The Huffington Post has a piece on third world police tactics in St. Paul--busting down doors, arresting people for no reason and generally violating constitutional protections that the Bushies follow only when politically expedient. Here's the thing: why should we be surprised?
These guys have been violating the law and the Constitution since the 2000 election. They have established all types of illegal procedures that are supposed to keep America safe, and then whipped up our fears to make us look away from their illegalities. They manufacture the crisis, create fear, and then propose the illegal solution that we don't scrutinize too much because we are scared. And those few who do are labeled as unpatriotic and worse.
We've been here before. Anyone heard of Joe McCarthy, the senator from Wisconsin? Old Joe was very successful at creating a crisis--Commies under the bed--and then coming up with a solution--put 'em away using manufactured evidence and secret tribunals. Although folks were getting tired of him, as they are of Bush, Cheney and the gang, it took a government lawyer, Joe Welch, to put an end to his tactics and restore sanity, however briefly.
When will someone ask, as Welch did, "Have you no decency...?" And even if someone did ask, would we listen? Let's see if the Dems can make us pay attention and put aside our fear.
Good luck, St. Paul
