The Terrorist Win Again

The house and the senate handed another victory to the terrorists yesterday. They passed a bill that will allow torture and show trials. The Republicans and some Democrats have shown that they have no respect for people. I do not know if it was done for political reasons or fear. I do know that they have made things worst. Fearless leader says we are there to promote democracy. How exactly are you promoting democracy when you adopt the tactics of the old Soviet Union? How exactly are you promoting democracy by abandoning some of its fundamental concepts? We are fighting a war of ideas and seem to be doing our best to lose it.

The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are the bedrocks of our society. We are at our best when we attempt to live up to the ideals embodied in those documents. I still hold with them that their truths are universal. I believe they are the main reason that there have been so few terrorist attacks in the US. Now we are in the process of saying that these truths are only for US citizen and then not all the time. We are saying to the world that our values are not as important as the illusion of safety. We are saying to the world that we are no different than the other nations out there.

There is an old saying that action speaks louder than words. Think about what our actions say about us when we invade a country because we are scared. Think about what our actions say when we deny people fundamental right.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
The Republican Party - Fear everything

American Motto - Old - Land of the Free Home of the Brave
New - Land of the spied upon Home of the Chicken