The State of American Political Discourse

[leftymetalhead]

It is sad, very sad.

-Only about one half of eligible voters actually vote.
-Wingnuts win elections on bullnuts like "moral values"
-Bush got re-elected, need I say more?
-Conservatives have been able to blur the line between church and state.
-Free-market capitalism is preferred to social and economic justice.
-Our president attacks the wrong countries!
-Most young people don't give a f**k about politics.


But what gets me so pissed off is the fact that Congress hasn't outlawed EMO garbage. Why must you make us suffer this way? I thought torture was illegal! AHHHHHH.

[spartacus]

leftymetalhead said:

But what gets me so pissed off is the fact that Congress hasn't outlawed EMO garbage. Why must you make us suffer this way? I thought torture was illegal! AHHHHHH.

read the patriot act II

you will have to copy and paste this to the address field on your browser, to get the whole address....

thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:S.3930:

or down load the pdf

www.infowars.com/pdfs/patriot2-hi.pdf

it's very large, 938 pages....

but to sum it up for you incase you don't want to read the whole thing ( i suggest everyone read it ), goes as follows;

In section 950j. the bill criminalizes any challenge to the legislation's legality by the Supreme Court or any United States court.

"No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider any claim or cause of action whatsoever, including any action pending on or filed after the date of the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, relating to the prosecution, trial, or judgment of a military commission under this chapter, including challenges to the lawfulness of procedures of military commissions under this chapter."

This definition allows the use of torture that is, "incidental to lawful sanctions." In alliance with the bill's blanket authority for President Bush to define the Geneva Conventions as he sees fit, this legislates the use of torture.

Further actions that result in the classification of an individual as a terrorist include the following.

- Destruction of any property, which is deemed punishable by any means of the military tribunal's choosing.

- Any violent activity whatsoever if it takes place near a designated protected building, such as a charity building.

- A change of the definition of "pillaging" which turns all illegal occupation of property and all theft into terrorism. This makes squatters and petty thieves enemy combatants.


it goes on and on......