Thursday, September 28, 2006

"It's a free country"

Most of you are probably aware of the recent suspension of Habeas Corpus . Senator Chris Dodd said it at least as well as I could:

This longstanding tradition of our country about to be abandoned here is one of the great, great mistakes that I think history will record.
Reading about this for me is like gaping at a car wreck that you just can't turn away from. Here's how the vote went in the House and the Senate. In the past six years I've gotten used to the feeling of being embarrassed by my government, but I can no longer console myself that the executive is merely incompetent. I wonder how long it will take the phrase, "It's a free country," to fall out of circulation. It feels inadequate to mention any single notable and applicable quotation; There are so many, from Benjamin Franklin, George Orwell, Winston Churchill. What's amazing to me is that with the entire range of quotable and historic philosophers arrayed against this type of legislation, too few senators had the courage to stand against it to mount even a filibuster. I joined the ACLU today. Freedom apparantly can't protect itself.

Monday, September 25, 2006

Grandma Hartsock's 90th Birthday

Grandma's 90th
Sep 23, 2006 - 14 Photos
I don't think this past weekend could have possibly been more eventful or emotional. Here are a few of the things I did:
  • Flew into Cincinnati on the red-eye friday night (Exhausting)
  • Realised that I had lost my whole set of keys somewhere during my flights. (Sad)
  • Surprised my Grandma on her 90th birthday dinner and saw her gasp and burst into tears. (Happy)
  • Beatboxed under Neil's flow. (Happy)
  • Rushed home at 2am because water was pouring from the kitchen ceiling. (Sad, Exhausting)
  • Watched the Bengals almost lose against the Steelers and then finally pull off a win. (Happy, Exhausting)
  • Discovered that my grandma finds "America: The Book" hilarious. (Happy)
  • Watched a performance of "Of Mice and Men" at the Cincinnati Playhouse. (Sad)
  • Flew out of Cincinnati at 7AM. (Exhausting)
  • Found my keys at the security desk in SFO. (Happy)

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