So it finally arrived. The First Guantanamo Detainee went on trial today in a New York Court. Ahmed Khalfan, a Tanzanian man accused of co-conspiring and participating in terrorist activities against the United States, sat as his lawyer made is opening arguments before a jury .
After all this time, since former President Bush duped congress into signing the Patriot Act, which suspended Habeas Corpus for terrorists, your very right for a fair and expedient trial, and since all these detainees have been sitting almost endlessly in that Federal prison so many miles outside the US Boarder, the first prisoner in a long line of prisoners who will all get their chance for trial, has finally been given his day in court. Hooray for Justice! Right?
Wrong !
Americans have once again been given the slight of hand by President Obama and his democratic party. You ask, what could be so bad about bringing a terrorist to justice? What could be so bad about beginning the end of the prison in Guantanamo Bay that is infamous worldwide as being the prison where the USA practices torture on inmates? What could be so bad about cleaning up the political mess left by former President Bush.
While President Obama held the the front page of every newspaper across the country back in February 2010 with his plan to try the Guantanamo prisoners in public courts, people all over the country, all over the world, had their attention diverted from the important facts. Mayors and governors across the country were making public statements about President Obama's plan, claiming how the trials should not be held in their own local cities. "Not Here" and "Not Here either" were words being tossed. Elsewhere, one local politician even made the statement "Our city would be good for these trials" Up and down, yes and No, Not here, not there, maybe somewhere.
And while the Obama proposition for trying accused terrorists in civilian courts had the whole country in an uproar, hopping from one foot to another, EVERYONE was overlooking the MOST IMPORTANT FACT. If the Guantanamo prisoners were tried in civilian courts, they stood a MUCH better chance of getting found not guilty of the accused crimes and having their trials dismissed.
Ever get that nautious feeling from bad news?
It's true, Military courts are MUCH TOUGHER to win a battle, when within. They have a completely different protocol between the prosecution, defense and the Judge. The defense does not have as many opportunities to convince the court of it's innocence. Also, there are Far Fewer lawyers available that have been trained in this military protocol, and therefor, a less suitable and less charismatic lawyer would have been chosen to defend the accused party, due to the unavailability of lawyers. And MOST IMPORTANTLY, there is NEVER a bleeding heart Jury to be hand picked and then swayed. Instead, Military officers and Judges fill the role of the Jury. A prisoner on trial usually does NOT Stand a Chance in a Military Tribunal.
Do you think President Obama knew these facts about Military Courts BEFORE he decided to change where the Guantanamo prisoners would be tried? Remember, President Obama is a Lawyer himself. YES, He knew for sure.
President Obama HAD TO KNOW, indubitably, that these prisoners stood a much better chance of getting away with their crimes if they WERE made to stand trial in civilian courts.
... they stood A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING AWAY with their crimes.
So then really, the Question IS; Why would the president RISK giving these war criminals a better chance at getting away with their crimes? Why would he risk the lives of more American citizens if these prisoners were to get set free and commit new terror acts? Why would he WASTE the millions and billions of US dollars, spent on our war machine, that as an end result, captured these prisoners for trial, where if they were freed, the war would be pointless? Why ? Why ? Why?
WHY?
As a citizen, I am OUTRAGED this was even allowed to be Suggested, let alone actually put into motion? If it were up to me, I would have this President Impeached solely on this travesty of the law! Who gave the president this authorization? YES, he is Commander in Chief of the armed forces, But, is he Commander in Chief of the Military courts? Is this a grey area for politics and legalities? A loophole in the law that gives a President of this country, the ability to circumvent the criminal process without ruining his reputation directly with a Presidential Pardon?
Well, getting back to the Why.... There are only two reasons I can think of, the President, any President would do such a thing, to place at risk ALL that which we have fought for. And this is just my opinion....
The first reason; to get around the Bush Patriot Act. Was this even an obstacle?
The second reason, and take a breath; Because he wanted to prisoners to be freed.
If you can think other reasons why President Obama may have made this decision to try these prisoners in civilian courts, Please share them in the comments section. I bet there aren't so many plausable reasons, maybe even none, more plausable.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Proposal S 3804; a Plan to Block YOUR Internet
That's right. HERE, in the USA. Proposal S 3804, Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act. Heard of it yet? If some of the politicians now in Washington get their way with this bill, you WILL hear of it, when it's TOO LATE.
Imagine, you want to go to YouTube to check out a family movie that your brother or cousin posted there of the kids perhaps, or something else benign. You click the link in your favorites list, and from nowhere, WHAM. ERROR 404 PAGE NOT FOUND... "What?" you ask yourself. "How can YouTube be down?" But it will be, for the third time that month maybe, because some Crybaby special interest group or Mega giant Corporation with boocoo DOLLAR$$ called the Justice department AGAIN, and they in turn Blacklist YouTube AGAIN, and again and again.
