Tag Archives: putting innocent men to death

I heard someone today say, “We know that he did it. We’ve seen the video. We don’t need a trial.”

By Mark | April 21, 2013

I should preface what I’m about to say by noting that I’m not a conspiracy theorist… at least when it comes to last week’s bombing in Boston. I suspect it’s probably the case, given what I’ve read thus far, that Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev carried out the attack that cost three individuals, one of whom […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged bombs, Boston, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, innocent until proven guilty, surveillance, surveillance culture, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, terrorism, Timothy McVeigh | 54 Comments

On Republican bloodlust and Obama’s Job Act

By Mark | September 8, 2011

If Obama really wanted people to get behind him and this new jobs initiative of his, he would have announced this evening that he was planning to top Rick Perry by taking the lives of 250 American citizens. (Just think of all the executioners and grave diggers we could put to work if he said […]