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| DaveSZ |
Bush declares May 1st to be "Loyalty Day"
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/rele...0040430-15.html
Loyalty Day, 2004 by the President of the United States of America a Proclamation
As Americans, we work to preserve the freedom declared by our Founding Fathers, defended by generations, and granted to every man and woman on Earth by the Almighty. On Loyalty Day, we are reminded that we are citizens with obligations to our country, to each other, and to our great legacy of freedom and democracy.
We learn lessons of loyalty from the selfless dedication and unwavering allegiance of our men and women in uniform. We are grateful for their courage and willingness to sacrifice for our country, and we stand united behind them. Through the "On the Homefront" program, a USA Freedom Corps initiative, many Americans are writing to service members, contributing to the purchase of care packages to be sent overseas, and helping the families of those deployed with basic family needs such as home repairs, financial planning, and child care. By supporting our troops and their families, citizens are making a difference in their communities and showing loyalty to our country through their patriotism.
America's citizens are also demonstrating their loyalty to our Nation through volunteer service. In answering the call to serve something greater than self, Americans reflect the compassion and decency that make our country great. Through the USA Freedom Corps, my Administration is providing information about volunteer opportunities to Americans so they can give back to their communities and help their fellow citizens in need. The hard work and generosity of America's volunteers help build a culture of service and responsible citizenship that strengthens America and sets a positive example for future generations.
Over the past few years, America has once again witnessed the loyalty and character of our citizens. We must continue to ensure that our young people know the great cause of freedom and why it is worth defending. Our Founders believed the study of history and citizenship should be at the core of every American's education. By encouraging students to learn more about American history and values, we can help prepare the next generation of Americans to carry our heritage of freedom into the future. To further this goal, my Administration has created initiatives such as "We the People" and "Our Documents" to help bring the stories and documents central to our history into the modern classroom.
Loyalty Day encourages citizens to demonstrate their commitment to our country by supporting our military, serving each other, and teaching our young people about our history and values. Being an American is a privilege, and our patriotism is a living faith in our country's founding ideals and the promise of the American Dream.
The Congress, by Public Law 85-529, as amended, has designated May 1 of each year as "Loyalty Day," and I ask all Americans to join me in this day of celebration and in reaffirming our allegiance to our Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 2004, as Loyalty Day. I call upon all the people of the United States to join in support of this national observance. I also call upon government officials to display the flag of the United States on all government buildings on Loyalty Day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.
GEORGE W. BUSH |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| bush is not hitler . . .:rolleyes: |
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| occrider |
Does this work? |
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| DaveSZ |
If the president can declare an American citizen an "enemy combatant" and have that citizen imprisoned indefinitely without access to lawyers and without any hearing, then he can in fact strip any citizen of citizenship and constitutional rights at any time.
So far they've tagged public school teachers, and pro-choice women as "terrorists." The FBI has also been harassing owners of political blogs, and the creator of one famous blog is actually leaving the country out of fear of ending up like the two American citizens already being held by Ashcroft without right to trial and attorney.
The outcome of the Supreme Court Jose Padilla case will determine, in large part, whether America descends into totalitarianism or moves back to constitutional principles.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2...s/index_np.html
Above the law
The Bush administration is arguing that it has the right to lock up U.S. citizens forever -- without evidence, witnesses, lawyers or trials. If the Supreme Court agrees, will this still be America?
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By Tim Grieve
April 28, 2004 | U.S. Supreme Court justices listened skeptically last week as Solicitor General Ted Olson argued that foreign detainees being held in U.S. military facilities in Guantanamo Bay have no right to seek relief from U.S. courts. Wednesday, Olson will be back before the court, this time arguing in two historic cases that the government has the authority to lock up U.S. citizens, too -- without charges, without a lawyer, without a trial, without any rights at all -- simply by declaring them "enemy combatants" in the administration's war on terror.
Having government agents sweep U.S. citizens off the streets and into prison cells, holding them incommunicado for as long as the government likes -- it sounds like a dark fantasy of life in a totalitarian state, the kind of thing we're supposed to be fighting against in Iraq. But this is no fantasy. In the cases of Jose Padilla and Yaser Hamdi, the Bush administration is advancing a vision of governmental power that is both far-reaching and unprecedented, at least in the United States of America. And it is a vision -- like the one the administration articulated Tuesday during Supreme Court arguments on the secrecy of Vice President Cheney's energy task force -- that leaves sole discretion, sole authority, and almost unfettered power in the hands of the executive branch.
It's easy to become blasé about liberties lost in the Ashcroft era. The lines between foreign intelligence efforts and criminal investigations have been blurred; the government has more power to snoop, to search, to study your financial transactions and examine your reading habits; foreigners have been detained, immigrants deported. "There are so many things," says Elliot Mincberg, legal director for the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way.
But the administration's arguments in the Padilla and Hamdi cases have activists and analysts on both the left and the right alarmed all over again. Timothy Lynch, director of the conservative Cato Institute's Project on Criminal Justice, says the Bush administration is advancing a "sweeping theory of executive power" that could lead to "dangerous" legal precedents. "If the administration were to prevail in Hamdi and Padilla, there would be no limit to the number of people who could be arrested here totally outside the normal criminal process, people arrested without arrest warrants, people not going before judges, people being held in solitary confinement in prison facilities right here in the United States," he said.
The Cato Institute and People for the American Way seldom see eye to eye, but they do here. If the Supreme Court accepts the Bush administration's arguments in the Padilla and Hamdi cases, Mincberg says, the executive branch of the U.S. government will have "an unlimited right to put American citizens in an indefinite Constitution-free zone."
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| Tranceporter99 |
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=179593
look at that.
i didnt read your post, at all. but it seems that you think bush is hitler like because he suspended a citizen/citizens rights. well then label the rest of the united states presidents for the past 200 years. for instance kevin mitnick[a hacker/cracker] had habeous corpus[spl?] suspended and sat in jail for 6 months before being charged. |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nou
I hate this country, I want out! It was not my choice to be born here... as soon as I have the ability I am gone for good. :) |
good leave, maybe the islamic republics may give u the freedom u want:confused: |
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| YaleTrance |
| I'm leaving the US in a few months for good and applying for EU citizenship. :) |
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| Floorfiller |
| good all of you get out...perhaps if the rest of the retards, rednecks, and misc other stupid people leave we might have one hell of a country... |
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| montie |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
good leave, maybe the islamic republics may give u the freedom u want:confused: |
your so silly. |
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| Bloodflower |
| quote: | Originally posted by YaleTrance
I'm leaving the US in a few months for good and applying for EU citizenship. :) |
smart boy u are ;) warm welcome from me! :) |
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| Tranceporter99 |
| america the beautiful bitch, get out if you dont like it |
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| montie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tranceporter99
america the beautiful bitch, get out if you dont like it |
byebye |
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