Human Rights in America
Monday, April 27, 2009 at 4:03 pm
You know, spending a lot of time dredging through the public record on torture is a rather depleting exercise. So it’s a glass of lemonade in a desert to read the Obama administration’s human rights pledges issued by the State Department today. The administration announced last month that it would seek a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council — ostensibly to reform it from the inside — and in support of its bid, it had to prepare a list of “commitments and pledges” for human rights. You can read them here, but there’s some stuff worth excerpting:
As part of our commitment to the principle of universality of human rights, the United States commits to working with our international partners in the spirit of openness, consultation, and respect and reaffirms that expressions of concern about the human rights situation in any country, our own included, are appropriate matters for international discussion. [...]
The United States commits to continuing to promote freedom of religion for individuals of all beliefs, particularly members of minority and vulnerable religious groups, through dedicated outreach, advocacy, training and programmatic efforts. [...]
The United States is committed to meeting its UN treaty obligations and participating in a meaningful dialogue with treaty body members.
Only the first excerpt comes close to indicating anything about torture, and that’s really really really a Mr.-Fantastic-caliber stretch, so whatever. In any case, I look forward to reading about how Obama’s just sold out American sovereignty and how he’s just put us on par with Libya and Sudan and such and how the freedom of religion pledge is a clever way to reveal his hatred of Israel.
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Comment posted April 27, 2009 @ 7:04 pm
LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS SADLY WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ASK CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND WORLD LEADERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR THEIR HELP IN ENCOURAGING IRAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS UNIQUE PROPOSED PRISONER EXCHANGE !!!
** IT IS A VERY SOMBER DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHEN FREIGHTENED AND CONCERNED AMERICAN CITIZENS HAVE TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT FOR HELP TO OTHERS WORLDWIDE CONCERNING OUR UNJUST AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF C*H*A*N*G*E….AND BILLION$$ IN A FEDERAL BAILOUT !!!
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DEAR MR.PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD OF IRAN, IN THE NAME OF WORLD PEACE AND GOOD WILL,WE HOPE YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY WILL MAKE AN OFFER OF A FUTURE PRISONER EXCHANGE WITH AMERICA FOR BLACK AMERICANS TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA AND MUMIA ABU – JAMAL OF PA. IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RELEASE OF OUR AMERICAN JOURNALIST ROXANA SABERI ???
DEAR PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD,
THIS PLANET OF OURS NEEDS PLENTY MORE PEACE MAKERS LIKE YOURSELF AND OUR NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OBAMA! LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS HOPES AND PRAYS THAT BOTH OUR COUNTRIES CAN END THIS COLD WAR BETWEEN IRAN AND AMERICA WITH A PROPOSED FORMAL INTERNATIONAL PRISONER EXCHANGE AVAILABLE TO BE WITNESSED BY THE ENTIRE WORLD.
MR.PRESIDENT,
BY IRAN RELEASING OUR AMERICAN JOURNALIST ROXANA SABERI IN EXCHANGE
FOR TWO CAPTIVE BLACK AMERICAN PRISON INMATES (TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA & MUMIA ABU- JAMAL OF PA.),THE WORLD CAN BEHOLD HOW FAR IRAN WILL TRAVEL TO BE SEEN AND WITNESSED AS A GRACIOUS FUTURE INTERNATIONAL PEACE MAKER!
MR.PRESIDENT,
AMERICA HAS MANY VERY SEASONED ENVOY'S THAT I'M SURE WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR SUCH A PEACE MISSION IF YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY DECIDE TO AGREE TO TO THIS UNIQUE PRISONER EXCHANGE ! **MR.JESSE JACKSON AND BILL RICHARDSON ARE TWO SPECIAL AMERICANS THAT ARE SEASONED AND VERY ADEPT AT THESE TYPE OF PEACE PROPOSALS ?
MR.PRESIDENT,
THIS WOULD TRUELY BECOME A GREAT WAY TO SOLIDIFY OUR NEW AND VITAL FUTURE RELATIONS AS OUR TWO GREAT COUNTRIES CAN SURELY HEAL OUR DIFFERENCES AND BEGIN TO WORK HAND IN HAND TO MAKE OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL CITIZENS TO RESIDE.
MR.PRESIDENT,
IF FOR ANY REASON OUR SELECTED PRISONER EXCHANGE CONCEPT INTERSTS
YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY,YOU CAN CERTAINLY FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US AT OUT
E MAIL ADDRESS lawyersforpooramericans@yahoo.com OR CALL US DIRECTLY AT 424-247-2013.LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS LOOKS FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND WE OFFER OUR HAND OF FRIENDSHIP TO ALL OF IRAN IN HOPES OF OUR TWO COUNTRIES POSITIVE FUTURE RELATIONS ? **THE BEST IS YET TO COME FOR A PLANET IN GREAT NEED OF C*H*A*N*G*E …..
