Sunday morning news was rife with talk from Republican leaning pundits
regarding Health Reform; the Israeli insult to America and the so-called
Justice Department defense of terrorist in Guantanamo.
There was so many predictions of doom to the nation by Senator Graham,
Mclauglin, Buchanan and Krauthammer that I expected any moment to hear
that Geitner had pulled a Paulson again on the Congress. I expected to see him running in Congress screaming the sky is falling. I thought I
might hear another request for a Trillion dollars. Everyone's predicting
a double dip in the economy and fiscal calamity and its all Obama's
and the Democrats fault.
Of course, no one can explain why the unemployment rates appears to be
holding steady and leaning toward going down. They ignore the fact that
business appears on an uptic. Wall St. is giving themselves more raises.
Yet, to hear them tell it, we are going over the cliff again.
The weight of the negative remarks just press me deeper and deeper until
I have to remind myself just who is doing the talking. I have to will to
look at the facts and not give credence to opinions designed to create
fear.
During all of this discussion, I heard NOT ONE word of what the Republican
party planned to contribute toward solving the problem of health care. All
I heard was how they PLANNED TO STOP IT FROM HAPPENING. I heard insults
aplenty about President Obama. I heard that he was not listening to them
and that HE REFUSED TO SCRAP HIS POLICIES AND LET THEM RUN THE SHOW.
All this was stated with a straight face and without any question as to
whether their statements sounded like the ravings of complete and utter
fools. These pundits can see no reason why Obama should not CAVE in to
their demands and stop interferring. They make it so plain.
The fact that HE is the PRESIDENT carries no weight with them. HE SHOULD KEEP STILL AND OBEY HIS REPUBLICAN betters. They dont defend him
internationally. They look for ways to cause him loss of face with other
leaders of state. Even when one British journalist on McLaughlin's show
stated that Europe thinks that the U. S. Congress is NONfunctional, it
phased the other guests not one wit. They dont care, if the country looks
inept and incompetent, they want Obama nullified. They know he has three
more years in office, they just want to make sure he is there in NAME
only. If the nation suffers, so be it. They seem to revel in any insult
to our President from any source.
The morning dragged on through THIS WEEK and more going around in circles
about the DEMOCRATS AGAIN. It was apparent that there was no concern about
the Republicans being AWOL in governing. No slams on them and their lack
of contribution to this nation, although they are being paid to legislate.
It is as if the Media wears blinders where they are concerned. No matter
their failure as a party, no one will comment. They are silent as the
nation stagnates and decays.
Finally, I watched INSIDE WASHINGTON and really had my hair stand on end
when I heard that Liz Cheney and company ie Grassley were slandering
the reputations of Justice Department attorneys who defended Guantanamo
detainees. Grassley wanted their names?
Somehow, I had always assumed that EVERYONE accused of a crime in the
territories of the United States was entitled to a defense. I thought this
was basic in our system of justice. I had NEVER heard this questioned
before now. No matter if you were accused of a murder or an act of
treason, you were entitled to a defense.
I know that accused spies like the Rosenbergs, Walker or Ames got representation. Even Timothy McVeigh had an attorney and a trial after
bombing the federal building in Oklahoma. Hundreds were injured and died
there, yet no one proposed to deny him counsel.
What is the difference between these people having representation and
trials. None of their attorneys have been singled out for special attention. Why is Liz Cheney wanting to hold up Attorney General Eric
Holder's employees as being UnAmerican for defending accused terrorists.
Why would Sen Grassley interject himself into this situation by asking
for the name of attorneys. What does he want those names for. This is
just a reminder of other incidents where REPUBLICANS have overstepped
themselves in criminal procedures taking place in the nation. There, to
me, can only be one reason for asking for the names of those attorneys
and that would be to put their names into the public arena. To single
them out to be ostracized by the Media. He wants to create another
media feeding frenzy.
Pete Domenci involved himself in trying to get Assistant Attorneys General
(Democratic) fired because they would NOT proceed in cases against his
opponents. DeLay used his office to further his agenda by making requests
of Government Agencies to find Democratic office holders from Texas who had left the state to convene on Democratic party business, if I
remember correctly.
There are instances time and again where the Republicans have abused their
offices by trying to spy on and control other people; mostly Democrats.
Now, Liz Cheney and Grassley are taking this abuse to another level. They
are bringing back the McCarthy tactis of trying to infer that other
Americans are "Communists"? maybe or possibly "traitors". Yet, certainly
imply that they are working AGAINST America by upholding American laws
and policies that have been in effect since the inception of the the nation.
Republicans, lead by Cheney and daughter are trying to tear the fabric of
this nation by UNDERMINING its basic Constitutional rights. They are
trying to nullify the laws of this land and cast aspersions on the
characters of honest and upright citizens of this nation.
These attorneys who agree to represent the accused do so out of respect
FOR THE CONSTITUTION, GOVERNMENT and the PEOPLE of this nation. We must
not allow the wicked and the malicious to destroy our nation with lies and
deceptions.
We must stand against those who would corrupt our system of justice and
create chaos in our nation. We owe it to those who came before us to
maintain the laws for which they so valiantly fought.