More from President Fat Tony...

Mike Malloy:
Remember the statement by Martin Niemoller, the German Protestant pastor who in the 1930s made his famous lamentation that begins, “First, they came for the Jews . . .”? The US Supreme Court now has added a category of those in this country no longer protected by the Constitution: Government whistleblowers. In a 5-4 ruling (the deciding vote cast by the man the Senate Democrats agreed to confirm even though he gave every indication of his neo-fascist, Bush Crime Family loyalty, Sammy “The Fish” Alito) that is being called a victory for Bush, the Justices said the 20 million Americans who work as public employees do not have free-speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment. The First Amendment, therefore, has now been effectively nullified, joining the Fourth (the need for a proper warrant when searching for evidence) and the Eighth (the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment), the Fifth (No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury). The ruling was necessary in protecting the many illegal activities of the Bush Crime Family that might be witnessed and reported by federal employees. This decision will keep the crimes secret. Those inclined to report the crimes will now be subject to arrest, trial and imprisonment. Clearly, the impact of this latest move to totalitarianism will be sweeping, from silencing police officers who fear retribution for reporting department corruption, to subduing public employees who want to reveal incompetence (or worse ) where it concerns, for example, government hurricane preparedness or terrorist-related security, or lies told in launching a military attack against another nation, or evidence withheld that might show Bush Crime Family involvement in the September 11, 2001, terror attack on the US. The seriousness of this Supreme Court decision is further magnified by considering that the ruling overturned an appeals court decision that said Los Angeles County prosecutor Richard Ceballos was constitutionally protected when he wrote a memo questioning whether a county sheriff's deputy had lied in a search warrant affidavit. Ceballos had filed a lawsuit claiming he was demoted and denied a promotion for trying to expose the lie. In other words, the US Supreme Court has decided that revealing a search warrant was issued based upon a lie is itself a crime. Forget the illegality of the warrant to begin with. Reporting its illegality to higher authorities is now the crime. Astonishing. Unbelievable. And given the nazification of the highest court in the US, expected. Whistleblowers are now added to the list of those unprotected by law, a list that includes those who would demonstrate against the Bush Crime Family, those who would petition the government for redress of grievances, those who are accused of an act of terror (an act defined exclusively by the Bush Crime Family), either “political terror” or against property owned by corporations, an activity that now includes impeding the flow of traffic such as might be caused by union members on strike in front of a factory. Astonishing. Unbelievable. Expected. Pastor Niemoller’s statement in its entirety: “First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.”


Thanks to my brother mike for sending this. I have nothing to add except my own disgust.