Some Difference! 9/17

Trey Smith

8 US Presidents can kidnap citizens of their own or any nation on earth from anyplace on the planet for torture, indefinite imprisonment without trial or murder them and neighboring family and bystanders at will. To be perfectly fair, there are distinctions between Republicans and Democrats here that don't amount to differences. Republicans Cheney and Bush got their lawyers to say these things were OK and did them. Democrat Obama got Congress to enact “laws” giving these acts a veneer of fake legality, something a Republican probably could not have done.
~ from Closer Than You Think: Top 15 Things Romney and Obama Agree On by Bruce A. Dixon ~

Not only have the current and past presidents been egregiously bad in this area, but Congress hasn't been much better! We hear politicians of both parties wax eloquently about freedom, rights, security and democracy, yet, with few exceptions, members of BOTH parties end up voting FOR the draconian measures Dixon mentions above again and again. I find it sad that, while a lot of rhetoric has been thrown about in regards to reforming the so-called Patriot Act, both Bush and Obama applied enough pressure to keep this rights eviscerating piece of legislative crap fully intact!