Monday, April 03, 2006

Progress, Indeed. Browsing Yahoo News Photos, I came across this booking photograph of Rosa Parks from the archives of the Montgomery County, Alabama Sheriff's Department. It was taken after she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Moments later, I came across a series of pictures from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's current diplomatic mission: Rice was two years old and lived in Birmingham, just a few miles down the highway from Montgomery County, when the booking photo of Parks was taken. The point is hardly a novel one, but the juxtaposition of the two photos was so striking that I couldn't resist noting it. [Power Line] 4:47:29 PM    comment [] trackback []

Another Victory In The War On Terror If you are keeping track, and for all those who don't believe in the legal existence of enemy combatants, cheer up.  Jose Padilla, even though he also happens to be a U.S. citizen, can also be an enemy combatant.  Citizenship and enemy combatants are not mutually exclusive.  What matters is on which side you are fighting.  The Supremes by 6-3 rejected the dirt-bag's appeal. Supreme Court Avoids Combatant Challenge (AP). OR, Another Bush Win ! ! !  I like my title better. AP - A divided Supreme Court turned back a challenge to the Bush administration's wartime detention powers, rejecting an appeal from U.S. citizen Jose Padilla who until recently had been held as an enemy combatant without traditional legal rights. [Yahoo! News: Politics News] 4:04:30 PM    comment [] trackback []

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