congressional leadership

I can fairly say now, that I’ve never been more ashamed to be an American. In addition to being subject to the leadership of the worst presidential administration in American history, Congress just voted to grant immunity to telecommunications companies that were complicit in illegal surveillance activity against Americans. Of course, because this criminal activity occurred over the tenure of the Bush Administration, Congress will gladly give them a pass because they were acting based on a sense of “patriotic duty”.

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America’s Shame and why I’m proud to be “un-American”

Americans no longer have an understanding of what it means to be free, we’ve become so accustomed to big brother’s hand that torture, spying without warrants, and engaging in illegal wars of aggression are to be expected. Many of the candidates running for president campaigned hard on these issues, insisting that we would “remain on offense” in the propaganda-ridden war on terror. What Americans need now is a miracle, we need a hero or group of heroes to stand up in our legislature and fight for them. We don’t need more government parenting and rules that cater to corporations and fear.

Terrorism should be a tool that only the enemy is allowed to use. Illegal government activity should not be tolerated in its current form. Soon, we will lose a part of ourselves, the American spirit will die. This country is no longer FDR’s America, it isn’t JFK’s or Reagan’s America. It most definitely is not Bill Clinton’s America, yet his wife was curiously absent from the Senate floor on this most important matter. Unless our voters and elected officials stand up and fight for freedom, we’re going to lose this fight for our country. If you feel even a modicum of pride and love left for this nation that people the world over once admired, equip yourself with knowledge and do your part so that our country won’t slip away into the dark abyss of fascism.

I’m afraid we’re already there, but there may be hope and that hope begins with you.

more at:
http://whitehouser.com/politics/crucifixion-our-dying-constitution/

[Altean Wanderer]

1. Kick ...and can you believe some of the comments...

on his blog - the love it or leave it types are out in force lately. I've seen that in comments on anti-war letters to the editor at my local paper too.

[mntleo2]

2. History Lesson From 2000 Years Ago:

...they started out with ten rules that were pretty sensible. The 10 Commandments. By Jesus' time 3000 years later, they had entire libraries of "interpretations" of those commandments. Today we would call it "case law" and also the added legislation. Then they might have called it "Leviticus." Many of these added "interpretations" became law and totally turned around the original meaning, which Jesus tried to point out to his contemporaries, who were shocked, shocked I say! He said this when they criticized him for hypocrisy for "working" on the sabbath, a crime by their standards when as a rabbi, he healed someone who was blind. He said, "You would pull a sheep from the ditch on the sabbath, what more important thing is it to heal a person?" it was one of the reasons they sought to kill him because he was "disobeying" their laws which ...started out as 10 simple commandments.

I am sure the twisted logic was to make sure some rich powerful guy was able to stay "legal" while ignoring the original meaning. Sound familiar?

We are doing the same thing to the Constitution, which is pretty simple and straightforward. We also have entire libraries of "interpretations" of the law of the land that make the original document moot. Much of these laws make legal what was once illegal and make illegal what was once legal.

Lessons we seem to never learn except the ones who learn from history only too well and then manipulate it: When you start messing with the essence of something, you basically kill it.

Freaking bastards!

My 2 cents

Cat In Seattle

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R