Am I the only one who sees this?

Yesterday, I was disgusted by news that the “bin Laden” driver’s shadow court case was coming to a close. The case is based on coerced or secret evidence that wouldn’t see the light of day on the mainland. Apparently, even though it is on sovereign soil the federal government’s own rules don’t apply to them outside of the 50 states. That is disgusting enough. Then I read that, regardless of whether he is acquitted or not, he will not be going free. We intend to keep a hold of him for the rest of his life.
Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell on Aug 5, 2008 (pasted from the DoD website)
Q A quick follow-up on Hamdan there, on what you were saying on the trial. To critics who say -- what do you all say to critics who say that even though he goes through the trial, depending what the jury says, if he's guilty or not guilty -- if he's not guilty, he still stays in prison. How do you respond to that being what's considered a fair trial?

MR. MORRELL: Well, he would be -- even if he were acquitted of the charges that are before him, he would still be considered an enemy combatant and therefore would continue to be subjected to -- subject to continued detention. Of course, that said, he would also have the opportunity to go before the administrative review board and they could determine whether he is a suitable candidate for release or transfer. But in the near term, at least, we would consider him an enemy combatant and still a danger and would likely still be detained for some period of time thereafter.

But he could, of course, then challenge his enemy combatant status through the courts as well. And for more on that -- I think on the particulars of the legal process, I'd refer you to the Department of Justice.

As I read that, I thought. Aha! Now everyone will see these “tribunals” for what they really are, staged productions to appease the american people. Nope. Turns out noone actually cares.

So today I open my computer, and what should I see but some bullshit that bush intends to spew from Taiwan. He is going to speak about china’s awful detention policies. Does it detain them too long, George? Or does it detain the wrong ones? Perhaps if they concentrated on detaining only the “radical Muslims” you wouldn’t have to say anything at all.

Does no one else see the hypocrisy? Am I really much of a radical?

Obama vs Clinton (the basketball version)

In this time of the NBA playoffs, I was struck by the fact that a basketball team can’t spin the way it plays to achieve victory. If the primary between Hillary and Barack were a basketball game, this would be the story in the paper the following morning.
BOTH TEAMS DECLARE VICTORY!
Last night in an amazing quadruple overtime time game, Hillary Prep School faced Obama High. The final score of the game was Obama 184 Hillary 168. In the postgame press conference the Hillary coach stated that she believed the final score did not reflect the actual victor. She was quick to point out that her team had possession of the ball 51% of the time to the Obama team’s paltry 49%. She also brought to light the fact that 2 of her players were forced to sit out the game due to the fact that they broke team rules prior to the game. She believed that had they been able to play, the outcome would be different. She thought that an automatic adjustment of score should be done to reflect this. After being questioned by a reporter, she also stated that due to the volume and rhetoric of some of the Obama fans, he could not win the championship. Therefore, she should be given the victory by the conference administrators. The Hillary assistant coach spent the night calling these administrators in an effort to get them to overturn the actual score. It would appear that this game will not be put to rest for some time. When a resolution is finally found, it will no doubt have come from the smoke filled rooms of the past, rather than the open dialogue sought by so many of today’s sports fans.

This comparison would apply with any sport in the world. Rule breakers cannot be rewarded by the rule makers without losing face. Old style politics cannot be allowed to overtake the fresh view of a young, invigorating form of politics. I will not vote for Hillary if she is nominated, and I can think of no one better than Obama to lead the country through the tough times and tough decisions that my generation will be forced to make.