You're used to hearing that chant at the Olympics, but who expects it from Amnesty International?
You might even be able to take it from Amnesty USA, but from Amnesty International?
The alleged human rights organization should remain itself Amnesty Provincial.
Those who haven't visited the website may not be aware that this 'international' organization has decided to track a leader. The leader?
Barack.
Below is their icon to track his FIRST 100 DAYS.
Because surely nothing ever could matter as much in the world than what takes place in the United States!!!!!!
Right?
Well Amnesty Provincial thinks so. Xenophobia, what a proud moment for Amnesty. The flame is alive!
Some might assume that Amnesty International, seeing all the fluff passing for coverage, would be doing some hard hitting work. They would be wrong.
As a quick examination of the 'responses' (Feb. 25th backwards) reveals that in January it was Barack did this and Barack did that and it was all groovy, wonderful and guaranteed to peel the hair off Joan Baez's back.
But goodness golly, it takes more than pretty words, it takes action. And Barack doesn't do a damn thing. He flaps his gums.
We're actually surprised that they have no 'response' for last week. Apparently, they missed what happened in court? Ali al-Marri? From the BBC:
He had appealed against the right of the US president to hold terrorism suspects in the US indefinitely without charge.
But the government of President Barack Obama moved to put Mr al-Marri into the civilian justice system, charging him last Friday with conspiracy and providing support to terrorists while he was a student in Illinois.
The charges, which carry a maximum of 30 years in prison, meant Mr al-Marri would be transferred from a military prison to civilian custody.
Government lawyers were then able to argue that he was no longer being held as an enemy combatant.
Imprisoned since 2003, quickly slid over to civilian custody in an effort to attempt to prevent a Supreme Court ruling. We don't speak craven -- help us out, Michelle Obama -- but we believe that's called "the oikey doke." The bugaloo? The hulley gulley? Again, we don't speak craven. But we damn well know George W. Bush's third term when we see it. That's what Barack's offering. That's what Amnesty International is endorsing.
We hope they all wake up fresh, we're sure playing with their crotches all night while biting their pillows and moaning Barack doesn't allow for much rest. But if they ever decide to be a human rights organization again, let us know.
And if they apologize for the insult, for the huge gob of spit they've hurled at the rest of the world by 'charting' their baby's first-steps while refusing to do so for other countries, please let us know. Until then, they're Amnesty Provincial and we value and trust them about as much as we do President Barry.
