Have we lost our sense of decency forever?

Below are my latest posts to the Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) web blog site entitled The People's Blog for the Constitution.

The first one discusses how there are those brave and persistent souls who keep trying to hold Bush and his cronies accountable for the obvious human rights violations they perpetrated on mankind. It is incomprehensible that these jokers have not been indicted and tried for such egregious behavior. There is a great picture within the article of a wanted poster that has Bush's face on it and the headline "War Criminals Not Welcome Here!" I love it!

 It is astounding to me that Bush's cronies like Jose Rodriguez, "the high-ranking CIA official who ordered the destruction of 92 videos showing the agency’s interrogation of Terrorist suspects," can not only get away with such major criminal behavior but can write books and go on national TV to promote themselves! That is just sick.

My second post concerns the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). I've linked to two articles. One explains basically what CISPA is, why should we care, etc., and the other posits that without corporate influence the bill is likely to pass. Real quickly,

The act, sponsored Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., would make it easier for private corporations and U.S. agencies, including military and intelligence, to share information related to “cyber threats.”

The bottom line is that, once again, if something adversely affects the ordinary citizens of this country, they just don't have the pull to counter those with money and influence who want passage of a bill. Even if there is a marked majority of the citizenry against it! The weak, mealy-mouthed members of Congress are just content to take the money and run with the votes, regardless of the actual benefits or hindrances of the bill.

If we ever right this ship called the United States of America, what will our descendants have to say about this era? Truly we are living in an "Alice in Wonderland" existence at this time. I can never understand how the people of this great country can be so blase about issues that are tremendously antithetical to the decency of us all.