I got incredibly angry on the way home from work today.
I was listining to NPR, and there was an interview with Maher Arar, a Canadian engineer who was sent to the U.S. by Canada, then we sent him to Syria. In Syria he was imprisioned in a small underground cell and periodically tortured for a year. All of this took place because of allegations that he had terrorist ties, which turned out to be untrue.
You hear about secret prisons, you see our government trying to “clarify” the Geneva Convention (What exactly does “shall in all circumstances be treated humanely” mean? It’s so vague.), and then you hear the first hand account of a man who was taken from his wife and children, thrown in a hole and tortured for a year. What have you been doing for the past 12 months? Your country has turned into a police state, what are you doing now?
Well, what I did was come home, grumble to the Lovely Wife a bit, have a couple of beers and watch the two hour season premiere of America’s Next Top Model. My favorite so far is Michelle.