On 12/27/2002, after having read an article by the Brandenton News entitled, "CIA Interrogations Said Verging on Inhumane," I was so incensed, I sent an email about the subject of extraordinary rendition and torture to President Bush.

To the President of the United States--who probably never saw the message, let alone cared--I wrote:

"...whoever thinks the entire American public will back the use of torture or violence against U.S. captives, simply because it's not done firsthand, is gravely mistaken."



"I oppose all violent means used by our government and [by] those countries known for brutal treatment to elicit information in the 'War against Terror.' The ends you hope to achieve will never justify these means. Such tactics are morally reprehensible and must stop. The buck stops with you. Stop the CIA from allowing inhumane treatment."

Unfortunately, I was mistaken about the American people. They have stood for torture. The mainstream media, although tardy to a blameworthy and excessive degree, did report about inhumane tactics used at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Yet the American people stood for it.

Faced with details that should shame the least ethical among us, the American people simply didn't want to be bothered with the news. They preferred to pursue their inane obsessions with the celebrity-of-the-moment or with Reality TV.

Indeed, this is the Reality not seen on TV: America, as the Founders intended it, has been destroyed by this Administration; and the American people stood by, have let it happen.

We aren't living in America anymore. I don't know what it is, but it's no longer the country I held dear. It's not the country our young men in Iraq and Afghanistan are dying for.

AMERICA IS NO MORE CALLED, THE LAND OF THE FREE. AMERICA IS NOW CALLED THE LAND OF "CAPITALISM."

CAPITALISM IS THE ENEMY OF GOD. CAPITALISM IS GOING TO BRING THE VISITING OF THE END FIRE TO AMERICA. WHEN ONE READS THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS, THEY WILL FIND, AMERICA IS GOING TO BURN UP IN ONE HOUR!

READ, STUDY AND RESEARCH. NOT ONLY AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.(KJV)

FORGET NOT, THAT OUR ANCESTRAL FATHERS GROUNDED AMERICA ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, NOT ON THE UNSTABLE BASE OF CAPITALISM. THEY GAVE FOREWARNING AGAINST CAPITALISM, AND COMMANDED FOR THE PEOPLE TO ABOLISH ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT, THAT REPLACED FREEDOM WITH IDEOLOGY.

SO HERE WE ARE. BARELY SURVIVING IN THE FORM OF A COMPLETE MESS. WE WERE ADMONISHED TO WATCH OUT FOR SUCH BY OUR GOD, WHO INTRUSTED OUR FOUNDING FATHERS TO SPEAK TO MAN IN HIS UNDERSTANDING, BUT DID MAN GIVE AN EAR TO LISTEN? A HEART TO OBEY? A MIND TO AVOID?

WHAT DO WE DO NOW? WE FIGHT! WE FIGHT NOT AGAINST MAN, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES. HOW? WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH WALKED IN BY FAITH.

IT IS NOT AS DIFFICULT AS ONE MAY BELIEVE. LIFE AND DEATH WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO BEAR IF WE DON'T.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IS HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF US? IF YOU THINK 911 WAS HORRIFIC TO WITNESS, AND ALL OF THE OTHER HORRIFIC EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THEN, WERE HEART BREAKING, . . . GIVE TIME TO WASTE, AND YOU WILL PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE A WRATH LIKE NO OTHER!

WE ARE ALL BEGINNING TO FEEL A SENSE OF IT ALL NOW. THERE IS NO LONGER GOOD FOOD, WATER, NOR AIR, TO SQUANDER!

AS MANY PEOPLE MAY HAVE THEIR SUSPICIONS OF 911 AND OTHER BOMBINGS, NONETHELESS, THEY COULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED WITHOUT GOD’S ADMISSION.

THERE IS A GRAND AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ONE CAN GATHER, AND USE IT AS REINFORCEMENT AGAINST THE BROKEN WALLS OF OUR NATION. PUT EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGE TOGETHER, AND EVENTUALLY YOU WILL BUILD A NEW BUILDING!

WE MUST DO BETTER THAN WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING. IF NOT, AT LEAST OF ALL, DON'T SAY YOU WERE NEVER WARNED!

ALL THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS ALSO GIVEN IN HEART, FOR ALL GOVERNMENT'S. FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT HAS BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS, HAD BETTER CLEANSE THEMSELVES BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! ONCE THE DOORS ARE SHUT, THEY ARE CLOSED FOR ETERNITY!

I agree, that this government has no interest in human rights. It is my opinion that McCain's anti torture statute is a farce. Did not the statute specify (in fine print) that the president would have the right to approve torture, if he deemed it necessary? Did not SC Senator Graham's amendment to the bill withhold the right of Habeas Corpus for combatants denying them the right to trial that would make the government prove their cases against them? The Torture Bill has no power to prevent torture. It is only "show boating" to make people think Senator McCain's bill is doing something to prevent torture.

I remember Henry Kissinger saying about Chile in 1973 something like, "I don't see why we should let a country go Communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people." Ridiculous, right? Strangelovian, even.

But I can well imagine that, if I had now the kind of power he and Nixon had back then, I might well say the same thing about letting a country abdicate its humanity as thoroughly as this country has. And it is due to the irresponsibility of its own people, maybe not quite a majority of them, but close enough that election fraud was able to tip the balance.

-F

To Fingal, you are correct! The Government of THE PEOPLE has not only let down themselves, but also the future of their existing world.

Now when it becomes so painfully penetrating, the voices cry out. But this is a good sign. It is the turning point!

The Government of THE PEOPLE needs to change themselves from their painful routine and get up and MARCH TO DC! Their voices need to scream LOUD AND CRYSTAL CLEAR, . . . "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND WE WILL TAKE NO MORE! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND WE WILL TAKE NO MORE!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND WE WILL TAKE NO MORE!!!

No more prisoners, no more slaves, no more torture, no more killing, no more blood shed, no more deception, no more warring, no more, thieving, no more squandering, no more BS!

The White House no longer gives the reflection of hope, . . . The White House now gives the reflection of infidelity! Clean the house or knock it down!

There is no other way to find redemption if the Government of THE PEOPLE rejects to take immediate affirmative action.