Habeas Corpus dies in the Senate

As you probably know, the Senate rejected the Specter amendment to the detainee bill which was designed to preserve our Constitutionally guaranteed habeas corpus rights. One Democrat, Ben Nelson from Nebraska, voted with the Republican majority. Four Republicans voted with the Democrats. So, the President will now have the right to arrest anyone, citizen or not, on his say so alone, detain them indefinitely without right to a hearing or trial of any kind, and torture them if he chooses.

It's a wonderful country we live in folks. It's almost as good as the Soviet Union under Stalin.

To make matters worse, in the House vote yesterday, 34 democrats joined the Republicans to support torture, imprisonment without trial, Kangaroo courts, and the like. Among the Dems voting for torture were prominent figures like Sherwood Brown who is running for Senate in Ohio and Ted Strickland, who is running for Governor. If they lose, now they deserve it.

Madame Lafarge, keep up the knitting.