What DOES it take to wake you up?!
I'll open with a quote from the opening paragraph of the article linked here.
"...I really need to ask a question here: what the hell is the matter with you people? And by “you people,” I don’t mean specifically the regular readers of these newsletters, but rather the American people in general. So to all you John and Jane Q. Publics out there, let me rephrase the question: what the hell does it take to get a reaction out of you?"
As you read this article, and I urge you to do so, keep in mind that it was written before the recent events of the Republicans and Congress to remove the core tenet of the American justice system, habeas corpus as well as gutting the Bill of Rights by giving the President the power to pretty much spy on anyone, anywhere, without cause, notification and most importantly, without oversight.
The fact that no one is screaming about these things sickens me. But then, like the author, I've nearly given up on waiting for the American public to take a stand on anything worthwhile.
The summary of the article is that Haliburton (surprise surprise) proudly announced on it's website that it secured a huge contract with the government to build an indefinite quantity of facilities (prison camps) inside the United States to be used for emergency immigrant detention or to support the rapid development of new programs.
Care to guess what those new programs might be? Want a hint, go read this from the U.S. Army's website.
Army Regulations for the Civilian Inmate Labor Program.
Who do you think those camps are for now?
The situation as it exists, right now, in America is that the Constitution is gone. Anyone can be grabbed off the street, or from their home, taken to secret camps, tortured, put to hard labor, and never be seen again. They will have no right to an attorney, no right to hear the charges against them, no right to a trial. Nothing. You disappear, and no one can find you. You have no legal recourse. You can be tortured and held indefinitely without charge or trial.
Welcome to the new Amerika. You are nothing. You have no rights. Get used to it, you did it to yourself by allowing it to happen.
nwsltr81
"...I really need to ask a question here: what the hell is the matter with you people? And by “you people,” I don’t mean specifically the regular readers of these newsletters, but rather the American people in general. So to all you John and Jane Q. Publics out there, let me rephrase the question: what the hell does it take to get a reaction out of you?"
As you read this article, and I urge you to do so, keep in mind that it was written before the recent events of the Republicans and Congress to remove the core tenet of the American justice system, habeas corpus as well as gutting the Bill of Rights by giving the President the power to pretty much spy on anyone, anywhere, without cause, notification and most importantly, without oversight.
The fact that no one is screaming about these things sickens me. But then, like the author, I've nearly given up on waiting for the American public to take a stand on anything worthwhile.
The summary of the article is that Haliburton (surprise surprise) proudly announced on it's website that it secured a huge contract with the government to build an indefinite quantity of facilities (prison camps) inside the United States to be used for emergency immigrant detention or to support the rapid development of new programs.
Care to guess what those new programs might be? Want a hint, go read this from the U.S. Army's website.
Army Regulations for the Civilian Inmate Labor Program.
Who do you think those camps are for now?
The situation as it exists, right now, in America is that the Constitution is gone. Anyone can be grabbed off the street, or from their home, taken to secret camps, tortured, put to hard labor, and never be seen again. They will have no right to an attorney, no right to hear the charges against them, no right to a trial. Nothing. You disappear, and no one can find you. You have no legal recourse. You can be tortured and held indefinitely without charge or trial.
Welcome to the new Amerika. You are nothing. You have no rights. Get used to it, you did it to yourself by allowing it to happen.
nwsltr81
posted by Tachyon at 04:10
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