Kucinich's Prophetic "Prayer for America" Speech - Feb 17, 2002

Why are so many Americans oblivious as to how fragile this republic truly is? They go about their daily lives accepting what they have because they are, in the final analysis, Americans. The greatest and most free. Nothing can challenge US. Well, unless one is trying to board an airplane, enter a school, attend a ballgame. Those are minor problems compared to being 'safe'. Don't fucking kid yourselves. Your freedom is much more important than all that.

Let us pray that our nation will remember that the unfolding of the promise of democracy in our nation paralleled the striving and accomplishment of civil rights. That is why we must challenge the rationale of the Patriot Act. We must ask why should America put aside guarantees of constitutional justice?

How can we justify in effect canceling the First Amendment and the right of free speech, and the right to peacefully assemble?

How can we justify, in effect, the canceling the Fourth Amendment, probable cause, the prohibitions against unreasonable search and seizure?

How can we justify, in effect, canceling the Fifth Amendment, nullifying due process, allowing for indefinite incarceration without a trial?

How can we justify, in effect, canceling the Sixth Amendment, the right to prompt and public trial?

How can we justify, in effect, canceling the Eighth Amendment which protects against cruel and unusual punishment?

We cannot justify widespread wiretaps and internet surveillance without judicial supervision, let alone with it.

Dennis Kucinich gets it and he's worried as should be all Americans. Please read all of his presentation. He does an excellent job of voicing his concerns.

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Note: Headline links to source.

Top Neocon Calls For Destruction Of Constitution

So neocons don't frighten you? Have you been paying attention? They are why the US is occupying Iraq for Christ's sake.

The really scary part of all of this is they... never... give... up. They're like fucking badgers. Only rabid.

In a recent edition of the Austin-American Statesman a book review of Phillip Bobbitt's new book Terror and Consent goes into how the book calls for the shredding of the Constitution. The article written by James E. McWilliams features an image of the Constitution being torn with a big bold headline that states "Everything must go." The words "How to Fight Terrorism", are put in place of where the Constitution is torn. The article is blatant propaganda to make people think that the answer to fight terrorism is to destroy the Constitution. As disgusting as this is, the contents of Bobbitt's book advocates exactly what the picture depicts. Bobbitt endorses using nongovernmental organizations and multinational corporations to take over the roles and functions of nation states. He also endorses giving the United Nations the authority to wage war without approval from the Security Council and the use of non-lethal chemical weapons to fight terrorism. If he really wanted to end terrorism using non-lethal chemical weapons, he should be endorsing the use of non-lethal chemical weapons on the headquarters of the CIA, British Intelligence and Mossad because that's where the majority of terrorism comes from. Of course, Bobbitt won't mention that fact.

Another frightening thing is how their persistence might win out. Its like raising kids. They nag and nag and plead and whine and eventually most parents say, "Enough already." And they give in to the little shits. Only in this case, it means people die.

The headline links to the source.

Thinking for yourself is now [soon to become] a crime

Bring on the jack boots and brown shirts. Some more fucking freedoms are being trashed in the US.

When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked with identifying extremist people, groups, and ideas. The commission will hold hearings around the country, taking testimony and compiling a list of dangerous people and beliefs. [...] We are beginning to see who will be the inmates of the detention centers being built in the US by Halliburton under government contract.

Extinguishing Liberty's Light and Independent Views

What was the greatest failure of 2007? President Bush's "surge" in Iraq? The decline in the value of the US dollar? Subprime mortgages? No. The greatest failure of 2007 was the newly sworn in Democratic Congress.

The American people's attempt in November 2006 to rein in a rogue government, which has committed the US to costly military adventures while running roughshod over the US Constitution, failed. Replacing Republicans with Democrats in the House and Senate has made no difference.

The assault on the US Constitution by the Democratic Party is as determined as the assault by the Republicans. On October 23, 2007, the House passed a bill sponsored by California Democratic congresswoman Jane Harman, chairwoman of a Homeland Security subcommittee, that overturns the constitutionally guaranteed rights to free expression, association, and assembly.

The bill passed the House on a vote of 404-6. In the Senate the bill is sponsored by Maine Republican Susan Collins and apparently faces no meaningful opposition [emphasis in original].

Are you gonna contact your Senator to try to stop this? Just asking.

Via The Signs.

My perspective

I'm sad.

George W Bush has taken the presidency twice illegally. He's attacked two countries illegally. He's destroyed the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. He's ruined many good government programs and agencies by appointing incompetent gits. He's destroyed any good will among the countries of the world. He well may take the US into WWIII. He's rubbed the Americans' noses in shit.

Americans are treated like enemies by the Bush cabal. They are spied upon, disappeared and tortured. Absolutely no one is safe from the US government. I've said it before, unless you have no secrets whatsoever such as infidelity, you don't want the government knowing everything about you. Your medical records, emails, IMs, bank records, phone calls are all open to these assholes.

And all the while, the American public is complacent. They're comfortable with the McMansions, fast food and SUVs and they just don't give a damn.

Sooner or later Americans will wake up and realize the country they thought they lived in is gone. They'll realize they have been fucked and will soon crash and burn. Its a matter of time and I hope its soon because they must get a clue or it may be too late to save the republic.

America can't survive 2 more years of Bush and the neo-cons. Its that simple.

Aren't there certain requirments to be POTUS?

OK, Bush has no respect for the Constitution nor Bill of Rights, the SCOTUS or Congress and he certainly has demonstrated he has no respect for the law. Case in point.

President Bush recently phoned in encouragement to an anti-abortion rally on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade at the Supreme Court, saying the cause "cannot fail."

Last I checked, we had a separation of powers in this nation. Roe vs. Wade is a 34-yr-old Supreme Court decision upholding the establishment clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the right to privacy. [link in original]

(via rangeragainstwar)