Comments on: This is not my country… http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/01/09/this-is-not-my-country-2/ Politics, Philosophy, Religion... and their collisions with the real world. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:14:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: themaiden http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/01/09/this-is-not-my-country-2/#comment-50491 themaiden Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:31:41 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/?p=1418#comment-50491 Davidp The implications are staggering aren't they? Bush, by fiat, did exactly what you suggest. He stripped a citizen of his rights and poo-poo-ed habeas corpus. And America just watches. Davidp

The implications are staggering aren’t they? Bush, by fiat, did exactly what you suggest. He stripped a citizen of his rights and poo-poo-ed habeas corpus. And America just watches.

]]> By: davidp http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/01/09/this-is-not-my-country-2/#comment-50475 davidp Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:38:05 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/?p=1418#comment-50475 I have been amazed that for four years, "President Bush signed an order declaring Padilla an enemy combatant" and the American people accepted that a US citizen could be effectively stripped of his citizenship and his rights - simply on the unsubstantiated assertions of the President. It reminds me of the arbitrary powers of French kings before the revolution, and of the behaviours habeas corpus rules are directly opposed to. [I'm in Australia] I have been amazed that for four years, “President Bush signed an order declaring Padilla an enemy combatant” and the American people accepted that a US citizen could be effectively stripped of his citizenship and his rights - simply on the unsubstantiated assertions of the President.

It reminds me of the arbitrary powers of French kings before the revolution, and of the behaviours habeas corpus rules are directly opposed to.

[I'm in Australia]

]]> By: themaiden http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/01/09/this-is-not-my-country-2/#comment-49700 themaiden Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:21:46 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/?p=1418#comment-49700 Yes, Avery, it is unbelievably disturbing. I've written several post now titled some variation on "This is not my country". I could write hundreds more. I am thinking about founding a carnival on the theme. Yes, Avery, it is unbelievably disturbing. I’ve written several post now titled some variation on “This is not my country”. I could write hundreds more. I am thinking about founding a carnival on the theme.

]]> By: Avery Archer http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/01/09/this-is-not-my-country-2/#comment-49695 Avery Archer Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:34:15 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/?p=1418#comment-49695 This is deeply upsetting. I'm seriously considering having my birthplace changed to Canada. This is deeply upsetting. I’m seriously considering having my birthplace changed to Canada.

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