As many of you are probably aware, President Bush signed into law this past Tuesday, October 17, 2006, the Military Commissions Act of 2006. While there are many things this act does that I find reprehensible (including authorizing torture and making a mockery of our most hallowed legal proceedings), perhaps the most dangerous is the revokation of the right of habeus corpus for anyone deemed an "unlawful enemy combatant", whether or not they are an American citizen.

The unfortunate part of this entire story is that the American people noted this tectonic shift in American political, legal, and cultural life with little more than a dismissive wave of their hand. Hopefully, as the reality of what this means for America as a whole becomes more widely known, we will gain the will and strength to undo the damage that has been done, that we will wake up from this nightmare before it is too late. I will leave you with another video from Countdown, one that I think makes my point better than I could hope to in so short a space.

I know I'm a little late to the game on this one, but I've wanted to post this ever since I watched it on 9/11. Keith Olberman seems to be emerging as one of the more cogent, consistent voices for sanity and justice in America today. I strongly encourage you to take a look and listen to what he has to say about where we find ourselves five years after that horrible day.