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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 03:44 AM
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Today I asked ten people if they knew what 'Habeas Corpus' was.
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I was at Wal-Mart (the only place I could get emergency school-shoes at 12am), and I asked the cashier if he knew what 'Habeas Corpus' was.

Not a clue.

So I explained it. I also explained the Military Commissions Act Bush signed... summarized really.
Not a lot of candle power there though. No doubt he was more concerned about other things.

I asked some people in the parking lot what they thought about 'Habeas Corpus'. Said they'd never heard of it.

-That the new Hip-hop rave?-

I asked four more at a gas station. Two customers had no clue. They shrugged and went about their business. The cashier said, "doesn't that have something to do with being innocent until proven guilty or something?"

-A glimmer of light. The young man qualified himself, somewhat apologetically, by saying that he was just out of high-school.

Then there was the customer that had 'internet' written all over him. I asked the same question;

"Habeas Corpus? It sucked! Now just think of all the pesky people we can get rid of by claiming they're terrorists!"

He went on to talk about how he and his friends threaten to turn each-other over to the Department of Homeland security. It's a joke to them, but he gets it.

It should be a joke, but it's not and we know it.

The last person I talked to was a 24 hour cable-'tech'. I asked her if she knew what tomorrow was, if she was planning on doing anything at all.

She said "Well, it's Tuesday. I'm working... why do you ask?"

-There's a lot more work to be done, and I live in a 'blue' state.

Even if the Dems take control today, this is far from over.
We need to get out there, cast our inhibitions to the wind and educate people about the country they almost lost.
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