What would Pinochet do?

Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 9th, 2011 5:47 am by HL

What would Pinochet do?
Give the power to take away rights to the Secretary of Defense…you mean the name isn’t Orwellian enough?

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I have not been under the impression that we elected Salvador Allende lately, but that doesn’t mean many Republicans are giving up on a series of military men on a white horse, or to put it more in modern context the ‘military-industrial complex’:

Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are teaming up with Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee to write legislation that would take decisions about trying detainees out of the attorney general’s hands and hand that power to the secretary of defense.

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Ooh, how lovely, and by that I mean, how awesomely anti-American. Maybe eventually we can do this with Union leaders and Democrats too? After all its not like they’re important, if they were they’d be on the Sunday chat shows more often…like McCain and Graham.

Remember, its not about unraveling a republic, its just about efficiency (and making accused people stand around naked, or worse), the fact it undermines our traditional notions of justice is just a bonus for them.

To contribute to the type of organization that both Augusto Pinochet AND John McCain opposed when they were fighting against Jose de San Martin together, look here.

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Crazy Teabaggers upset someone called them crazy.
The poor and the sick have it so goddamn easy in this country.
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Disunity among the Libyan rebels.
Become an FDL Founding Member.
Crazy Teabaggers upset someone called them crazy.
The poor and the sick have it so goddamn easy in this country.
Run, Newt – run!

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