Republicans and Liberals
I realized the other day that if I saw some of the actions the Republicans are taking being taken by the previous Liberal gov't, that I would have been all over it on this blog. So, I am going to do so now. Here's the most recent one on my mind:
The military commissions act allows prisoners to be kept without judicial process. In other words, 'terrorists,' 'enemies,' and 'threats to America,' (as Olbermann points out--a very 'specific' group!) can be kept without challenging the fact they are being kept. Keith Olbermann plays it out in a funny/sarcastic way how this one bill, "essential" though it is (except to be signed into law in a quick manner), affects almost all the Bill of Rights.
Check it out here.
The military commissions act allows prisoners to be kept without judicial process. In other words, 'terrorists,' 'enemies,' and 'threats to America,' (as Olbermann points out--a very 'specific' group!) can be kept without challenging the fact they are being kept. Keith Olbermann plays it out in a funny/sarcastic way how this one bill, "essential" though it is (except to be signed into law in a quick manner), affects almost all the Bill of Rights.
Check it out here.
posted by Aaron Perry at
11:32 AM
4 Comments:
I am totally upset about this.
C'mon now AP. Time to dismount the high horse and consider facts.
The rules of war don't work if they're being applied only to one side. WWHGD? (That's Hugo Grotius, the founder of international law--for the benefit of your readers). You know O'Donovan. What does he say?
BTW, the Liberal gov't did just this and as I recall, you said nothing on your blog. Maher Arar. Remember? Tortured in Syria based on information forwarded by the RCMP to the FBI. Liberals did nothing to help his release. Strangely, all he wants is an apology. He doesn't want to go to court. Why, my suspicious mind wonders? Perhaps it's because he has something to hide after all?
CG
good call on the high horse! i was upset about arar, but didn't post on it. i have no idea as to arar's guilt. (of course, there is a differnce between holding prisoners secretly and refusing to exercise your minimal muscle that would not achieve your desired outcome.) that's the point. if there is evidence to hold and detain prisoners for the purpose of prosecution, then go for it. i see no problem in demanding high standards of gov't.
and re: O'Donovan: first, the execution of judgment is for the sake of community. when exercising judgment is not tied to community (gov't exercising judgment on behalf of itself without the connection to jury-trials the community it is protecting has emphasized), then it is not judgment. and if it is an act that is not accomplishing judgment, but just exercising power, then it is not political authority.
Ok I'm a little off topic here but two things:
Dion's Phaneuf's hit
Bears, 6 turnovers, no offensive touchdowns, no problem.
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