Shame on America

it’s been an amazingly sad week for america. last tuesday president bush signed the Military Commisions Act, something that’ll be surely looked at as a taint on American history. unfortunately i’m not a very eloquent person, so i’ll pass the buck to Keith Olberman to give you a little more information regarding the act. both clips are about 8 minutes long.

the worst part about this whole situation is the utter lack of interest by the rest of the country. i particularly liked the comment about how america just yawned and tuned in to dancing with the stars. i made sure to ask my law professor to bring up this issue in class and disucuss the constitutionality of it. bringing it up to my professor was my little effort to try and get the word out. i’d like to think that the people in my class will remember whatever my professor is going to say, but i’m not holding my breath.

i’m really hoping that history looks very very poorly on George Bush & Co. they make me ashamed to be called an american. the fact that this current administration has any support takes my breath away. anyone who voted for him should be ashamed of themselves. he’s don’t nothing but hurt the poor, make the rich richer, and destroyed any goodwill we might have had with the international community. oh yeah, i forgot, apparently homos getting marriend is the biggest assault against america these days. fuck george bush, dick cheney, rumsfield, rice and everyone else in the white house in their stupid asses.

it’s not like the democrats are that much better, but at least we might be able to keep god out of the government. the one thing that’s really lifted my spirits lately is this excerpt from Richard Dawkins The God Delusion.. While the excerpt is entertaining in it’s demolition of the notion that god created the earth, it would be a little more helpful if Dawkins wasn’t as intolerant of other opinions as the people he’s railing against. someone once asked me what my religious views were, and i replied with “if i wanted a crutch, i would just break my leg again.” seriously, what’s the point of having someone else telling you what to think.

oh, arsenal demolishing reading, 4-0, provided some comfort as well.

here’s hoping i don’t get thrown in jail for posting this.