I can no longer deny what is happening in this country. No longer can I pretend that it will be okay. Surely I thought, the American public will not willingly allow their rights to be taken away or the Constitution to be subverted at will. BUT here we are as a country on a Sunday night where a special session of Congress has been called to debate a "special" bill to allow, against the wishes of her husband, a feeding tube to be reinserted in a woman who is in a persistent vegetated state -- overturning yet AGAIN a Florida state court ruling (feels like deja vue). State's rights be damned when it suits them! Bottomline, there is no law unless "they" agree with the law.
Ladies and gentlemen these are dark days for our country. A coup is underway. Congressional boundaries are being redrawn at will, legislation is being forced through without debate, dissent is no longer allowed ... and yes, Private Ryan is pulled from the airwaves on Veteran's Day.
Who are these people who would control our lives...have us live as they do...believe as they believe!!?? This is America!! Land of the free (or so I thought).
Into whose home will the long arm of Congress and the fanatical Religious Right reach into next!!?? Yours? Mine? So it was today that I joined the ACLU.