The Constitution 2.0 and Insanity

     

 

Somehow, the Constitution seems to have changed, perhaps with some form of invisible ink.

It now appears that the United States President has the authority to decide who should be the leader of any country worldwide.  I believe we saw the first example of this at work during the Bushes when it was decided that "regime change" (sounds so much better than "overthrow or assassinate" doesn't it?) became important for Iraq.  A figure known as Ahmed Chalabi was chosen to be the next leader of Iraq, despite his enormously widespread reputation of being an international criminal (it was o.k., it was white collar and then Jordan pardoned him).  The Iraqis proved a bit testy about that, but we, or they, had an election after we, or they hanged the previous leader and everything has been fine ever since.

Previous "regime changes" included Daniel Ortega and Noriega, the second of whom we trained at our "School of the Americas."  He apparently skipped a class or two having to do with subservience.  One of Henry Kissinger's favorites was Allende on 9/11.  Somehow, the one involving Chavez seemed not to work, but then he did recently give Barrack Obama a free book, so perhaps he is safe.

The most recent candidate is Gaddafi of Libya who just doesn't seem to understand our Constitution.  He has been told that he must go and even some of the most perceptive left-wing people I know have predicted his departure months ago and still he will not leave.  Perhaps Tony Blair with all of his recent success in the Middle East should contact him and tell him that his people do not like him?  No, bad example.  We do have to understand that the health care system is quite remarkable in Libya as a man given less than 6 months (or was it weeks) to live was sent to Libya and is still alive and well today.  (Yes, I found out about that on the BBC - gotta keep up with things, don't you know?)

Assad of Syria seems to irritate Israel, as he knows that Israel is determined never to make peace and return to the 1967 borders.  Knowing that is not so much a problem as actually saying it.  Additionally, some religious fanatics and others have been demonstrating lately and so, obviously, he is supposed to leave.  He has shown no sign of so doing.

Angela Merkel of Germany did not support the attack on Gaddafi, so there may be a need for regime change there.  So far, Obama has not commented on her so she may be safe.

We are told that there are now CIA agents in Libya.  I am not sure why we have been told that.  We have also been told that a "secret" plan has been signed by Obama, but please don't spread the word around.  After all, the Russians (hi there!) might find out and then where would we be?

I believe, also, that the constitution says that only Congress shall declare war, but hell, with electronic communication, why bother declaring it?  Just go ahead and do it.  Hell, if I had to declare everything before I did it I'd be handicapped no end.  Why restrict the President?

We have a Supreme Court (sounds as if there is none better, does it not?) that has decided that major corporations are people and hence allowed to give bribes to members of Congress.  I am not aware of that provision, but then we must remember the invisible ink.

There are a number of Amendments called the "Bill of Rights" that seem to make the treatment that Bradley Manning is receiving, which has been described as torture, even before formal charges have been filed, somewhat illegal but then our President has asked the military about it and they said "it's ok, we do it all the time," so we needn't worry.  Manning can worry, but leave us out of it.

     

In the surprise of the month, Obama announced that he will run again for President.  Gotta rub it in, eh?  I think he will be surprised by the results.  Only the Republicans can ensure his re-election. However, his Attorney General celebrated the announcement by declaring that the 9/11 trials will be military tribunals outside the U.S., near Cuba. 

  

The firm that owned the platform of the BP disaster just gave its CEO a bonus for the "safest year in history."  I'm speechless.

We seem to support Yemen.  I have to give Jeremy Scahill credit (if that's the right word) for this one: Funniest headline on Yemen today: "Indecent protest slogans brew catastrophe in Yemen" http://bit.ly/hj682N.

Moussa Koussa (Moses Gourd) is now 32 billion dollars richer than he was when he went to England.

There may be movement in Yemen as someone speaking for our government said that people shouldn’t kill their own citizens.

And finally, Obama has received an award for Transparency in government.  Nobody knows from whom, or where the meeting was, or when it happened.

I do not make this up because this is non-fiction.  If it were fiction, as is well known, it would have to be believable.

Oh yes, radioactive waste seven million times what is considered safe is being dumped into the Pacific.