Archive for November 7th, 2006
I went to sleep last night in Buffalo, NY and woke up in Nazi Germany. Another one of our liberties, the right to privacy, has been suspended by our government. Beginning today, riders of the metrorail in Buffalo are subject to random screening for explosives.
Beginning Tuesday, randomly chosen carryon bags of Amtrak travelers and passengers using the city’s Metro Rail system will be swabbed and checked with portable machines capable of detecting minute traces of explosives.
Buffalo was chosen as one of the first cities to test the screening program because of its location on an international border, as well as for its relatively light rail passenger load.
We are the lucky recipients because we have an under-utilized, over-subsidized metrorail near an international border.
I have a very big problem when the government starts searching people without probable cause. I think some sort of action by citizens should be contemplated. The possibilities include boycotting the metrorail or perhaps organizing a protest ride. The protest ride would include many people and would feature civil disobedience by not allowing the searches. If anyone has any thoughts or would like to partake in this action, get back to me.
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The last-minute Surprise is a great American political tradition, but the Bush administration should get the award for the most preposterous and strategically wacky.
The death-penalty verdict against Saddam Hussein in Iraq – imposed by a US-controlled court backed by a US-protected government – was timed to give a lift to the Republicans before the elections.
But no one has yet explained why precisely the American people should celebrate what is so obviously a victory of Shiite ultras bent on establishing a fundamentalist regime. Sure, it’s fun to dance in the streets, but the Republicans might take a second look at who their partners are.
The “Islamo-fascists” that the pundit class warns us about are the group that wins if Saddam is killed. His execution virtually guarantees further civil war and American deaths. Every mother and father of an enlisted person serving in Iraq should shudder.
Further, it unleashes the Shiite death-squads against the Sunni minority, as never before, and inspires the Sunnis to step up extreme suicidal tactics, while leaving the few Christians and handful of Jews remaining in Iraq to the mercy of their sworn enemies.
And this is supposed to be good news?
Read it all here.
