Sanity and Respect

Although hard to find these days because of laws that are ignored or subverted,a Federal Judge has found  Unlimited Detention Un Constitutional .Sanity in recognition of the Constitution which didn't say  it was our Constitution, except if we are attacked by a bunch of basically two bit terrorists who were smart enough to take advantage of lax enforcement of our laws and the arrogance of a President who ignored a written warning even after being alerted by the outgoing President about the seriousness of the catalyst of the event,OBL.State Department,FBI,Defence Department,hell everyone had imput that strongly suggested this Fanatic was going to try again to score.W paid no attention and removed many who attempted to plead their case.
The loss of thousands of innocent Americans and Foreign Nationals who died as a result of the fall of The Towers was a cowardly tragic episode that vaulted this asshole OBL to Terrorist Rock Star status,but it was not his only success.
He managed to begin the Desecration of the Constitution of the United States and the abuse of the Bill of Rights.The Soul of America,those values that set us apart from so many other Nations whose view of morality was low on the list of attributes but  were the aspirations of so many other Nations striving to follow in our steps and proud to be friends and Allies to us.The whole World were in abhorrence of what had been perpetrated upon us even the Government of Iran expressed it's disdain for what had been done.

Our response was ,in my opinion,swift,decisive and justified as the Taliban refused to give up the Superstar and would have been over in a matter of weeks except for the arrogance and ineptitude of Donald Rumsfeld. But I digress.

The Patriot Act enacted by the 107th Congress(passed in the House by 357 to 66 (of 435) and in the Senate by 98 to 1, with Russ Feingold the only opposition ) is one of the worst wounds ever inflicted upon the Bill of Rights and our Constitution.It was a knee jerk response sold to the American Public at a time when they were most vulnerable and in need of true leadership, not calculated partisan politics.The few brave enough to point this out were quickly labeled as un Patriotic scum undeserving of voicing their argument and drummed out of the public domain(Phil Donahue led the way I think)

The Television Media totally failed as any type of "Fourth Estate"endeavors failing to delve into the bull being fed us all in a daily subversion of the facts.Few Newsprint outlets faired better but more tried than did TV.

There were/are parts of the Act that were indeed helpful and needed,but that does not cancel the egregious un American,Draconian parts. And when given a chance to correct these, Congress did not have the respect for our Values to amend the act.

A Federal Judge did his job today and followed the Law. Indefinite detention is not what America is about. And it is UN CONSTITUTIONAL. The damage done to our respect in the International Arena due to this violation of our Own laws as well as treaties we ignored to enforce it, will be remembered and at some time used against us, literally. Morally,it has already had it's effect,as long time Allies and friendly Nations became disillusioned and the Populace of those Nations saw us through a new view of a hypocritical Society after hoping,as I did,that a new President,Obama,would bring us back to our beliefs. Sadly little changed. Partly because he did not push enough as well as Republican obstruction.

But today a new reason to hope emerged. Sanity and Respect.