The M.C.A, Martial Law, and erosion of our Constitution

[HCE SuiGeneris]

A frog will die if placed in boiling water (obviously), but frogs will leap out of boiling water, so instead you slowly raise the water temperature by a fraction of a degree a day until the frog is dead. He didn't even see it coming.

These laws (aPublic Law 109-364, or the "John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007" (H.R.5122) and the M.C A. are only part of the problem, it was a long slow drive to where we are now, beginning I think with the repeal of the "fairness doctrine" which required broadcasters to allow for all points of view. With the fairness doctrine out of the way ideologues like Rush Limbaugh were free to interpret the facts to the liking of their side of the aisle, and convince millions of Americans that this version of the story was the true one: "We are winning in Iraq!" despite all empirical evidence. America has gotten partisan to the point that you can choose which news broadcast fits your view, congressmen cannot cross party lines without incurring the wrath of their party leaders, and one side calls the other side "traitors" perhaps as a precursor to rounding them up. If you think the US is only torturing and holding "terrorists", fine, but what proof do you have either way? Nobody knows for sure WHO'S incarcerated in the secret prisons, so how do you know only the guilty are imprisoned? This is a great leap of faith, and America was founded on the idea that the people shouldn't put too much trust in their leaders, otherwise we would have elected kings and not short-term caretakers.
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Original post by blogger "ilyich" in comments at: at http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/911