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[...] Spencer Ackerman placed an observative post today on The Washington Independent » Human Rights in AmericaHere’s a quick excerptPRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD OF IRAN, IN THE NAME OF WORLD PEACE AND GOOD WILL,WE HOPE YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY WILL MAKE AN OFFER OF A FUTURE PRISONER EXCHANGE WITH AMERICA FOR BLACK AMERICANS TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA AND MUMIA ABU – JAMAL … [...]
Comment posted April 28, 2009 @ 1:24 am
Mr. Ackerman,
From where would you derive that a freedom of religion pledge is “a clever way to reveal his hatred of Israel”? That seems extremely far-fetched to me. Can you expound on that with some concrete evidence?
Comment posted April 28, 2009 @ 2:04 am
LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS SADLY WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ASK CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND WORLD LEADERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR THEIR HELP IN ENCOURAGING IRAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS UNIQUE PROPOSED PRISONER EXCHANGE !!!
** IT IS A VERY SOMBER DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHEN FREIGHTENED AND CONCERNED AMERICAN CITIZENS HAVE TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT FOR HELP TO OTHERS WORLDWIDE CONCERNING OUR UNJUST AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF C*H*A*N*G*E….AND BILLION$$ IN A FEDERAL BAILOUT !!!
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DEAR MR.PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD OF IRAN, IN THE NAME OF WORLD PEACE AND GOOD WILL,WE HOPE YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY WILL MAKE AN OFFER OF A FUTURE PRISONER EXCHANGE WITH AMERICA FOR BLACK AMERICANS TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA AND MUMIA ABU – JAMAL OF PA. IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RELEASE OF OUR AMERICAN JOURNALIST ROXANA SABERI ???
DEAR PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD,
THIS PLANET OF OURS NEEDS PLENTY MORE PEACE MAKERS LIKE YOURSELF AND OUR NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OBAMA! LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS HOPES AND PRAYS THAT BOTH OUR COUNTRIES CAN END THIS COLD WAR BETWEEN IRAN AND AMERICA WITH A PROPOSED FORMAL INTERNATIONAL PRISONER EXCHANGE AVAILABLE TO BE WITNESSED BY THE ENTIRE WORLD.
MR.PRESIDENT,
BY IRAN RELEASING OUR AMERICAN JOURNALIST ROXANA SABERI IN EXCHANGE
FOR TWO CAPTIVE BLACK AMERICAN PRISON INMATES (TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA & MUMIA ABU- JAMAL OF PA.),THE WORLD CAN BEHOLD HOW FAR IRAN WILL TRAVEL TO BE SEEN AND WITNESSED AS A GRACIOUS FUTURE INTERNATIONAL PEACE MAKER!
MR.PRESIDENT,
AMERICA HAS MANY VERY SEASONED ENVOY'S THAT I'M SURE WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR SUCH A PEACE MISSION IF YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY DECIDE TO AGREE TO TO THIS UNIQUE PRISONER EXCHANGE ! **MR.JESSE JACKSON AND BILL RICHARDSON ARE TWO SPECIAL AMERICANS THAT ARE SEASONED AND VERY ADEPT AT THESE TYPE OF PEACE PROPOSALS ?
MR.PRESIDENT,
THIS WOULD TRUELY BECOME A GREAT WAY TO SOLIDIFY OUR NEW AND VITAL FUTURE RELATIONS AS OUR TWO GREAT COUNTRIES CAN SURELY HEAL OUR DIFFERENCES AND BEGIN TO WORK HAND IN HAND TO MAKE OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL CITIZENS TO RESIDE.
MR.PRESIDENT,
IF FOR ANY REASON OUR SELECTED PRISONER EXCHANGE CONCEPT INTERSTS
YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY,YOU CAN CERTAINLY FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US AT OUT
E MAIL ADDRESS lawyersforpooramericans@yahoo.com OR CALL US DIRECTLY AT 424-247-2013.LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS LOOKS FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND WE OFFER OUR HAND OF FRIENDSHIP TO ALL OF IRAN IN HOPES OF OUR TWO COUNTRIES POSITIVE FUTURE RELATIONS ? **THE BEST IS YET TO COME FOR A PLANET IN GREAT NEED OF C*H*A*N*G*E …..
Comment posted April 28, 2009 @ 8:24 am
Mr. Ackerman,
From where would you derive that a freedom of religion pledge is “a clever way to reveal his hatred of Israel”? That seems extremely far-fetched to me. Can you expound on that with some concrete evidence?
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Comment posted July 16, 2009 @ 7:46 pm
WILL THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD BE AS GRACIOUS WITH OUR POORER AMERICANS IN RAISING THE NEEDED FUNDING TO HELP ABATE THESE BLATANT AMERICAN INJUSTICES FROM CONTINUING TO DESTOY COUNTLESS AMERICAN FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUAL LIVES ALL ACROSS THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ???
