How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg. | |
— Abraham Lincoln | |
[Congress passed a law (The National Defense Authorization Act), which President Obama signed, that allows the U.S. Government to detain and hold – indefinitely – any American citizen without trial, simply by declaring the citizen a “terrorist”. | |
I now have a new understanding of Janis Joplin: “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose…“ | |
Oh, but don’t worry. We have a promise from the President that his administration will never exercise this authority. I feel sooooo much better. Don’t you? — kmab] | |
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January 5, 2012 by kmabarrett
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Nope, I really don’t feel better…