So, this blogging thing was more work than I thought it would be. I'm probably not going to renew (boo hoo). Not a big deal, as I don't think anyone ever saw this blog. I'll continue on anyway. I've got about a month left, maybe something can come of it, if I have the determination to stay with it...
So, it's late October now. Daylight Saving begins (or ends, I can't remember) soon, and mid-term elections are coming up. What to do, what to do.
I'm not sure.
I'm never sure until I'm in the booth. Right now, I'm thinking that even though I have largely supported the President (I supported Clinton too), I'm going to have to vote Democratic for Congress. I still have a little homework to do on the issues, but I want to go that way.
Why? I want the Democrats to take back control of Congress. No, it has nothing to do with Mark Foley. That sicko could have just as easily been a Democrat. It's the recent bills that have passed.
The first one that made me ask WTF was the one where Congress voted that the President had the power interpret the Geneva Conventions. One man. What he says is the law. Wasn't this country founded so that this wouldn't happen? The Geneva Conventions have been around since 1949. Shouldn't we have an interpretation by now. If not, shouldn't the Supreme Court do the interpetation? I'm no expert, but the Geneva Conventions, since we ratified them, are essentially international law.
The second one that caught my attention was the Anti-Terrorism Law that Bush signed this week. I'm all about holding terrorists. I don't think torture is reliable, though strong interrogation is. The part that really got me is the one about not requiring ourselves to charge a detainee with a crime to hold them.
I'm certainly not saying to let potential terrorists free, but at least tell them what they are being held for. That is a basic tenant of US justice. It's what this country stands for. I know these people are not citizens, but if we really believe in our system of justice, shouldn't we believe in it for everyone? I do.
So, Democrats in '06. Who knows in '08.
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