via Mohamed Farag Bashmilah: Disappeared in the Name of National Security.
From October 2003 until May 2005, I was illegally detained by the U.S. government and held in CIA-run “black sites” with no contact with the outside world. On May 5, 2005, without explanation, my American captors removed me from my cell and cuffed, hooded, and bundled me onto a plane that delivered me to Sana’a, Yemen. I was transferred into the custody of my own government, which held me — apparently at the behest of the United States — until March 27, 2006, when I was finally released, never once having faced any terrorism-related charges. Since my release, the U.S. government has never explained why I was detained and has blocked all attempts to find out more about my detention.
The Original Pledge of Allegiance
This is one reason why, whenever I have the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, I cannot get my mouth to spit out the words “under God”. I know why. My trouble with this phrase is because of what happened to Mr. Bashmilah and the fact that another neo-nut like George Bush could get elected, again (Sarah Palin). No, we have not been one nation “under God”. It just simply isn’t true. I cannot pledge to that.
I can tolerate “with liberty and justice for all” even though that has also been a lie for a very long time.
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