Maybe it'll be down a day, a week, a month. Perhaps it will have to wait 37 days for an Appeal hearing in a Federal court room where a Federal Judge places a temporary restraining order on the Justice Department's decision, this one decision, this one time around. Maybe not next time.
Your Internet provider will have NO Choice but to adhere to this Justice Department Ruling. It will be the LAW. Time Warner, Cox Cable, Verizon, Southern Bell... Whomever YOU pay for Internet right now, will have NO CHOICE but to ban the website. SORRY. Someone complained somewhere.
And maybe it won't just be YouTube or Face Book or Twitter or something else fun or informative next time around. Perhaps it will be your Banking website or some News Website you use at work, a Blog site like this one, perhaps a critical health service. It will all be at the whim of the Justice Department. All they'll need is one crybaby interest group with a halfway legitimate claim, and BOOM, GONE. Sorry, no website this week. Sorry, you'll live in the DARK AGES, under the Iron Curtain of a dictatorship. Because really, that's Exactly what this is; a Dictatorship.
We all can see the original intent of this proposed law, the spirit of the law, is to help those with intellectual rights for some sort of media, a Record Company with songs being illegally transferred through Napster or Lime Wire, or maybe an online book publisher with downloads for a Nook or Kindle Reader being illegally traded, or some other published work. It sounds Just. It means well. It's supposed to help.
But how much are you willing to bet the Government will screw it up YET AGAIN. Sites will be blocked, wrongfully blocked due to some loophole in the legislation, and instead of fixing it correctly, the government will apply patch after patch of new legislation to plug the loopholes, now only to create NEW loopholes, let alone a set of legalities, so convoluted, you'll need a special government issued publishers license and a ten year legal degree just to start a website or print an add online.
Can our Government handle this new set of rules if they become Law? Hmmm, let's step back a moment. Did they destroy Social Security? How old do you have to be to retire? How's the new health Care working out? Have your rates gone up yet?
The Internet as you know it will be GONE. And any hope of getting it back will also be GONE. It will eventually be classified like a gateway drug.... "Well, things are better now in the USA since free publishing has been classified illegal, we don't want it back, our children will be hurt by the content."
Should I call the WAAAAMBULANCE now?
And who's supporting this bill anyway? Or should I say, which politicians are getting kickbacks from Big Business to support this bill? Did I hear campaign contribution?
Patrick Leahey D-VT (The Sponsor who wants to control your life)
Lamar Alexander R-TN
Evan Bayh D-IN
Benjamin Cardin D-MD
Thomas Coburn R-OK
Richard Durbin D-IL
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY.... Kirsten, Kirsten, Kirsten, I had high hopes for you.
Lindsey Graham R-SC
Charles Grassley R-IA
Orrin Hatch R-UT
Amy Klobuchar D-MN
Herbert Kohl D-WI
Charles Schumer D-NY..... Why am I NOT surprised.
Arlen Specter D-PA
George Voinovich R-OH
Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
Look to see if YOUR state representation appears on this website as the bill gains strength.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-3804
Bookmark It !
These exact politicians are juggling your RIGHTS as an American citizen. Don't think just because it looks all pretty on paper before it's law that it will stay nice and pretty. It WILL rear it's ugly head, AND....... It WILL affect you in a bad way once law, COUNT ON IT.
Unfortunately, there is not yet any way to effectively BOYCOTT the corporations listed there, YET. But YES, they deserve it. And the suggestion box is open.
And pass this info along. Tell your friends, your family, just what Congress is planning to do.
In fact, sign the online petition: (I did)
http://demandprogress.org/blacklist/
And VOTE this November. A Mid-Term Election is AS IMPORTANT as the Presidential Election. Get these CREEPS out of office!
-SaintsNick
Imagine, you want to go to YouTube to check out a family movie that your brother or cousin posted there of the kids perhaps, or something else benign. You click the link in your favorites list, and from nowhere, WHAM. ERROR 404 PAGE NOT FOUND... "What?" you ask yourself. "How can YouTube be down?" But it will be, for the third time that month maybe, because some Crybaby special interest group or Mega giant Corporation with boocoo DOLLAR$$ called the Justice department AGAIN, and they in turn Blacklist YouTube AGAIN, and again and again.
Maybe it'll be down a day, a week, a month. Perhaps it will have to wait 37 days for an Appeal hearing in a Federal court room where a Federal Judge places a temporary restraining order on the Justice Department's decision, this one decision, this one time around. Maybe not next time.
Your Internet provider will have NO Choice but to adhere to this Justice Department Ruling. It will be the LAW. Time Warner, Cox Cable, Verizon, Southern Bell... Whomever YOU pay for Internet right now, will have NO CHOICE but to ban the website. SORRY. Someone complained somewhere.
