Letter: Why Alito nomination should be rejected
Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006 | 7:11 a.m.
There are times when a signal moment occurs in our lives and the result of what we did at that time can change the future of government for ourselves and for generations yet unborn. Whether to filibuster the nomination of federal Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court is one such moment. We must let our senators know that we expect them to turn "thumbs down" on Alito.
The issue is not whether Alito is likely to vote against Roe v. Wade or his religious background, but rather his proclivity to uphold the evil concentration of power that the corporationist Bush administration is pursuing. Already Bush and his fear mongers have extorted information from Yahoo!, MSN, AOL and other collections of Internet activity in order to stifle our use of this great communication medium. Thus far, Google has resisted the threats of the so-called "Justice Department" to hand over information on its subscribers.
Where will it end? Will we be a country some time in the future controlled and subsumed into one great all-knowing and directing corporation?
Is the future for the United States to become the ultimate fascist state? Now is the time to draw a line in the sand and call on our senators to stop the plunge toward total corporate control of our democracy.
Tony Grimes
Manhattan, Nev.
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