How are 8-tracks & habeas corpus alike?

I know, I know, I keep bringing you Keith Olbermann Countdown clips. It's not my fault, though - it's just that he's been better than ever during the last three weeks or so.

The other night, Olbermann's rant on Bush's new Detainee Bill that he's set to sign into law was at times witty, frightening and sobering. He took on the president directly and had some not-so-great things to say about the new Bill - most notably the provisions on habeas corpus and what it means to every American.

(By the way, habeas corpus is Latin for "you [should] have the body." A writ of habeas corpus is a court order addressed to a prison official (or other custodian) ordering that a detainee be brought to the court so it can be determined whether or not that person is imprisoned lawfully and whether or not he or she should be released from custody. The writ of habeas corpus in common law countries is an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action. (For more, click on the link - Wikipedia does a pretty decent job of explaining it.)

Habeas corpus is a basic right that every American has a right to, and yes, it's something we take for granted.

Olbermann is pissed about how this new Bill could us to abuses of power by politicians who dislike dissenting voices. You should be pissed, too.

Just when I think I'm completely amazed at what this administration will do in the name of "fighting" the War on Terror, I'm amazed yet again.

If this Bill is allowed to stand (must less if the GOP somehow prevails in the upcoming election), habeas corpus could go the way of...

...the 8-track tape.

The Democrats can and must prevail in the upcoming election.