[Cosmo Electrolux]

Me? I really don't think it's so much a dislike for Bush, or for republicans for that matter. I think that particular piece of legislation is dangerous and sets a bad precidence for us on the world stage. In my opinion, it gives our enemies, present and future, the green light to torture OUR captive soldiers....it lets the leaders of the hostile nations "interpret" the Geneva Conventions and define enemy combatants however they want to. I know, I know, they probably don't follow the Geneva conventions anyway, but doesn't his just bring us down to their level? I mean, maybe I'm just naive, but I always believed that America was above this type of brutality. Apparently, we're not. And the fact that AMERICAN CITIZENS can be detained indefinitly, the fact that habeus corpus has been suspended in those cases, the fact that hearsay can be admitted as evidence...it's kind of scary. I don't think my personal dislike for Bush has anything to do with the fear of my country becoming a police state.

and by the way, I don't have a problem with Republicans in general...I've voted for several. In fact, I'm one of the few people in the state of Alabama (Democrat, progressive, liberal, whatever) that really wanted Roy Moore to tone it down and keep his ass on the Alabama Supreme Court. Regardless of past posts, it's not about partisan bullshit, it's about our country and where it's heading. It's truly frightening to me to see the United Stated headed in this direction...we just seem to be floating and bickering amongst ourselves. It's become a "Libs are this " and "Cons are that" free for all with one hell of a lot of finger pointing.