Oppose the Bush Torture Bill - send a message to Congress & bush

[Sapphire Blue]

From Faithful America (http://www.faithfulamerica.org)...

Oppose the Bush Torture Bill

President Bush has introduced a bill (H.R. 6054; S. 3861, the “Military Commissions Act of 2006”) that would change how detainees will be tried and whether torture and degrading and humiliating treatment by U.S. personnel will be allowed. If this measure passes - if it even comes close - our reputation and credibility abroad will be forever tarnished. Our soldiers will be placed in even greater peril. At home, our identity will be compromised and our nation weakened from within.

We stridently oppose this measure and ask that you join us in raising the roof in Washington with emails and calls to both the House and Senate calling for a decisive defeat of this shameful bill. After taking action, please forward this email to as many friends and colleagues as you can.

Please take action: http://ga3.org/campaign/Bushtorturebill

[bdamomma]

1. done and thanks

[rodeodance]

2. rec.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Done.

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[tanyev]

5. Tsk, tsk. Mind your grammar.

[redqueen]

6. No, actually, under Bush's leadership, torture is now acceptable.

Or at least they're fighting really hard to make it so.

They've committed a crime by condoning torture. You know that, don't you?

[TahitiNut]

7. Some reichbot imbeciles swallow anything.

Maybe I should say ALL reichbots are imbeciles, willing to swallow anything for their Dear Leader?

Go enlist, son. Why waste all ten of those IQ points?

[Sapphire Blue]

8. Is this what's called a 'suicide run'? 5... 4... 3... 2...

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[liberalmuse]

9. Done! n/t

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[chat_noir]

10. Presbyterians speak out against torture

As members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), we declare that the following acts shock the Christian conscience and are a cause for Christian repentance:

1. torture and related violations of law by military and civilian agents of the government of the United States in the maltreatment of persons detained at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib Prison, and elsewhere;

2. forcible transportation of persons into the custody of nations with known records of brutality and torture. (See Minutes, 2004 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly, Part I, pp. 902, 903.)

As citizens of the United States, members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), we openly admit our shame at allegations and disclosures of these acts and condemn such acts as a repudiation of the high standards of decency and morality to which our nation has historically held itself, its officials, officers, and armed forces.

Justice, fidelity to the rule of law, affirmation of the moral authority and honor of the United States and of its armed forces, and the preservation of an open democratic society demand the following:

1. That an independent inquiry be conducted into whether any official or officer of the United States government bears direct or command responsibility for having ordered or participated in violations of law in the mistreatment of persons detained by the government of the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib Prison, or elsewhere, or in transporting persons into detention in nations with known records of brutality and torture, and that the findings of such inquiry be entered into the public record.

2. That violations of law in the mistreatment of persons detained by the government of the United States or transported by it for detention in nations with known records of brutality and torture cease, and be prosecuted and punished regardless of the rank or station of the offender.

http://les-pcusa.org/Item.aspx?IID=85&

[MNWild]

11. I added the following comment to the boiler plate message:

I also strongly object to any bill that would strip anyone of basic human rights, especially habeas corpus rights which have been afforded to detainees as a protection against unchecked police powers for at least 800 years. No enemy is dangerous enough to warrant our abandonment of the very foundations of the civilization we claim to be protecting.

As I read here yesterday, Specter/Levin have sponsored an amendment that would preserve detainees' right to challenge the reasons, if any, for their detention.

[Sapphire Blue]

12. Good comment! Welcome to DU, MNWild!

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[Sapphire Blue]

13. Thanks to all who signed; kicking for more to sign!

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