When Hillary Clinton said that her husband Bill was the target of "a vast
right-wing conspiracy", her critics just laughed at her. No one is laughing
now.
Next week, President Bush will sign the "Military Commissions Act of 2006"
into law. The new legislation will repeal the central tenets of the U.S.
Constitution which require the state to charge a man with a crime before
putting him in jail, as well as the 8th amendment's prohibition of "cruel
and inhuman" punishment. The law will allow Bush to imprison anyone he
chooses and abuse them as he sees fit. It places Bush above the law, our
first American monarch.
The march towards tyranny has been calculated and relentless. Hillary was
right; it is a conspiracy. Prominent right-wing organizations have worked
tirelessly to push the country toward authoritarian government and they are
very close to succeeding. The alphabet soup of conservative think tanks and
foundations have strategically aligned themselves with the major players in
the corporate, media and banking establishments and removed most of the
obstacles to absolute power. The Military Commissions Act just
adds the final touches by eliminating habeas corpus.
why is this a "conspiracy"? it was done very openly. And it wasn't
just the right-wing coalition pushing their agenda that caused it to
happen. It was also the absence of serious opposition from the "loyal
opposition." (E.g., letting McCain _et al_ create a "compromise,"
which was quickly jettisoned, without any serious DP input.)
--
Jim Devine / "it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at
present: I am referring to ruthless criticism of all that exists,
ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it
arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict
with the powers that be." -- KM
