To hold Jose Padilla for over two years while denying him the Constitutional right to trial is unjust. If we allow the President to name anyone an "enemy combatant" and hold them indefinately... well to quote USA Today..."It's about every citizen's liberty. If the foundations of freedom crumble under the stresses of the war on terrorism, the terrorists will have won."

Whether of not Padilla IS guilty, find him so, before a court of law. Give him his day in court. His due. Our Constitution demands it G.W.!

NewsDay
"A former cab driver has pleaded guilty to a weapons charge for
fatally shooting a passenger who had slashed his throat with scissors
during a robbery. The case of John Lutters, 46, of Seymour, had
reached the State Supreme Court after a judge ruled that the taxi
driver did not need a gun permit while on the job. The prosecution
had acknowledged that Lutters acted in self-defense and called the
killing justified, but continued to pursue the weapon charge. Lutters
avoided having to serve any prison time, according to the terms of
the plea bargain agreement. He will be on conditional discharge for
two years." (03/01/05)
http://tinyurl.com/6wk5k

What's wrong with this picture? You need a permit now to defend yourself? I would like to think that if we were ALL armed, there would be a lot less crime in this country. I guess that's why Florida has such a low crime rate as comapred to New York.

Zippo lighters have now been classified as a security risk and you cannot have them aboard airplanes, but a book of matches is okay. Someone explain this to me.

Every time we initiate laws/rulings/mandates/ordianances such as this, Bin Laden must be laughing his a** off, for he's accomplishing what he set out to do...make us so afarid we won't leave our houses.