thoughts on congress' bill legalizing torture...

“The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against
terrorism. To redefine Common Article 3 would add to those doubts.
Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk.” - colin powell

everyday, i get an email of threads posted with crooksandliars.com, the link at the end of this post is one of them. follow it. you may learn something about the shady and dysfunctional family we call our government. most i actually find quite amusing, however this one bears not even a slight incling of the lightheartedness i've become so accustomed to. moreso, i would like some sort of explanation as to why, or how, a bill as grave as this could pass, let alone make its appearance on the senate floor. let me rephrase, as on the floor and kicked under a dusty file cabinet to be long forgotten would pose as the most appropriate place to hide such a dreadful thing. so, in this case i will ask how it could've gotten to the desk of every congressman employed by our ever-so-intelligent democracy.

i will say that i recognize these people to be elected officials, given their jobs by men and women no different than you or i. well, maybe no different than you, if so, you lose. as should all of the devout supporters of our current leaders' decisions on the past 5 years. blind leading the blind would not only be an understatement, but a crude insult to all blind people, using their lack of sight to describe the tom foolery going on in the halls of our capitol.

how could anyone knowingly support the torture of others, the withholding of rights, and omission of due process which this bill allows? has the majority of our nation turned to the ways of the eighteenth century and earlier? when does the drawing, quartering, and public disemboweling begin? i'd be interested to know as soon as possible in order to have enough time to pack my bags for canada.