“It
is difficult to plumb the depths of depravity, to mark the milestones
of malignancy, of this bastard administration.”
-----from "The Quotations of Chairman Joe"
Somewhere,
by most reports, upwards of 2,500 children are unaccounted for.
Parents arrested at the Texas border are having their children sent
to Arizona, California, New York, and god knows where. They are
given a number to call and get recordings. Children, some as young
as toddlers, are being required to appear in court. This is madness,
all emanating from the rancid soul of our modern Caligula. It is
clear, as this scandal unfolds, that there were no plans to track the
whereabouts of these children; perhaps there were never any plans to
re-unite them with their families.
We
have a history of such behaviors. It isn't taught in our history
books, it isn't dwelt upon by our commentators. But we have
separated children before, certainly exclusively among those of
'color'. We took children away from native American families, put
them in government schools, forced them to forget their native
language, religions, customs and culture and adopt the ways of the
White Man. Similarly, for different reasons, we sold parents of
young black children 'down the river' while they were enslaved.
Black marriage vows were read “'til separation do us part”.
Now
our very own Caesar Disgustus, always about the business of tapping
into the worst of our collective experience is found—when not
praising Klansmen and other hate groups—engaging upon a policy that
means to punish the most defenseless, punish those of 'color', as he
and his capitalist cronies construct 'tent' camps in the Texas and
Arizona deserts. Taking his cue from his friend Joe Arpaio, tRUMP is
taking us in a direction that is far from temporary. These
facilities are (see previous post) about to be expanded, regardless
of the much-ballyhooed 'about-face' involving his executive orders
establishing the so-called 'no-tolerance' program in the first place.
This
scandal reeks on so many levels. Reports are now surfacing that the
corporate pigs now running these facilities are charging upwards of
750 dollars a day to house each 'inmate'. One can stay at tRUMP
tower for less, although the food as well as the company in the camp
is, I am sure, much better.
Let's
be clear about this. Draconian imprisonment on misdemeanor charges
at the border, expansion of facilities to hold them, and now—given
the public outcry—the call upon the military to supply prosecuting
attorneys and immigration judges as well as facilities to hold those
arrested. This is a move toward the kind of fascist state last seen
in Western Europe in the 1930's.
Think
about this. Much of the information regarding the holding of the
dispossessed in what are now 'makeshift' camps but perhaps soon-to-be
permanent installations has come from reporters who have gone to the
local units of government and gained access to records. Heretofore
such facilities, under the jurisdiction of the state and county
authorities, would by law be required to gain certification. Such
certification requires oversight and reporting, and becomes part of
the public record. Reporters have gained access to these records and
have been able to track some of the locations and the reports about
them. Now Disgustus wants to use military bases where, upon a
pretext of 'national security' the arrested can be held under god
knows what conditions for indefinite periods of time. All this done
out of public view. Pure profit for the corporations contracted to
manage the facilities, no accountability.
Certainly,
like the privatized prisons in this country, these beds will not be
left unfilled.
Who's
next?
“'An
Br'er Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh”
Impeach
and Imprison.
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