A year ago today:
* Iraq suffered bombings and Barack Obama refused indefinite detainees at the base in Bagram, Afghanistan the right of habeas corpus.
* Someone wrote us to declare that Barack Obama “is 50% white, 44% Arab and 6% Black.”
* Republican Governor Mark Sanford dealt with the aftermath violating his marriage vows after being confronted with proof of his adultery and after spending a career in office denying other people the right to get married.
* Anti-torture rallies popped up around the country from coast to coast.
Today, Baghdad reacts to another bombing. Bagram detainees still have no habeas corpus rights. I just got an e-mail in which someone referred to our president as “Osambo.” Republican Representative Mark Souder deals with the aftermath of violating his marriage after being confronted with proof of his adultery and after spending a career in office denying other people the right to get married. There are no anti-torture rallies anywhere in the country.
Well, one thing’s changed, but it isn’t for the better.
