Category Archives: Human Rights Abuse

Are human rights ignored in ‘special cases’? In the ‘war on terror’, have we given up some rights via the Patriot Act in hopes of increasing our protection from those bent on doing us harm? If we are attacked again and fear short circuits our minds, are we willing to give up more rights for the cause? Are we becoming more willing to look the other way when what used to be illegal is used against an ‘enemy’? Are citizens more willing to identify the enemy based on less and less accurate information? Will one family member turn in another as the enemy out of spite, for monetary gain, or to earn a notch on the sleeve of their national uniform? How far is too far?

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

Could a New Troop Training Regime Be In Use? Torturing Our Own

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Andy Hailey

The following includes some suppositions. As you have read, heard or seen elsewhere and may have read in this blog, torture is now standard operating procedure (SOP) for our war on terror (WOT). The Geneva Convention has been trashed. We … Continue reading →

  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5330109" target="_blank" title="Michelle Kelemen reports on the official -- and unofficial -- issues that may have influenced that decision.">Bush Administration Won't Join Human Rights Council</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5304491" target="_blank" title="The person in charge of improving the U.S. image abroad is not expecting it to get much better soon.">Hughes: No Short-Term Fix for U.S. Image Abroad</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5011464" target="_blank" title="Treat them with humanity">Will Terrorism Rewrite the Laws of War?</a>
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An American Caste System In the Works? – Rich Make Significant Strides While Poor Fall Farther

Posted on April 18, 2006 by Jim Vogas

A full-time worker making the minimum wage earns $5.15 an hour. (no raise since 1997) Last year, the CEO of Wal-Mart earned $3,500 an hour. (679 times what the minimum-wage earner makes) The CEO of Halliburton earned about $8,300 an … Continue reading →

  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5171690" target="_blank" title="The Living Wage: A Hand Up, or Bad for Business?">Ed Gordon explores the issue with economists David Swinton of Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., and Bernard Anderson, professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania.</a>
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Be Careful What We OK for Others – Majority of Americans Approve of Torture.

Posted on April 3, 2006 by Andy Hailey

Let me start off with a quote from Thomas Paine, “He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” … Continue reading →

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Over Two Hundred Detainees Released from Guantanamo – Two Were Just Satirical Writers Turned in for a Reward

Posted on March 18, 2006 by Andy Hailey

Imagine living Afghanistan where vengeance is a part of life. Add to that terrorists and their supporters mingling with your neighbors, familiar with your local traditions, acquainted with some of the local leaders, and hiding from the U.S. The U.S. … Continue reading →

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Your Guilty – I Know It and My Hand Picked Team Knows It Too

Posted on January 17, 2006 by Andy Hailey

I don’t like unauthorized wiretaps for the same reasons I don’t like random drug tests in the work place. First of all, random drug testing removes from ‘local’ management any requirement to do their job and manage their problem employees … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment04/" target="_blank" title="The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause">U.S. Constitution: Fourth Amendment</a>
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Where Bush Leads, Ohio Follows – Deeper into “1984”

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Andy Hailey

There has been plenty of news recently about the federal Patriot Act and its potential for violating our civil rights and expanding the options for identifying candidates for the terrorist watch list. However, there is state legislation in the final … Continue reading →

  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4696652" target="_blank" title="Bush Stumps for Patriot Act Renewal ">June 9, 2005 · The President visits Ohio to push for renewal of portions of the Patriot Act</a>
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Secret Prisons – Hiding Abuse The Bush/Cheney Way

Posted on November 2, 2005 by Andy Hailey

The only difference between what the President is proposing and what the terrorists have done is that they broadcast it to the world, while he hides it from the world Continue reading →

  • Recent NPR Story: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5011916" target="_blank" title="Attorneys Douglas Cox and Sarah Havens take up the cases of 11 detainees from Yemen">Guantanamo Diaries, Part 1: Gaining Trust in Cuba</a>
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Torture – Why Are We Legalizing It?

Posted on October 26, 2005 by Andy Hailey

He says to me, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.   Since President Bush has authorized authorized our mistreatment by his CIA, he has also authorized us to treat you inhumanly.” Continue reading →

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The WAWG Index

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Andy Hailey

This index attempts to ‘measure’ the extent to which the list of 14 characteristics monitored by this blog apply to the United States over time.   The index will be determined monthly as a percent change from the previous month. … Continue reading →

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The Right to Take – A Combination of Unlimited Freedom and Excessive Greed

Posted on March 27, 2005 by Andy Hailey

Labor law – right to take from union benefits without paying union dues Funding the Public – right to take citizenship benefits wihtout paying citizenship dues Gun ownership – the right to take lives with military weapons without paying for … Continue reading →

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