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Showing posts with label civil rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil rights. Show all posts
4.26.2010
3.09.2010
McCain & Lieberman; class acts
Enemy Belligerents Act
The legislation by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., would result in banning all civilian trials for terror suspects who have been classified as enemy combatants and forcing their cases into military commissions.
The bill lays out "comprehensive policy for the detention, interrogation and trial of suspected unprivileged enemy belligerents who are believed to have engaged in hostilities against the United States by requiring these individuals to be held in military custody, interrogated for their intelligence value and not provided with a Miranda warning," according to a release from McCain's office.
"Unprivileged enemy belligerents considered to be a 'high-value detainee'" would be required "to be held in military custody and interrogated for their intelligence value by a High-Value Detainee Interrogation Team established by the President," the release states.
Interestingly, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has reservations.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., expressed reservations about the bill, saying he "understands what John and Joe are trying to do." But the former military lawyer added, "I just don't feel comfortable with it. There is a role for the civilian courts to play."
[Source]: fox news
[My Response]: call me a liberal, be my guest. That's your right. The freedom of speech. Everyone has rights. This bill is ridiculous. The detainees have the right to have rights in the first place. Despite their crimes, they are human; just as you and I are. They may have committed inhumane acts but they are humans just as we all do. My words don't go very far but I'm saying something because I feel the need to. End of discussion. I say what I want because I have THE RIGHT TO! That's one right the government doesn't have; to take away anyone's rights.
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The legislation by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., would result in banning all civilian trials for terror suspects who have been classified as enemy combatants and forcing their cases into military commissions.
The bill lays out "comprehensive policy for the detention, interrogation and trial of suspected unprivileged enemy belligerents who are believed to have engaged in hostilities against the United States by requiring these individuals to be held in military custody, interrogated for their intelligence value and not provided with a Miranda warning," according to a release from McCain's office.
"Unprivileged enemy belligerents considered to be a 'high-value detainee'" would be required "to be held in military custody and interrogated for their intelligence value by a High-Value Detainee Interrogation Team established by the President," the release states.
Interestingly, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has reservations.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., expressed reservations about the bill, saying he "understands what John and Joe are trying to do." But the former military lawyer added, "I just don't feel comfortable with it. There is a role for the civilian courts to play."
[Source]: fox news
[My Response]: call me a liberal, be my guest. That's your right. The freedom of speech. Everyone has rights. This bill is ridiculous. The detainees have the right to have rights in the first place. Despite their crimes, they are human; just as you and I are. They may have committed inhumane acts but they are humans just as we all do. My words don't go very far but I'm saying something because I feel the need to. End of discussion. I say what I want because I have THE RIGHT TO! That's one right the government doesn't have; to take away anyone's rights.
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2.28.2010
black history article.
"A white man is a white man. Let him be white. A black man is a black man. Let him be black. Just watch the way they treat you as a human being. Treat folks right, and respect them the way God would have you do. Let history take care of itself." - Ethel Darden of Hyde Park, Illinois.
Ethel Darden is 110 years old. she was born on feburary 17, 1900. her age is astonishing and as is her long-term memory. this wonderful southern native remembers growing up around jim crow laws and the fight for civil rights. she has sang for and marched with Martin Luther King Jr.
she has no diseases and is in full health. she speaks about how when the civil rights act was passed, how free at last she felt. she has said she's lived a good life.
she doesn't quite call it 'black history' month. to her its just history. ethel darden came from a family of educators and she is a tied with another super centenarian; in being the oldest resident in Illinois.
[source]: yahoo.com
Ethel Darden is 110 years old. she was born on feburary 17, 1900. her age is astonishing and as is her long-term memory. this wonderful southern native remembers growing up around jim crow laws and the fight for civil rights. she has sang for and marched with Martin Luther King Jr.
she has no diseases and is in full health. she speaks about how when the civil rights act was passed, how free at last she felt. she has said she's lived a good life.
she doesn't quite call it 'black history' month. to her its just history. ethel darden came from a family of educators and she is a tied with another super centenarian; in being the oldest resident in Illinois.
[source]: yahoo.com
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