keith olbermann on the elimination of habeus corpus
olbermann brings up some good points especially , that one reason the founding fathers of the Us went to war with england , was over king george III's elimination of trial by jury --in other words , king Georgie was locking up colonials without the benefit of due process of law--sound familiar ?
also , the constitution george dubya bush has twice sworn to uphold and defend stipulates that habeus corpus shall not be suspended unless there is an invasion or internal rebellion on-going--a dire national emergency that makes necessary the suspension of due process.
Abe lincoln suspended habeus corpus during the civil war --an internal rebellion --yet the supreme court struck down lincoln's act--during THE time of internal rebellion --during the SAME civil war in which , until the battle of gettysberg in pennsylvania , summer of 1863 , the south was invading the north--taking the fight to the northers on the north's own territory--yet the supreme court did not believe this to be a dire enough emergency to justify the suspension of this crucial ingredient to due process of law .
habeus corpus has been the cornerstone of english law since 1215 with the signing of the magna carta which put permanent limits upon the powers of the english king , preventing him from doing things like... ummm...throwing people into prison on a whim , without due process of law and jury trials...duh...
so old king georgie dubya bush has proven to be more of a tyrant than his predecessor , king georgie the third...it could very well be time for a second "declaration" , and all that went with it, but hardly a peep from most americans made fat , unhealthy , stupid and apathetic by modern day "bread and circuses" designed to pacify the masses--a pacification of the masses that would also put the attempts of the most decadent of roman emperors to shame.
the Us middle class steadily slides backwards into poverty , while high paying jobs slip out of the country , the statisticians tell us what we've known all along in our gut , but seem afraid to admit --that economically we are not as well off as our parents were , who in their day could still support a family on one income --now it takes two paychecks to support a family--and has for some time .
We are working not only more hours , but because of computers , also working more efficiently than our counterparts in places like western europe --yet the Us middle class' standard of living--like the Us dollar , has been steadily in decline .
as we slip closer to third world status , while america seems determined to become a second-rate nation --the slipping away of our rights is almost as rapid as the loss of our dollar's buying power --yet hardly a peep from the "endangered" , at risk masses --despite this "long train of abuses" --umm...i'll have to finish this post later --re-runs of last season's "american idol" are on ...gotta see if "taylor" still won...
also , the constitution george dubya bush has twice sworn to uphold and defend stipulates that habeus corpus shall not be suspended unless there is an invasion or internal rebellion on-going--a dire national emergency that makes necessary the suspension of due process.
Abe lincoln suspended habeus corpus during the civil war --an internal rebellion --yet the supreme court struck down lincoln's act--during THE time of internal rebellion --during the SAME civil war in which , until the battle of gettysberg in pennsylvania , summer of 1863 , the south was invading the north--taking the fight to the northers on the north's own territory--yet the supreme court did not believe this to be a dire enough emergency to justify the suspension of this crucial ingredient to due process of law .
habeus corpus has been the cornerstone of english law since 1215 with the signing of the magna carta which put permanent limits upon the powers of the english king , preventing him from doing things like... ummm...throwing people into prison on a whim , without due process of law and jury trials...duh...
so old king georgie dubya bush has proven to be more of a tyrant than his predecessor , king georgie the third...it could very well be time for a second "declaration" , and all that went with it, but hardly a peep from most americans made fat , unhealthy , stupid and apathetic by modern day "bread and circuses" designed to pacify the masses--a pacification of the masses that would also put the attempts of the most decadent of roman emperors to shame.
the Us middle class steadily slides backwards into poverty , while high paying jobs slip out of the country , the statisticians tell us what we've known all along in our gut , but seem afraid to admit --that economically we are not as well off as our parents were , who in their day could still support a family on one income --now it takes two paychecks to support a family--and has for some time .
We are working not only more hours , but because of computers , also working more efficiently than our counterparts in places like western europe --yet the Us middle class' standard of living--like the Us dollar , has been steadily in decline .
as we slip closer to third world status , while america seems determined to become a second-rate nation --the slipping away of our rights is almost as rapid as the loss of our dollar's buying power --yet hardly a peep from the "endangered" , at risk masses --despite this "long train of abuses" --umm...i'll have to finish this post later --re-runs of last season's "american idol" are on ...gotta see if "taylor" still won...
posted by dsekou at 4:17 PM
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X-celent post man. That video says it all.
thanks for the "post" comment bruh ...and on the video ,that olbermann cat seems to be one of the few in mainstream media without his nose up the whitehouse's collective arse .
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