Letters to the Editor
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Are we there yet?
So the CIA is Bush's secret police. All people in "The Party" are untouchable. We're passing laws restricting rights to scapegoated groups in this country. There are countless cases of bannings, if not burnings, of oppositional information in all media. I think Dick Durbin is right on the mark in invoking Hitler's infamy when referring to this administration.
It's clear that this administration is corrupt, operationally and morally. The involvement bleeds into all branches of government, so our so-called "representatives" will do nothing unless we demand change. Do we just sit in fear and click internet poll buttons for three years? Allow a handful of martyrs stand up and be marginalized, if not arrested, for our sins? Do nothing as thousands of people are disappearing? That's hardly better than what the German people did under Hitler.
If we don't all show up, in person, on the steps of the Congress and demand impeachment and removal of all the leadership - Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and all their henchmen - on the issue of torture, we have not learned the lessons of history.
I think that torture is the one cross-party issue that will get everyone out of their seats and on the bus. A million-man/mom march with signs and speeches is nice, but thousands of people in the halls of congressional offices demanding to be heard is better. Who knew in the 60's that the experience of taking over the college administration building could be valuable in saving the country 40 years later? Yes, it's come to that.
Bottom line - we ARE there. Lets don't wait for the concentration camps.