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Dec. 16th, 2010
Hope you like the war...
Dec. 16th, 2010 01:41 pm... because, if Petraeus and Obama have their way, we'll be at war forever.
So much for voting for the "peace" candidate, hm? And of COURSE none of the Republicans will even consider withdrawal- hell, they want us to invade Iran and Mexico.
Neither party is acceptable; we need something else.
So much for voting for the "peace" candidate, hm? And of COURSE none of the Republicans will even consider withdrawal- hell, they want us to invade Iran and Mexico.
Neither party is acceptable; we need something else.
Hope you like the war...
Dec. 16th, 2010 01:41 pm... because, if Petraeus and Obama have their way, we'll be at war forever.
So much for voting for the "peace" candidate, hm? And of COURSE none of the Republicans will even consider withdrawal- hell, they want us to invade Iran and Mexico.
Neither party is acceptable; we need something else.
So much for voting for the "peace" candidate, hm? And of COURSE none of the Republicans will even consider withdrawal- hell, they want us to invade Iran and Mexico.
Neither party is acceptable; we need something else.
Why I'm For Wikileaks
Dec. 16th, 2010 02:42 pmIn 1917 Woodrow Wilson rammed through Congress the Espionage Act, followed in 1918 by the Sedition Act. These two laws were put into effect for one, and only one, purpose: to make it illegal to criticize the government of the United States or anyone in it. And several people, including draft protester Charles Schenck and Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene Debs, were not only prosecuted and convicted under these laws but had their prosecutions upheld by the Supreme Court. Indeed, the Schenck case is where Oliver Wendell Holmes made the often misquoted remark about the First Amendment not protecting someone who falsely shouted, "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
Holmes would later regret and recant his position in that case, and later courts would rule that the First Amendment grants broad protection for dissent against government and the revelation of material that government tries to keep secret because of its embarrassing nature.
But the Espionage Act was never directly repealed or struck down. It's still in effect. Today. Right now.
And the federal government, right now, led by DEMOCRATS- President Obama, Attorney General Holder, and especially Senator Diane Feinstein- want to use it to nail not merely Julian Assange and Wikileaks to a wall, but anyone and everyone who even so much as talked about anything Wikileaks revealed.
Of course the Republicans are right behind them. On this issue, as with all too many others, no matter how evil the government position is, both parties share it completely.
And consider how aggressively Obama has defended both wiretap authority and torturers- all under the principle of state secrets, i. e. allowing the tortured to sue for damages or those eavesdropped upon without warrant or just cause can never have their day in court because doing so would make certain facts public knowledge that the government doesn't want made known.
What we have, then, is two consecutive presidential administrations- Obama and Bush- who not only want to keep what they're doing absolutely secret from the voters, but want to make it a crime to let the voters know what they're doing. Whether it's Assange or the New York Times or even LiveJournal posts like this one.
The end goal is totally unaccountable government.
And a vote for either party, Republican or Democrat, is one step closer to that goal.
Holmes would later regret and recant his position in that case, and later courts would rule that the First Amendment grants broad protection for dissent against government and the revelation of material that government tries to keep secret because of its embarrassing nature.
But the Espionage Act was never directly repealed or struck down. It's still in effect. Today. Right now.
And the federal government, right now, led by DEMOCRATS- President Obama, Attorney General Holder, and especially Senator Diane Feinstein- want to use it to nail not merely Julian Assange and Wikileaks to a wall, but anyone and everyone who even so much as talked about anything Wikileaks revealed.
Of course the Republicans are right behind them. On this issue, as with all too many others, no matter how evil the government position is, both parties share it completely.
And consider how aggressively Obama has defended both wiretap authority and torturers- all under the principle of state secrets, i. e. allowing the tortured to sue for damages or those eavesdropped upon without warrant or just cause can never have their day in court because doing so would make certain facts public knowledge that the government doesn't want made known.
What we have, then, is two consecutive presidential administrations- Obama and Bush- who not only want to keep what they're doing absolutely secret from the voters, but want to make it a crime to let the voters know what they're doing. Whether it's Assange or the New York Times or even LiveJournal posts like this one.
The end goal is totally unaccountable government.
And a vote for either party, Republican or Democrat, is one step closer to that goal.