And maybe it won't just be YouTube or Face Book or Twitter or something else fun or informative next time around. Perhaps it will be your Banking website or some News Website you use at work, a Blog site like this one, perhaps a critical health service. It will all be at the whim of the Justice Department. All they'll need is one crybaby interest group with a halfway legitimate claim, and BOOM, GONE. Sorry, no website this week. Sorry, you'll live in the DARK AGES, under the Iron Curtain of a dictatorship. Because really, that's Exactly what this is; a Dictatorship.
We all can see the original intent of this proposed law, the spirit of the law, is to help those with intellectual rights for some sort of media, a Record Company with songs being illegally transferred through Napster or Lime Wire, or maybe an online book publisher with downloads for a Nook or Kindle Reader being illegally traded, or some other published work. It sounds Just. It means well. It's supposed to help.
But how much are you willing to bet the Government will screw it up YET AGAIN. Sites will be blocked, wrongfully blocked due to some loophole in the legislation, and instead of fixing it correctly, the government will apply patch after patch of new legislation to plug the loopholes, now only to create NEW loopholes, let alone a set of legalities, so convoluted, you'll need a special government issued publishers license and a ten year legal degree just to start a website or print an add online.
Can our Government handle this new set of rules if they become Law? Hmmm, let's step back a moment. Did they destroy Social Security? How old do you have to be to retire? How's the new health Care working out? Have your rates gone up yet?
The Internet as you know it will be GONE. And any hope of getting it back will also be GONE. It will eventually be classified like a gateway drug.... "Well, things are better now in the USA since free publishing has been classified illegal, we don't want it back, our children will be hurt by the content."
Should I call the WAAAAMBULANCE now?
And who's supporting this bill anyway? Or should I say, which politicians are getting kickbacks from Big Business to support this bill? Did I hear campaign contribution?
Patrick Leahey D-VT (The Sponsor who wants to control your life)
Lamar Alexander R-TN
Evan Bayh D-IN
Benjamin Cardin D-MD
Thomas Coburn R-OK
Richard Durbin D-IL
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY.... Kirsten, Kirsten, Kirsten, I had high hopes for you.
Lindsey Graham R-SC
Charles Grassley R-IA
Orrin Hatch R-UT
Amy Klobuchar D-MN
Herbert Kohl D-WI
Charles Schumer D-NY..... Why am I NOT surprised.
Arlen Specter D-PA
George Voinovich R-OH
Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
Look to see if YOUR state representation appears on this website as the bill gains strength.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-3804
Bookmark It !
These exact politicians are juggling your RIGHTS as an American citizen. Don't think just because it looks all pretty on paper before it's law that it will stay nice and pretty. It WILL rear it's ugly head, AND....... It WILL affect you in a bad way once law, COUNT ON IT.
Unfortunately, there is not yet any way to effectively BOYCOTT the corporations listed there, YET. But YES, they deserve it. And the suggestion box is open.
And pass this info along. Tell your friends, your family, just what Congress is planning to do.
In fact, sign the online petition: (I did)
http://demandprogress.org/blacklist/
And VOTE this November. A Mid-Term Election is AS IMPORTANT as the Presidential Election. Get these CREEPS out of office!
-SaintsNick
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
10/5/10 First Entry
Why. At this point, Why ? SO much has happened in the past eons where I've so strongly desired to voice my opinion; but why dig up dirt now? Join politics? pointless. The system was designed to be too big for any single man to move ( and correct ), and is therefor rendered almost unrepairable in it's present state. Is the system to be deemed a total loss, the action of an insurance adjuster condemning a broken piece of machinery? Hopefully not.
With the advent of the Internet, people can be set free from wrongful politics. Education and the sharing of information has always been the answer for correcting the future concerning many aspects of life. Unfortunately, with the voice of copious volumes of peoples with bad opinions flooding and drowning the truth that lies out there, mass misinformation can do just as much harm if not more, than the affect of truth towards good.
Therefore, to counterbalance the shift toward the vast unintelligent and credulous opinions abroad, I stand here, to add weight to the side of truth, justice and righteousness, and of course, to enlighten and share my opinion, my deep deep resentment toward the actions of humanity.
With the advent of the Internet, people can be set free from wrongful politics. Education and the sharing of information has always been the answer for correcting the future concerning many aspects of life. Unfortunately, with the voice of copious volumes of peoples with bad opinions flooding and drowning the truth that lies out there, mass misinformation can do just as much harm if not more, than the affect of truth towards good.
Therefore, to counterbalance the shift toward the vast unintelligent and credulous opinions abroad, I stand here, to add weight to the side of truth, justice and righteousness, and of course, to enlighten and share my opinion, my deep deep resentment toward the actions of humanity.
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