1- Now the U.S. Senate went along with the U.S. House yesterday to extend
the anti-democracy act ironically called the PATRIOT Act by a lopsided 86-12 vote, showing just how far to the right this Government has moved.
2- In another action directly contradicting all of its "pro-democracy"
rhetoric, the US has said it will veto a UN Resolution with 122 nation signatures, condemning the continuing expansion of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. Because a veto from any one of the so-called 5 "permanent
members" kills a resolution, the U.S. ALWAYS gets its way. It's time for the
UN to change that or consider itself a "paper tiger!"
Here are the article links from the Twitter posts.
ACLU ACLU National
Follow-up: Senate votes to extend expiring #PatriotAct provisions for 3 months, 86-12. Here's how they voted: http://bit.ly/f9ChW4
Jinjirrie Jinjirrie
Vetoing UN resolutions condemning Israeli settlements violates broader US interests http://is.gd/XMCBCk #imperialism RT @beatsNOTbombs
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