Just disgusting.

Today the Republicans filibustered Democratic measures in the U.S. Senate that would have 1) restored habeas corpus protections to enemy combatants (I remind you that American citizens can be unilaterally declared enemy combatants and imprisoned without access to courts to challenge that imprisonment--you just go to jail indefinitely on the President's say so, nothing else, it's literally what we fought the Revolution against); and 2) the amendment to the appropriations bill introduced by Senator Webb of Virginia (who I think may be the baddest ass in these United States, no joke) that would merely require that active duty soldiers get a day of rest at home in between tours for every day spent in Iraq. Wouldn't limit the duration or number of tours, just ensure that soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines can't be sent home from a long tour only to be called back to Baghdad in a couple of months for another year in that god-forsaken quagmire. You know, God forbid we let them see their kids (or parents) once in a while.
The Republicans didn't defeat these measures, they didn't even let them come for a vote. They would have lost a vote, so they stalled and filibustered. Because the health of our troops and the sanctity of our laws are of no importance to the Republican Party. They are un-American, they are a cancer on the Republic, and they make me sick. Literally. Just disgusting. I'll be writing my Senator before the day is out. Probably won't do anything. my Republican Senator, Wayne Allard, is literally one of the worst Senators out there. I don't mean that I disagree with him politically, though I do very much on this issue, but that he is bad at his job. He can't even bring home pork, or get his name on a major piece of legislation. He is bad at Senating, and this is just one more example of that.