Why I'm For Wikileaks
Dec. 16th, 2010 02:42 pmIn 1917 Woodrow Wilson rammed through Congress the Espionage Act, followed in 1918 by the Sedition Act. These two laws were put into effect for one, and only one, purpose: to make it illegal to criticize the government of the United States or anyone in it. And several people, including draft protester Charles Schenck and Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene Debs, were not only prosecuted and convicted under these laws but had their prosecutions upheld by the Supreme Court. Indeed, the Schenck case is where Oliver Wendell Holmes made the often misquoted remark about the First Amendment not protecting someone who falsely shouted, "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
Holmes would later regret and recant his position in that case, and later courts would rule that the First Amendment grants broad protection for dissent against government and the revelation of material that government tries to keep secret because of its embarrassing nature.
But the Espionage Act was never directly repealed or struck down. It's still in effect. Today. Right now.
And the federal government, right now, led by DEMOCRATS- President Obama, Attorney General Holder, and especially Senator Diane Feinstein- want to use it to nail not merely Julian Assange and Wikileaks to a wall, but anyone and everyone who even so much as talked about anything Wikileaks revealed.
Of course the Republicans are right behind them. On this issue, as with all too many others, no matter how evil the government position is, both parties share it completely.
And consider how aggressively Obama has defended both wiretap authority and torturers- all under the principle of state secrets, i. e. allowing the tortured to sue for damages or those eavesdropped upon without warrant or just cause can never have their day in court because doing so would make certain facts public knowledge that the government doesn't want made known.
What we have, then, is two consecutive presidential administrations- Obama and Bush- who not only want to keep what they're doing absolutely secret from the voters, but want to make it a crime to let the voters know what they're doing. Whether it's Assange or the New York Times or even LiveJournal posts like this one.
The end goal is totally unaccountable government.
And a vote for either party, Republican or Democrat, is one step closer to that goal.
Holmes would later regret and recant his position in that case, and later courts would rule that the First Amendment grants broad protection for dissent against government and the revelation of material that government tries to keep secret because of its embarrassing nature.
But the Espionage Act was never directly repealed or struck down. It's still in effect. Today. Right now.
And the federal government, right now, led by DEMOCRATS- President Obama, Attorney General Holder, and especially Senator Diane Feinstein- want to use it to nail not merely Julian Assange and Wikileaks to a wall, but anyone and everyone who even so much as talked about anything Wikileaks revealed.
Of course the Republicans are right behind them. On this issue, as with all too many others, no matter how evil the government position is, both parties share it completely.
And consider how aggressively Obama has defended both wiretap authority and torturers- all under the principle of state secrets, i. e. allowing the tortured to sue for damages or those eavesdropped upon without warrant or just cause can never have their day in court because doing so would make certain facts public knowledge that the government doesn't want made known.
What we have, then, is two consecutive presidential administrations- Obama and Bush- who not only want to keep what they're doing absolutely secret from the voters, but want to make it a crime to let the voters know what they're doing. Whether it's Assange or the New York Times or even LiveJournal posts like this one.
The end goal is totally unaccountable government.
And a vote for either party, Republican or Democrat, is one step closer to that goal.
More on Afghanistan:
Dec. 16th, 2010 03:13 pmIn response to the 60% opposition to the Afghanistan war:
Sec. Defense, Sec. State to American voters: Go fuck yourselves.
Note the bipartisan support: Gates is Republican, Clinton Democrat.
And both are, apparently, interchangable with Dick Cheney.
Sec. Defense, Sec. State to American voters: Go fuck yourselves.
Note the bipartisan support: Gates is Republican, Clinton Democrat.
And both are, apparently, interchangable with Dick Cheney.
More on Afghanistan:
Dec. 16th, 2010 03:13 pmIn response to the 60% opposition to the Afghanistan war:
Sec. Defense, Sec. State to American voters: Go fuck yourselves.
Note the bipartisan support: Gates is Republican, Clinton Democrat.
And both are, apparently, interchangable with Dick Cheney.
Sec. Defense, Sec. State to American voters: Go fuck yourselves.
Note the bipartisan support: Gates is Republican, Clinton Democrat.
And both are, apparently, interchangable with Dick Cheney.