NDAA

It is ASTONISHING that our Congress allowed this.  If you don’t know what happened, not only did Congress authorize the indefinite detention of American citizens suspected of terrorism, or being an accomplice in terrorism, but tried to allow it even AFTER acquittal in a jury trial.  This subverts both the letter of and intent of our Constitution.  I could be accused of something vague tomorrow–an accusation never made public, and made to disappear. This is the law on the books in America TODAY.  If this doesn’t frighten you, you are stupid.

What John “fucking imbecile” McCain and somebody else wanted was to make it the law that if I were charged with something, underwent a formal trial, was found not innocent, I could STILL be made to disappear.  In this country.  That proposal was just made in the last week or two.

The ONLY reason they didn’t get it is Sen. Rand Paul used his power as a member of the body to demand that the vote be recorded.  Apparently our lawmakers, the highest power in the land, can play the part of weasels when they want to and voter for things without accepting accountability for them.

We are fortunate to have Sen. Paul there.  We need honest men.

What we have to ask is why Congress is populated with such craven and unprincipled men.  Romney did not oppose this act.  Why?  We need to be clear: we have TRIALS for people accused of crimes.  No one is proposing the guilty go free.  But we are not a banana republic.  We don’t have “desaparecidos”. 

Why the FUCK are these jackasses so stupid?  Even suspected nuclear terrorists, or biological agent terrorists, need to undergo trial.  This is otherwise a short trip to full blown Fascism, and I use that word clinically.