ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN

One of the first official acts of the new President was to sign an Executive Order that will close Guantanamo Bay Prison within a year. For the uninitiated and really stupid, it’s commonly referred to as “Gitmo” since the “common folk” are too dumb to remember such a big name. The whole concept of the prison is a little too complex (re:”long”) to discuss here so I have provided a link (Guantanamo Bay Prison).

Gitmo (hey, it’s easier to type) is a limbo where suspected enemies can be held for as long as we want, for whatever reason we want, and not have to worry about silly, annoying things like “laws” and “ethics”. It’s the modern day equivalent of the Japanese interment camps we had during World War II. It’s the Republican way of usurping the “rule of law” that they like to throw around when it suits them. You see, having such a convenient prison allows us to grab people we think may be terrorists and lock them up for as long as we like without any real proof. There are all kinds of legal issues here but it all boils down to the “Bill Of Rights” that our Founding Fathers specifically included in the Constitution to prevent exactly this kind of thing from happening.

Again, I’m not going to prove irrefutably and logically that Gitmo is a highly illegal concept that directly violates specific elements of the Constitution (not mention international law) since it’s already been done. The point of this post is to point out the ignorance and stupidity of all the whiners that are now scared to death that by adhering to the principles this country was founded on is some how going to be detrimental:

1) Closing the prison does not mean the alleged terrorists are being set free: The Republicans are once again circulating rumors to instill fear in to the general population. In case you’re unaware of it (as most Republicans seem to be) we have plenty of prisons in the US. Maximum-security prisons. Places that no one can get out of. You know all those serial killers, child-molesters, rapists and other heinous criminals we catch? We put them in prison right here on our own soil and, you know what, they don’t get out.

2) Once they’re transferred to US prisons they get certain rights that didn’t have in Cuba, don’t they? You bet they do. As most Republicans don’t seem to understand, that’s the whole purpose of the Bill of Rights. It’s designed to prevent abuses by the government. Some people seem to think it’s a good idea to let them practice abusing non-citizens before they take the next step and use their authority on you.

3) Terrorists want to kill you and me. They don’t care who are or what you do, they want you and me dead. They want to destroy you and you’re way of life. Hey, wait a minute, if we imprison people without a trial and due process then that means they are destroying a few of our fundamental values! By supporting the detention of suspected criminals you are surrendering to terrorist threats. You are letting them win.

4) If you can’t grasp the reality and logic of the above, you may be able to comprehend at least one cold, hard fact: Gitmo isn’t working anyway. That’s totally and indisputably true. Out of the 600 some prisoners previously released, some 10% of them are considered to be actively engaged in terrorism now. I’m hard-pressed to see that as successful. And just to satisfy all you Republicans out there, now we can kill ‘em, no questions asked.

The key factor determining the rightful closure of the internment camp is that by its very existence the values of the 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments have been ignored. If the mission of the terrorists is to disrupt our way of life, they have succeeded. And Republicans, as a group, have shamed and contradicted themselves by voicing their objections. For a group so adamant about protecting their 2nd amendments rights they don’t appear so concerned about a whole fistful of other ones.

The choice for President Obama wasn’t a difficult one…after all he swore to uphold the Constitution. You may want to try and argue that those rights apply to American citizens but not only would you be a Republican, but you’d be wrong, too. The Supreme Court already said as much. You know, the Supreme Court? They’re part of the Constitution, too.

There definitely is a very remote possibility that closing the prison camp may have some negative effect, but that’s the price you really pay for freedom. It’s one thing to sit at home supporting the troops and trying to validate their deaths by saying their fighting for our freedom, but it’s quite another thing when you think there is some remote possibility that your precious butt might be in danger. In that case, way too many people are willing to give up their freedoms. Things like this are way too complicated for most Republicans to understand but that is the way it is. Facts are facts.

MY FIRST AND ONLY APOLOGY (Most Likely)

Unfortunately, too many people may disagree with the posts that will be made here. Sorry about that, but I really do know better then you about almost everything. I can’t totally disregard the possibility that I may make a mistake, but I will make any necessary corrections. Yeah, and in the unlikely event that actually happens I’ll apologize then, too.

In the meantime, try and absorb all the logic and common sense being presented here and tell your friends. There’s no sense in wasting all the pearls of wisdom that I’m posting in such a succinct and clever fashion. The more people that realize what things really mean, the better.

This is intentionally vague since it’s the first post and probably nobody will be reading it (at least not initially). The keen observations I will be making will mostly center on society and politics but I’ll make the occasional foray in to more mundane topics.

For instance: The USA network is showing a “House” marathon today. For some strange and totally inexplicable reason (other then the network is being run by idiot executives) they are showing the episodes out of order. Seriously, how can any programmer be so fucking stupid (oh yeah, did I mention that at some points I may be using “adult language”?) that they would do that?

As I said, the total ineptitude of the programming of idiot television network executives is mundane, but it surely (and by that I mean “absolutely”) is proof that just because somebody has a somewhat prestigious job and makes a lot of money doesn’t mean they’re not a complete asshole. Examples such as this occur every day in life. And I’m not letting anybody off the hook, and neither should you.