In 50 years time historians will look back on October 17, 2006 as the moment that the U.S. jumped the shark. The moment when any illusion the nation had not descended into outright fascism was removed ... the U.S. now has the right to detain individuals without trial, including U.S. citizens (not just those pesky terrorists). Detainees can be held anywhere and the Geneva convention is discretionary (read: torture is permitted).
Scary stuff.
I always wondered why everyone stood by in 1933 as the Nazis took final control of Germany. And now I know. A slippery slope of eroded values, each change so small and seemingly insignifcant.
I predict another rigged election in a month's time. And if we're especially lucky a strike on Iran before then (I bet you didn't know that the USS Eisenhower Carrier Group has been deployed to the Straits of Hormuz off the coast of Iran and will be in position by the end of October).
I suggest:
Olbermann on the Death of Habeus Corpus.
4 comments:
HE'S ALLLIIIIVE!!
And feisty. And making predictions. Welcome back, TT.
Of course I didn't know that. I only watch the channel ten news when they are running late and holding up my simpsons re-runs.
It's Tim Bailey's fault.
actually, october 17 is my late grandfather's birthday, so i'm afraid i can't accept it as a day of infamy.
but seriously honey, don't you think historians of the future might consider the bombing of baghdad an earlier turning point?
[this is a genuine question - why is this torture bill, though heinous, worse than the occupation of iraq?]
I think he's talking about the paper trail, sure a war is war. But the slow changes on paper, that show the theory, the rules, which create states, that's the classic stuff, the hard evidence.
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