Interesting and informative article on the American prison system. As of December 31, 2006, American prisons held 2,258,983 inmates in prisons. In 2005, about 1 out of every 136 U.S. residents was incarcerated either in prison or jail. Much of this is because of the ‘war on drugs’.
A recent poll showed that 68 percent of Americans said water-boarding was torture. And that result is from CNN, a particularly right wing corporation. Imagine all the people who do not participate in CNN surveys. I expect the result would be even higher than 68 percent in that case.
The senate have recently passed legislation to ban water-boarding, regardless of Bush saying he will veto the vote, on his usual, pathetic, lazy stance that it will encourage ‘terrorism’. Yes, because kidnapping, arresting, then illegally torturing foreigners (and Americans) without fair trials is keeping terrorism down. Well done Bush, you ignorant liar.
Bush also said that they are placing to much trust in the intelligence ‘community’, by placing their trust into the hands of left-wingers. Of course! How silly and solipsistic it is to trust people who believe in equal rights, habeas corpus, and the constitution…
Another recent line of Bush is:
‘The American people will find it baffling that on a day that House leaders are trying to put off passing critical legislation to keep us safer from the threat of foreign terrorists overseas, they are spending scarce time to become the first congress in history to bring contempt charges against a president’s chief of staff and lawyer’
No, Bush, the American people will finding baffling in the future, to think that someone as authoritarian and evil as you could get into power. That’s the confusing part.
57 percent of likely voters also oppose telecom immunity. In a real democracy, the majority call goes through. But the USA is not under a democracy. It is under despotism.
I can’t wait for Bush to get out of power. The world is getting tired of his ridiculous, irrational decisions and comments. Obama will be a breath of fresh air for the world if he comes into presidency, because the statue of liberty must be pretty depressed right now.
The war machine keeps spitting out propaganda to the masses
Inventing enemies to keep the public waving flags
Wizardry, it can be called, to conjure up evil people out of dust
To gain the ignorant public’s allegiance.
They feel fear, and suddenly,
They’re asking for your guidance,
And as usual, you exploit their concern,
And use it as an excuse to police the globe
All it takes is a mindless propaganda,
It’s enough to make you hurl.
Now America is dominating the Earth,
And we’re on the brink of a nuclear WW3
What will it take before we stop
This egoistic, imperialist fallacy?
Bush and his cronies,
With the country blissfully dumb,
Can bomb whoever they want,
And steal ANYONE’S oil supplies
Whenever questioned, they just reply,
‘Terrorism is ubiquitous in these times’
Despite the fact,
Most of us know
There’s practically no terrorist threat
Thy continue their bloodthirsty massacres
And drive Earth into modern slavery
Controlled by a puppet master,
A fascist autocracy.
Yes, the war machine is at work,
Telling stories of boogie men,
To justify the torture of innocent people,
The bombings on small villages,
The invasion of any countries the administration choose to label them simply as ‘terrorists’.
They scare us, into accepting the murder of children and women in the middle east,
the transformation of what was once a democracy into a police state,
A despotic nation of unpatriotic fools,
Unconstitutional crooks
And war criminals.
Bush has got his finger on a red button, labeled ‘complete domination’
He’s pressing it,
While the public is distracted with celebrity gossip,
Oblivious to the moves being made.
Oblivious to the blatant disregard for international law and the Geneva Conventions.
Why is the public not questioning this evil coercion? Or these atrocities that lie before us.
There appears to be no wisdom anymore, only fear. We are covering our own eyes, we are sedating ourselves, we are poisoning our minds with filth that overpowers the truth.
The King Bush administration is ruining the world, is polluting our planet with lies and hypocrisy. Peace is a distant memory that has been erased. They are intoxicated with selfish power.
And the war machine continues to manufacture greed and deception, continues to take advantage of the docility of the majority. How long before we arise? How long?