SOMEHOW OUR U.S. CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD HAVE DECIDED AND APPROVED CURRENT LEGISLATION TO SPEND 50 BILLION AMERICAN TAX $$$ IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIGHT AGAINST AIDS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BEFORE TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN POORER AMERICANS HERE AT HOME FIRST !
MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR AMERICANS ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN THEIR CIVIL,CRIMINAL AND FAMILY COURTS OF LAW ALL ACROSS AMERICA CAUSING TREMENDOUS HARDSHIPS NATIONWIDE,BUT THESE GREAT MINDS and callous hearts IN OUR AMERICAN CONGRESS HAVE FOUND OTHERS WORLDWIDE MORE NEEDY THEN THEIR OWN CITIZENS WHO ARE BEING FALSELY INCARCERATED,WRONGFULY EXECUTED,LOSING THEIR HOMES OR APARTMENTS,LOSING CHILD CUSTODY OR VISITATION WITH THEIR CHILDREN ETC…
NOT BEING AFFORDED PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION BY OUR U.S.CONGRESS HAS CREATED A TOTAL BREAKDOWN OF THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM FOR OUR POORER AMERICANS BECAUSE THE AMERICAN COURTS PUNISH ALL OF US LITTLE PEOPLE IF WE ARE NOT ASSISTED WITH PROPRER LEGAL COUNSEL.IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT OUR AVERAGE MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR AMERICANS WITHOUT PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN ALL OF OUR AMERICAN COURTS OF LAW LOSE THEIR LEGAL CASES TO THE BETTER FINANCED WHO ARE ABLE TO AFFORD LAWYERS.
LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS IS NOW ACTIVELY IN THE HUNT FOR INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES AND LEADERS WORLDWIDE TO HELP RAISE 5 BILLION DOLLAR$ FOR OUR SLIGHTED POORER AMERICANS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR OWN AMERICAN CONGRESS TURN THEIR BACKS ON THEIR DESPERATE NEEDS IN NOT AFFORDING THEM PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
TROY DAVIS AND MUMIA ABU – JAMAL ARE 2 PERFECT EXAMPLES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO NEVER HAD PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION AFFORDED THEM BY OUR U.S. CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD IN THEIR INITIAL CRIMINAL TRIALS IN (GEORGIA AND PENNSYLVANIA) WHO MIGHT VERY WELL HAVE TO PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE OF POSSIBLY BEING COMPLETELY INNOCENT AND FALSELY EXECUTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY WWW INTERNATIONAL PLEAS BY LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS FOR OTHER LEADERS AND COUNTRIES TO HELP RAISE THE NEEDED MONIE$ TO CORRECT THESE BLATANT INJUSTICES THAT HAVE BEEN INFLICTED ON POORER AMERICANS FOR THE LAST FEW DECADES.
LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS HAS MANY OTHER WRITTEN ARTICLES THAT CAN BE VIEWED WITH ANY WWW SEARCH ENGINE BY OUR NAME OR OUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS IS A WWW LOBBY GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT SING OUT ABOUT THE DECADES OLD NEGLECT,ABUSE AND INJUSTICES BEING INFLICTED ON OUR POORER AMERICANS THAT HAVE BECOME CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ISSUES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD COURT TO INVESTIGATE.
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The new blasphemy law is a violation of our American Constitution, being a law respecting the establishment of religion; and, abridgiing freedom of speech and of the press. The new blasphemy law outlaws any criticism of the Koran or Islam. With the blasphemy law Muslims will be able to force Americans to convert to Islam. How? They will command an American to convert to Islam, and, If that American says, “No!”, the Muslim will simply ask, “Why?”, and, if that American says, “Jesus Christ is God the Son, and he was crucified to forgive sin by grace”, the Muslim will simply say, “By that you are saying that the Koran and Islam are wrong. That is criticism of the Koran and Islam, and as such you have violated the new blasphemy law in front of us witnesses”. That American will then be arrested, put on trial, with the testimony of those witnesses against him, convicted, and imprisoned. 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The neurons of the parasympathetic nervous system are called “muscarinic” for their stimuilation overriding the inhibitory neurons like the hallucinary drug muscarine. The major plexuses are called “chakras” in yoga. Stimulation, called “kundalini” in yoga, spreads in any particular nervous system. In the case of the muscarinic nervous system the stimulation spreads to the brain and there awakens more than 10% brain use. The biggest muscarinic nerve is the vagus nerve. It doesn’t pass through the spine, but, its main trunk emerges from the brain in the roof of the nasopharynx. Advanced yogins have cut the ligature that holds their tongues down so they can put their tongues up the back of their noses. This act is called the “khechari mudra”, in English, the “fig gesture”. This act causes so much vagal stimulation that the heart stops by vagal syncope. The yogin can then stay in suspended animation for any chosen length of time and voluntarily withdraw his tongue to “resurrect”. 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