Answer to last night's question #1:
Ok. so the day after I ask the question, Why isn't anyone talking about Bradley Manning, the government adds 22 charges with one that includes the death penalty. I guess they'll be talking about him now.
It doesn't matter whether or not you agree with what he allegedly did. What matters was the treatment he received. Almost 8 months in solitary confinement. No contact with his family, only his attorney. Held without charges for most of that time. Held as someone who had already been convicted then started a fight in the prison. I continually hear politicians say that America is a nation of laws while they recite select passages from the pocket-sized Constitution they carry around. And yet and American citizen is treated as Bradley Manning has been is okay. No, it's not.
The Republicans in Wisconsin are threatening the Senate 14 with losing their parking places at the Capitol. Wow, that must really be the incentive those rogue Senators need to get them back to Madison.
The Senator from Wisconsin that was on the Ed Show on MSNBC last night, the one who called the protesters in the Capitol "slobs", was back on tonight with four of the protesters. It didn't go well for the Senator. Meanwhile, since Gov. Walker locked the Capitol building, two Assembly Dems moved their desks outside to meet with constituents. Priceless.
Team Obama has waited long enough. It's time to put on those "comfortable shoes" and stand with your electorate. If you want to get re-elected, you'd better start acting more like a Democrat and less like a wimp.
In the game of Who Can Pass the Worst Laws With the Most Inventive Tactics, Ohio may have just passed the Wisconsin Republicans, although it is hard to determine which is worse. As you might recall, the Wisconsin Assembly passed the Walker bill by essentially calling the debate then allowing only a few seconds to vote. Since only the Republicans knew the plan, none of the Democrats got a vote cast. It was probably illegal and will likely go to court. In Ohio, they couldn't even get the bill out of committee because of Republican, yes Republican opposition. So the Speaker of the Senate removed said Republican from the committee, replaced him with a partisan member and passed the bill out of committee. Then did the same thing when the vote came up. It passed by one vote, with several Republican Senators voting against it. That was probably illegal as well, but we may never know.
Illegal procedures, non-negotiation, and the revocation of parking privileges. This is the Republican means to win at any costs.
It's heartening to see the Republican base, the real one- not the Tea Party one- start the backlash against the Party for where it wants to make its budget cuts. Tomorrow a coalition of churches is sending a large group of young people into the Capitol to distribute wrist bands to all the representatives and senators. These wrist bands look like the myriad others out there, the fat rubber band kind. What they say on them is great: What Would Jesus Cut? Priceless.
The SCOTUS got the Southboro Baptist case right. As deplorable as what they do is, Free Speech is Free Speech.
Answer to last night's question #2
There is no answer as there is no reason for Guantanamo to be open. I also indicated that there was a connection between the two questions. In both cases, we are holding people illegally and inhumanely. We are not only breaking our own laws, but we are breaking international laws. Of course, the Bushies broke international laws, too. One could argue that they started this, which while true does not exonerate the current administration who inexplicably continues to violate our laws and the Constitution. We are quite quick to point the spotlight on other countries who practice human rights violations while being arrogant enough to think that our own moral code doesn't apply to us. It's shameful.
Question of the Day: Who is to blame for the mess we find ourselves in? Answer tomorrow night.
Anyone who still believes the birthers aren't racist need only see this point: They never talk about his white mother or grandparents. They only talk about the half of his heritage that they see.
That's our show for tonight. I'll be back tomorrow. Until then, good luck, Hamsters!
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