I remember living in a place called America

[Bjorn Against]

I remember once living in a place called America. It was a place where justice ruled, and every person had the right to a fair trial. They had the right to an attorney, they had the right to see any evidence that would be brought against them, and they would be tried by a jury of their peers.

I remember a place called America, it was a place in which the whole country was considered a free speech zone even if the President was in the neighborhood. It was a place where reporters were free to report corruption in the highest places of power, and would not be threatened with criminal prosecution for reporting on the criminal activities of the President.

I remember a place called America, it was a place in which everyone knew that when they cast a vote that vote would be counted. There were no voting machines that could not be audited, and electoral fraud was well guarded against. No President would ever take office as a result of stealing the election, because we had the strongest democracy in the world.

I remember a place called America, it was a place in which human rights were respected and no one would ever be tortured while they were held in detention. We had a Constitutional amendment barring cruel and unusual punishment, and we even signed a treaty promising to uphold basic human rights.

I remember a place called America, it was a place in which we could talk on the phone without worrying about the government monitoring our phone calls without a warrant. If the President ever tried to monitor the phone calls of tens of millions of people without warrant he would be impeached, because no man was above the law not even the President.

I don't live in America anymore, but I didn't move. America left me. Today I weep for my lost country.

[MadMaddie]

1. Remember, Remember America was founded on the tail end

of a Revolutionary war......and if need be she will have another one...

[Joey Liberal]

3. Time to wake up the echoes of our Revolutionary War

We are under assault from yet another King George - only this time his nickname is "El Diablo".

[tblue]

2. America? Oh, yeah. I vaguely remember that place....

I honestly don't know what country I live in anymore.

[Joey Liberal]

4. We now live in "Camp Jesus" and Jesus is a neo-con

At least that's how the republicans see it.

[MadMaddie]

5. And as usual the Republicans create their own fictional reality...

[Joey Liberal]

7. Yes, MadMaddie, and its scary as hell

I tell ya, I'm so saddened by the state of this country. It reminds me of pre-WW2 Germany. The republicans remind me of Hitler's SS.

[MadMaddie]

9. Agreed.....

[tblue]

8. Don't you feel like most people go around anesthetized

by TV and malls and technology and fast food and fashion and makeup? It's like novacain injected in their brains. They don't think about anything of substance, let alone that there is torture and killing going on in their name, with their hard earned tax dollars.

As long as there's still a Target and a supermarket and a Mega Mall and pizza and iPods, everything is a-okay.

[RethugAssKicker]

6. I understand your post... but America was never

really that place... only in its documented framework...but thank God, it allowed
the Civil Rights Movement to use those documents to gain freedom FOR ALL OF US !

But no, we need to recognize that for many, this country was openly hostile towards us.
And if you were a poor white, it was hostile towards you too!!

[Bjorn Against]

10. Oh believe me I know America has always had problems

Never before however has it gone anywhere near this far. And we have a pretty nasty history when you really dig deep. However in the past it was generally true that the government did not sanction torture, there were some serious cases of very brutal police tactics but the Congress would have never passed a bill supporting torture and legalizing disappearances. This administration has crossed lines that have never been crossed before.