I'm scared.

[labelleizzy]

An old friend of mine who I've just found again on Myspace, posted the following video interview with Naomi Campbell, author of The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot.

Seriously. The radio interview here (sorry I don't know how to embed) is enough that I am heading to check out the website she cites as supporting the necessary actions to:

Restore the Rule of Law
Hold the Criminals Accountable
Restore Habeus Corpus
Forbid Warantless Wiretapping
Remove Torture from "this is what we do in America"...

what the fuck happened, and how have I been so asleep as to not realize how grave the situation has become?

I'm adding SF, BBC, and Canadian newsfeeds to my blogroll.

The website is http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org.


Over the last several years, under the pretense of the "war on terror," the White House has dismantled the Constitution, concentrating power in the President and undermining the rule of law. THIS IS UN-AMERICAN.

That's why I just visited the American Freedom Campaign and signed the American Freedom Pledge to protect our Constitution and oppose giving any President unchecked power.

Please take a moment to show your support for this effort and add your name to the American Freedom Pledge. Click the following link to add your name: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/1029/signUp.jsp?key=2491


Take a minute. This is not the nation I used to pledge allegiance to when I was not in grade school.
This is not Mr. Reagan's "City on the Hill", a shining beacon of democracy.
This is not a country I am proud to be a part of.

Go read, and decide for yourself.

Please.

Comments

[dakini-grl.livejournal.com]

Add these elements to murmurs of "peak oil" and you have a very interesting cocktail. I strongly encourage you to join the American Civil Liberties Union. They help me understand the issues and they are perhaps one of the most powerful champions of the few liberties we still have. They are waging a major war over the loss of habeas corpus, and defend things like teaching evolution in schools:

http://www.aclu.org/