Sick to the stomach... and it's not the lettuce.

My disgust for the U.S. government and those who support them grows by the day. Not just because of how it treats the very poor countries of Latin America and the world, but also those in their own country. The Patriot Act... read up on it. See how civil and sound it all appears, then see how it's being implemented in actual fact. Goon squads?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyvrqcxNIFs

This video's police repeat an order to "stand up or we'll tase you again...". It reminds me of impatient parents who tell their "misbehaving" kids who are crying for a reason usually ignored "If you keep crying I'll give you something to cry about!" Anyone ever been tased? If you have please reply and tell me if you could stand up afterward. Or if you wouldn't stand up with the threat of being tased again.

Here's what can happen in other countries through direct support from the U.S. government:

"In 2001, the US approved three sales of electro-shock weapons to Turkey, despite continued widespread use of such technology to torture. In a 2002 case, a 17-year-old schoolgirl who had been detained for distributing leaflets calling for Kurdish education was stripped, threatened with rape and tortured with electric shocks to her feet, legs and stomach."

- Amnesty International http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/usa/document.do?id=F7CE0B13E65E100085256DF00050B882

Lovely. Just bloody great.

Here's an article in the Fort Worth Weekly Newspaper about a Fort Worth fellow killed by a taser gun for not coming out of a closet. Hmmm... http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=770

Bother.

It's Saturday and I have a Spanish language video night to attend. Wonder if they have subtitles...

Michael.