A political digression on "The Energy Blog". A proud patriot hadn't heard about this? Hehey.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/01/catching_up.html#comment-27687090
Ever hear of habeus corpus? The Bush administration canceled it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus
They kidnapped a Canadian citizen from a NYC airport where he was changing planes. They took him to Syria where he was tortured for months. He is now suing.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050214fa_fact6?050214fa_fact6
Point taken Harvey, the US constitution has been effectively suspended since the 2000 "appointment" fiasco. this administration does not represent anything "decent" and certainly not any kind of "democracy".