Election Results In Doubt!

That's a headline we didn't see, but should have. Written in an article for the Tribune Media Services in Chicago by Robert Koehler http://commonwonders.com/archives/col293.htm

He also includes this quote:
“Where there is a free press the governors must live in constant awe of the opinions of the governed.” — Lord Macaulay

It is true, we are now at the mercy of the fourth estate, and soon, I hope, they will either step up, or surely become irrelevant.

Let Facts Be Submitted to a Candid World

"The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world...

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences...

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation..."

US Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
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"The deliberate policy of this administration is to detain individuals without charge or trial in prisons at Guantanamo Bay, Bagram Air Base and other locations, where their treatment has not conformed to international standards. Donald Rumsfeld personally approved a December 2002 memorandum that permitted such unlawful interrogation techniques as stress positions, prolonged isolation, stripping, and the use of dogs at Guantanamo Bay, and he should be held accountable, as should all those responsible for torture, no matter how senior."

June 1, 2005 Amnesty International's Response to Rumsfeld
Statement of Dr. William F. Schulz, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA