Be afraid, Be very afraid
Catherine Crier
05.20.2005
The Huffington Post
The Senate filibuster fight between Republicans and Democrats is not over the majority’s attempt to put more conservative judges on the bench. Contrary to their mantra--that liberal ‘activist’ judges have taken over the courts--the nation has had a majority of Republican appointees on the federal bench and Supreme Court for generations. No, this is a fight over a very specific judicial ideology that the far right wing of the Republican Party wants ensconced in our courts. [...] Read the exchange between Crier and Buchanan at http://tinyurl.com/8y39j
When I read of US troops going into homes in Afghanistan in the middle of the night, I thought, "Well, we are only one step away from that here. They can now go into our homes when there is no one there to 'sneak a peek.' How soon before we have the notorious practice of tyrannies of hauling citizens from their homes to concentration camps...?" Or do we have it now? The kind of law enforcement that would haul high school girls away from their homes apparently mainly because of their ethnic background makes my bones shiver. I hope they are not being treated abusively; however, I have heard nothing more about them. Was there more to this than met the eye? Why the silence now? Anyone know?
© Virginia Metze
05.20.2005
The Huffington Post
The Senate filibuster fight between Republicans and Democrats is not over the majority’s attempt to put more conservative judges on the bench. Contrary to their mantra--that liberal ‘activist’ judges have taken over the courts--the nation has had a majority of Republican appointees on the federal bench and Supreme Court for generations. No, this is a fight over a very specific judicial ideology that the far right wing of the Republican Party wants ensconced in our courts. [...] Read the exchange between Crier and Buchanan at http://tinyurl.com/8y39j
When I read of US troops going into homes in Afghanistan in the middle of the night, I thought, "Well, we are only one step away from that here. They can now go into our homes when there is no one there to 'sneak a peek.' How soon before we have the notorious practice of tyrannies of hauling citizens from their homes to concentration camps...?" Or do we have it now? The kind of law enforcement that would haul high school girls away from their homes apparently mainly because of their ethnic background makes my bones shiver. I hope they are not being treated abusively; however, I have heard nothing more about them. Was there more to this than met the eye? Why the silence now? Anyone know?
© Virginia Metze
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