Happy "What-Where-Whom" Day?
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Just when you thought that May 1 couldn't get any worse (i.e., qua "May Day"), it gets worse:
--Politically motivated firings of apolitical United States Attorneys.
--Warrantless spying on American citizens on American soil.
--An unrelenting and unrepetant war against the separation of church and state.
--A ceaseless celebration of bigotry and continued calls for fundamentally unequal treatment under law of an insular minority of American citizens.
--Validating the contrived and unconscionable radical social conservative mania over the fiction of "activist judges."
--Eighty-two admittedly innocent detainees (refugees?) stuck at Guantanamo because no country will take them (or — get this — because the U.S. fears that they may be tortured in their home countries). Recall, for perspective, that a principal Warrior on Terror once insisted that everyone in Guantanamo is guilty — especially the ones who commit suicide (with more likely forthcoming).
And that's just the teaser trailer.
It almost makes May Day seem attractive.
More thoughts from Ruth Marcus.
For Discussion: How do you plan to observe Law Day?
*Interesting that the president omitted the usual "Year of Our Lord" nonsense that he usually appends to these gobbledygook proclamations. I guess he figures that his radical Evangelical theocrat friends won't be reading this one. And he's probably right.
Our Nation is built upon the rule of law and guided by our founding promise of freedom, equality, and justice for all. Law Day is an opportunity to celebrate the Constitution and the laws that protect our rights and liberties and to recognize our responsibility as citizens to uphold the values of a free and just society.So let's review this Administration's respect for "Law Day" --
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, in accordance with Public Law 87-20, as amended, do hereby proclaim May 1, 2007,* as Law Day, U.S.A.
I call upon all the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I also call upon Government officials to display the flag of the United States in support of this national observance.
--Politically motivated firings of apolitical United States Attorneys.
--Warrantless spying on American citizens on American soil.
--An unrelenting and unrepetant war against the separation of church and state.
--A ceaseless celebration of bigotry and continued calls for fundamentally unequal treatment under law of an insular minority of American citizens.
--Validating the contrived and unconscionable radical social conservative mania over the fiction of "activist judges."
--Eighty-two admittedly innocent detainees (refugees?) stuck at Guantanamo because no country will take them (or — get this — because the U.S. fears that they may be tortured in their home countries). Recall, for perspective, that a principal Warrior on Terror once insisted that everyone in Guantanamo is guilty — especially the ones who commit suicide (with more likely forthcoming).
And that's just the teaser trailer.
It almost makes May Day seem attractive.
More thoughts from Ruth Marcus.
For Discussion: How do you plan to observe Law Day?
*Interesting that the president omitted the usual "Year of Our Lord" nonsense that he usually appends to these gobbledygook proclamations. I guess he figures that his radical Evangelical theocrat friends won't be reading this one. And he's probably right.
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1 May 2007
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