Rachel Maddow: Indefinite detention? Shame on you... President Obama

Should we give to President Obama an authority we wouldn't trust to a President Bush or future Republican presidents? The policy of "preventive detention' is scary and leads us down a very slippery slope. I didn't vote for President Obama to have him legalize thought crimes or try to read my or anyone's mind. This is an outrage to traditional American values and sounds like something out of a scary science fiction movie. NO to preventive detention. (And how many people of color or liberals would be locked up by certain others following a variant of this policy??) No. No. No.

I have left the above comment on the White House comment form and urge others to do likewise and contact Congress, too. (Thanks, FireDogLake for the Rachel Maddow YouTube clip.) For more info, google and search Twitter, but also check out Glenn Greenwald here and here, especially and listen to his iTunes podcast with ACLU Attorney Ben Wizner on the subject. Also for clarity/focus/comments read Behind Blue Eyes' Obama Proposes Indefinite Preventive Detention without trial.   And remember to check for terms indefinite detention and prolonged detention. Bottom line: This is not peace-keeping, this is democracy erosion. I want my country back not a fascist America or a daddy state. Act, please.

FOR Ending Torture

FOR Ending Torture
Originally uploaded by Kate Anne

Post prayer vigil to end torture and shut down Guantanamo, Adam Carroll and Gail Harper pause in the NYC subway. Rainy weather, heavy at times, but what is rain to waterboarding? It didn't dampen enthusiasm but rather strengthened resolve to speak out for shutting down Guantanamo here in New York City and elsewhere. Visit Amnesty International's special site to Tear It Down and add your name.

More pictures from the Metro New York Religious Campaign Against Torture's prayer vigil will be posted later at Flickr.com/photos/kateannenyc. The Fellowship of Reconciliation is part of the coalition and Sam Oast, Ethan Vesely-Flad, and Kate Anne were also there.