MR. BUSH ~ TEAR DOWN GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON & ABU GHRAIB

. . . JUSTICE HAS BEEN OBLITERATED BY GEORGE W BUSH ~ COMMANDER IN CHIEF

Mr. Bush will be forever linked to Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. Not to mention his lies, Iraq and his choice of people to surround himself with.

When I was a kid, we had a next door neighbor boy who changed the rules when he didn't like how things were going in play. I read somewhere that one of George's cousins said this is how George operated when he was a kid. He hasn't changed. He does the same thing today. Don't like the law that has just been passed? He makes it okay if he doesn't want to follow it.

All I had to do to come up with information to back this up was type in the window: Bush Law signings. And there was a list of links to all sorts of articles about Bush and his law side-stepping.

Here is just one link:Bush

Bush’s contention that he can ignore provisions of the Patriot Act, whose renewal he ushered last month, has drawn scrutiny. (Jim Young/ Reuters)

Bush challenges hundreds of laws

President cites powers of his office

By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | April 30, 2006

WASHINGTON -- President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

and in Berlin (Germany) there was a screening of an Abu Ghraib film
Thursday, 13 Dec 2007
The 58th Berlin Film Festival will screen an investigative documentary about the human right's violations at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
Source: presstv

And here is a link Tear down a piece of Guantánamo Bay
Source: Amnesty International USA

Current government policy allows foreign nationals to be held in a US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as "enemy combatants," without charges and with no legal rights. The government plans to try them before military tribunals, where they can be sentenced to imprisonment or even death with virtually no review.

For what this means in practice, see the photos below of men captured in Afghanistan being transported, hooded and hog-tied, in military aircraft to Guantanamo Bay. Le Monde Diplomatique article, United States: the Black Hole of Guantanamo
A description of the physical setup of the prisons at Guantanamo
Source: guantanamo


I received the information below from Larry Cox, Executive Director of
Amnesty International USA on December 5, 2007:

The Supreme Court will hear Bush administration lawyers attempt to defend the indefensible: that the President can hold people indefinitely, without charge and without question. With fundamental human rights principles on the line let's hope the Supreme Court rejects this lawlessness and demands an end to the injustice that flows from it.

A thousand miles from the Supreme Court steps, Amnesty International will be observing another crucial hearing today. This one will take place at Guantánamo Bay and while it will get less press attention, it is no less important.

While the Supreme Court considers whether or not Congress improperly took away the writ of habeas corpus from detainees in Guantánamo, a hearing will be convened to determine whether or not Salim Ahmed Hamdan is an "unlawful enemy combatant" and subject to trial by military commission. Under the Military Commissions Act, "unlawful enemy combatants" cannot challenge the evidence brought before them or object to being convicted on evidence obtained through brutal means.

The two hearings are not unrelated.

Both challenge the administration's attacks on our system of justice. Both challenge the assertion that fear, not freedom, guides our country. But even more important, both hearings present a clear opportunity to move our nation back on track -- to a place of respect for truth, justice and liberty. As four Supreme Court Justices put it, "[I]if this Nation is to remain true to the ideals symbolized by its flag, it must not wield the tools of tyrants even to resist an assault by the forces of tyranny."

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BUSH WOULD DO BETTER WITH A GOOD DOSE OF DOUBT

President Bush has openly said repeatedly that he makes decisions and is never doubtful that he may have been wrong. Bill Maher refers to this Bush characteristic: "It must feel good to be 'dead certain' about everything. But it's not a virtue, especially when you're always wrong. Bertrand Russell said, 'The trouble with the world is the stupid are cock-sure and the intelligent, full of doubt.' Doubt is good. It suits human nature. Doubt is what makes you careful. Doubt is what makes you open to change. Doubt is why Eddie Murphy took a DNA test."

I just had a house guest for the weekend from Australia but she is living in Washington, D.C. as her husband is stationed in D.C. He is an officer in the Australian Army. As someone who works toward ending the genocide in Darfur, it is particularly interesting to me that he served in Rwanda in 1995, still a time of slaughter in Rwanda. She and I talked about Bush. It is always healthy to learn how others see our President. Admittedly I think Bush has not been a good President for the US. But the fact that how I see President Bush is quite the same as my house guest sees Mr. Bush tells me that his behavior translates clearly to other parts of the world in the same way that he translates in my mind. As I traveled Europe in 2005, I found the same true. And this was the first European trip that I have ever been treated with obvious disdain in Italy. Italy is a part of the USA coalition in Iraq, but the Italian people didn't choose to be a part of the coalition. Just their government did. While in my area at the Naval War College, a Greek military officer also shared with me his views of our President. As he said, he likes the American people, but separates our government's actions from us. He also said that "good sense" is often bypassed in the US military mode of operating.

As a part of the world, the US would be wise to care about the way we are viewed by other nation's and their people. We don't have to let it dictate our every governmental foreign policy but it would help us maneuver through our foreign relations. As is true in Iraq, the solution is not so much going to be achieved militarily, but through diplomacy in the world of governments and politics. And during the Bush administration days, diplomacy has been a foreign language that we can't speak.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vDmURpie_E
New Rules by Bill Maher September 7, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eFHEiYwiNc
Bill Maher's opening September 7, 2007
Bush called Australia Austria while he was at APEC summit in Australia. Bush also called APEC - OPEC on the same trip.


President George W. Bush joins fellow APEC leaders for the official portrait Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, in front of the Sydney Opera House. White House photo by Chris Greenberg.
Everyone has their right hand up to wave, except for George Bush. Maybe, he didn't hear the photographer's instruction to have everyone wave their right hand for the picture.
President George W. Bush, left center, joins fellow leaders during the APEC Leaders Retreat Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, in Sydney, Australia. White House photo by Eric Draper.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/09/images/20070908-5_d-0092-2-515h.html
More pictures available from this White House website.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOWu8T8F5W4
Bill Maher September 7, 2007, Following the opening with Retired Colonel Larry Wilkerson of the U.S. Army discussing Iraq

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvT4adazeOE
Ralph Nader on Bill Maher's Real Time September 7, 2007
includes the issue of Chinese recalls

http://www.smh.com.au/news/apec/bush-leaves-australia-after-apec-summit/2007/09/08/1188783563918.html
article about George Bush in Australia at the APEC summit