Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Way We Were ...

Here's a really good description of the way things used to be in the western world before torture, rendition, and governmental murder became the 'in' thing.

http://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2013/02/13/obamas-secret-court-for-killing/

How quaint to think that most of us used to support the former rule of law as described in the Judge's article.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Welcome to the new Age of Tribalism

Glenn Greenwald discusses the phenomenon of 'us' versus 'them' that is behind the shabby state of politics and human rights discussions in the modern era:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/11/progressives-defend-obama-kill-list

This willful blindness to the murderous consequences of faithfully supporting your 'party' when it is the governing power applies as much to Canada as the US.

Welcome to the steep descent into the next age of tribalist thuggism.  Fear has triumphed over reason.  Things are likely to get very messy, soon.