Feds Want to Jail Bloggers
by Ian Mosley
In an alarmingly short period of time, George W. Bush has seriously undermined the Bill of Rights and paved the way for the US government to arrest political dissidents without any specific charges and to whisk them off to secret prisons in Third World nations where they could be tortured and imprisoned for the rest of their lives. The Soviet gulag system is being speedily transplanted to the US and very little has been done so far to stop it.
The massive defeat of the GOP in the 2006 elections is an encouraging sign that ordinary Americans oppose Bush’s perpetual war in Iraq and shredding of the Constitution. But will the Democrats do what they were elected to do –namely end the Iraq War and overturn the Torture Bill? Or are we in for some bi-partisan tyranny?
In the latest development, bloggers who criticize the government may soon face arrest and imprisonment. If I suddenly vanish from this website, you’ll know I’m down catching the rays in Guantanamo …at least whatever rays shine between the prison bars into my cell. (more…)