Posted on 03/19/2005 10:05:34 AM PST by Crackingham
The American Civil Liberties Union has long trumpeted itself as the protector of America's freedoms. But in a bizarre tactical decision, it has decided to abdicate that self-appointed role in exchange for membership in the shrill chorus of Bush administration opponents. The decision to file suit against Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in connection with the alleged abuse of foreign detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan places the ACLU outside of its stated mission. It also places the group firmly in opposition to an organization -- the US military -- that is actually working for what the ACLU purports to be about -- the protection of American freedoms.
The ACLU says its "job" is to "defend the rights of every man, woman and child in this country" and ''defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States" (emphasis added). Yet, none of the eight plaintiffs for whom the ACLU is providing pro bono representation is either an American citizen or a legal (or illegal) resident of this country. The plaintiffs are all citizens of either Iraq or Afghanistan who were captured by US military forces during the wars being fought in those two countries. How then does this lawsuit advance the cause of American civil liberties?
The ACLU press release touting this "landmark" action does not provide an answer to that question. Instead, the release suggests that the group wants to reestablish itself as the American Public Relations Union. According to ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero, "The effects of Rumsfeld's policies have been devastating both to America's international reputation as a beacon of freedom and democracy, and to the hundreds, even thousands of individuals who have suffered at the hands of US forces."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
American Communists Leeches Union ping
It's time for the President to notice that the ACLU and all it's members and supporters are enemy combatants.
Hope the writer's resume is up to date.
Liberals kill children. Latest victim Lunsford in Florida.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Your tax dollars at work, folks.
ACLU being out of line is new?
But I do believe that the Boston Globe to notice is first rate news...
The ACLU is controlled by Commies and their enablers. That should be obvious to all. They delight in taking away citizens rights while helpers law breakers of all stripes.
They are just now realizing the Constitution (the non living-breathing type) and the Bill of Rights protects ALL of us.
Ping! Any one out there that has a blog. I am starting a Stop The ACLU Blogburst Thursday. Every Thursday those who want to participate will post articles on their blogs on a particular ACLU topic exposing their radical agenda.
Freepmail me if you want to participate.
Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) - http://www.alliancedefensefund.org
Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) - http://www.thomasmore.org
American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) - http://www.aclj.org
The Rutherford Institute - http://www.rutherford.org/
Stop the ACLU Coalition - http://www.stoptheaclu.org
Here are a few examples of how two of those organizations are fighting back:
ADF Contacts Over 3,600 School Districts Over Attempts To Censor Christmas
ADF: 700 lawyers ready to fight ACLU lawsuits
ADF: Pentagons' Warning About Boyscouts Is Absurd
Thomas More Law Center: Town of Palm Beach Pays $50,000 In Attorney Fees Apologizes To Women In Nativity Lawsuit
Additional information:
The ACLU must be destroyed: Joseph Farah supports Boy Scouts, urges Americans to fight back
Citizens mobilized to stop ACLU (seeks to consign group to 'ash heap of history')
ACLU fulfilling communist agenda
Revealing FACTS on the ACLU from its own writings
See how YOUR Senator or Representative ranks with the ACLU
This group just started on December 3, 2004 and are looking for new members to their yahoo group
My Personal Anti-ACLU Blog (Check it out and leave a comment!)
ACLU should be moved to subversive organization listing because everything they do undermines this nation!
Ditto that.
"The ACLU is out of line"
OPINION: Generally speaking, the ACLU is out of line with Christians, with America and with traditional, ethical and moral values.
these people need to focus on real privacy issues and steer clear of politics for a change
But Baldwin and the bunch of prison escapees declared
"Communism is the goal." In the sixties Congress was rightly told they were the "transmission belt to Soviet Communist dictatorship.Their institution of the Fraud
of Separaiton of church and State" is nothing but prosecution of the COmmunist game plan for world domination. Opposition to Bush cannot be outside their
mission -for anything that makes America remember -even
in transition our Christian heritage is an obsticle to their
goal of Communism.
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