He’s At It Again…

The President is An Embarassment to Americans Everywhere

We’ve discussed Bush predilections for secret military tribunals and their role in ours and other nation's histories before. Seems that after SCOTUS told him that it goes against both U.S. and International law (damn those activist judges for caring about human freedom and American rights), he just can’t get the message.

What I want to know is what is the Bush administration so scared of the world knowing? If they actually have something on these people, shouldn’t they be crowing it to the world? I didn’t see them holding any classified information back when Zarqawi was killed. Or are they just trying to look as if they are actually doing something against terrorism while covering their own incompetence. Punishing someone, anyone, without proving to the world they actually are terrorists or insurgents in the hopes that they will not be called into account for incarcerating (possibly) innocent people.

The precedent this sets in American law is disgustingly tyrannical and exactly the sort of thing we left the U.K. about. Why don’t more Americans understand their own history, why don’t we ALL know what being American means? Why doesn’t our own president?

Think about it folks, the President of the United States is asking to have secret trials where he makes unfounded and unsupported accusations against tortured prisoners.

Does this sound like America to anyone?

RIP Steve Irwin

Given the non-stop coverage this has gained, I don’t think there is much more to say about it other than he was a terrific ambassador of nature in the tradition of Marlin Perkins and David Attenborough (albeit much louder) and he will be missed.