Thursday, March 07, 2013

A Requiem for Your Rights

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A Requiem for Your RIghts by Arthur Metcalf

I realize that there are plenty of folks who don't agree with a lot of what Rand Paul has to say. I'll also add that there are plenty who do. Anyway, Rand Paul took the opportunity of the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA to make a stand for the rights of those who support him and those who don't. As an American, you are entitled to due process and a trial by jury. The idea (with legal justification from the same clowns who dreamed up "Fast and Furious") that targeted killings of AMERICAN CITIZENS via drone strikes ON U.S. SOIL might rear its head and be justified is a potentially very serious attack on the Constitutional rights of Americans. I wouldn't care what party dreamed this up. That is immaterial. What matters is that your due process and right to a trial by jury are potentially in jeopardy. The Constitutional protections afforded American citizens have applied to even the worst serial killers in history. Are we going to now leave it up to some secret ruling/government organization that those protections don't apply? I sure as hell hope not...