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\u2026and now our Ruling Classes are seizing the opportunity cow us into abandoning our rights to due process in panic over two guys<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As of this writing, the bomber, an American citizen,\u00a0was apparently not read his rights.\u00a0 If Obama does nothing about that, then fascists like the Rubber Hose Right will cheer, lefties will offer mealy-mouth excuses and we will have taken another step toward a lawless police state.<\/p>\n

Panic is a really bad basis for major constitutional decisions.\u00a0 If this stands and an American citizen is denied all due process because state fascists want to dispense with the rule of law, the damage men like this suspect is accused of doing to America will be infinitesmal compared to the damage Obama, McCain, and Graham do.\u00a0 Those in our government who want to obliterate due process to get after the devil are far greater dangers than this lunatic, because they wield far greater firepower.<\/p>\n

Update: The was apparently seriously wounded and so not fit to hear his rights. Fair enough. However, McCain and Graham\u2019s remarks are still ominous and we will see if Obama decides to indefinitely detain him as an enemy combatent.<\/p>\n

What McCain and Graham are effectively doing is turning every serious crime into an extension of the war on terror. If that stands, all crime can be redefined as \u201cterror\u201d and the criminal redefined as an \u201cenemy combatant\u201d and not a citizen with rights. Give that ridiculous approach it\u2019s head and you eventually get to the day where the state is declaring a shoplifter and \u201ceconomic terrorist\u201d and depriving people of their rights as part of the \u201cwar on terror\u201d. These men are dangerous police state totalitarians.<\/p>\n

Upperdate:\u00a0 The Feds are \u201csuspending\u201d his Miranda rights by invoking some anti-terrorism law that lets them \u201ctemporarily\u201d do that.<\/a>\u00a0 We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"