What a timely, albeit unplanned, completion of my reading of Orwell's
1984. I couldn't have previously known the scary-accurate parallels between torture exacted at the hands of ("fictional") ThoughtPolice and that condoned by congressional vote this week (
S. 3930 As Amended, "Military Commissions Act of 2006").
I found myself far more emotional than I expected to be in response to the recent so-called "anti-terrorism" bill passed in Congress late Thursday, 28 September 2006. The NYT editorial section has a
great letter that summarizes certain alarming issues presented in the amended bill. (If you don't want to subscribe to NYT, the letter is partially reprinted
here -- scroll down.)
The "memorial" black screen pictured here was yesterday's altered appearance of one of my bloghaunts,
Jesus' General, an unusually sober turn from the author's typical tongue-in-cheek satire. By the end of the day, over 500 responses were listed under "pay your respects."
New days follow, however. I choose to believe in America and the
"patriotism" of
basic human rights, which she upholds. It is a setback that our senators have forgotten us, but hope is not lost. I'm emotionally exhausted. I will probably find more time/energy to write about this again soon.
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It seems there is simultaneously nothing and too much to say these days. Here's my short list of topics I wish I was updating weekly:
