And the lights go out.

I don’t know how long it is going to take to undo this madness we just inflicted upon ourselves. Years, decades I suspect. I don’t even know if I’ll be around to see it. I have seen so much darkness come over our country since 1980 but this, allowing this thuggish man boy of a president the right to drop anyone, American Citizen or not into a black hole of imprisonment from which there is no appeal is not just a blow against the American Constitution but against rights that come down to us from the damned Magna Carta.

What the hell happened to us that this subject even came up? That we (as Americans) are scared enough? Some of the water board apologists are saying how all these concerns will seem quaint when the first nuke goes up. Several things come to mind – one like this gang of clowns would be able to uncover a plot to nuke an American city, two that even if they did find someone – the classic ticking bomb straw man, it’s very likely that their victim could keep his mouth shut until the bomb went off yes? Let’s not assume for a an instant they are not as dedicated to their cause as we are to ours , and if an American knew of a plot to kill Osama wouldn’t you think he could keep his mouth shut under torture until the time had passed? Okay? Shit we’ve seen that in enough movies.

Also our brave heroes have been doing very very little to prevent Nukes from falling into the hands of the terrorists. How can they? They are too busy with Iraq or stealing money from the government to worry about nukes.

I’ve seen where Jack Bauer in 24 is being used as a defense. Jesus it’s a Television show. That’s who stupid and evil we’ve become. We are defending torture because it works on TV.

God in heaven.

Every American who voted for this should be ashamed of themselves.

As for those who figured the Supreme Court will shoot this down, why are you so sure they will and what’s to prevent them from ignoring the ruling, they ignore everything else?

And for the folks who get all faint at calling this fascism, since they haven’t arrested anybody yet – given them time, W hasn’t signed the bill yet and they have been making noises about arresting Journalists.

This walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and quacks like a duck. It’s a dictatorship. We’ll see how much if the results turn against W in the 2006 elections.

It’s dark out.

And it’s not going to get lighter anytime soon.

Peace out.