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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