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Showing posts with label mental disability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mental disability. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

What if Libby Was Black or Mentally Retarded?

Bush refused to commute the sentence of a poor, black, mentally handicapped man with the an IQ of 60 that functioned at the level of a 7 year old. That's Bush's justice.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: What if Libby Was Black or Mentally Retarded?: "The president's decision had everything to do with: 1) a likely deal between the vice president and Libby's attorneys in which Libby promised to keep the scuttlebutt away from Vice President Cheney in exchange for the VPOTUS promising to see what he could do about the sentence; and 2) Scooter Libby isn't poor, black or retarded."

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Homeland Security Deports Terrorist? Oops! It’s a Mentally Disabled US Citizen!

This is criminal. I have a mentally disabled son. This man was a citizen unable to defend himself against the administrations uncaring machine. "ICE has no reason to believe that it improperly removed Pedro Guzman"? Get real. Claiming to be protecting us, our government has become the "evil empire" that they rail against.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Homeland Security Deports Terrorist? Oops! It’s a Mentally Disabled US Citizen!