Serious Matters

In two horrendous moves, the Senate todayrefused to investigate or question Bush's covert wiretapping practices--leaving the Bush administration free reign to trample over the constitution and our very basic civil and human rights.The House, in its contribution to the ending of democracy, has just passed therenewal of the Patriot Act, making some of the provisions permanent. These are very dangerous times and the direction of this government is towards the dark days of McCarthyism, fascism, and the efforts to solidify the reign and control of white male and capitalist tyranny over this country and indeed over the globe.