Tiziana's right...but don't just read, do something

I have really appreciated Tiziana's numerous postings about the now-constant stream of articles about U.S. abuses of prisoners. I'm more of a domestic policy gal, and I need to be reminded sometimes that there are other things to keep my eye on. This is shameful and embarrassing and wrong, and we need to be insistent that this not get swept under the rug.

This morning I listened for a bit to the opening of the confirmation hearings for Alberto Gonzales, was reminded of Tiziana's exhortations on this subject, and planned to head home and post on this subject. She beat me to it, but left out one important note:

Don't just lament over what an awful message it would send to the world that our chief law enforcement officer thought the Geneva Conventions were "obsolete" (you can read here about a million pages of transcript from today's hearings). Let your senators know that you want them to oppose his nomination. You can go here to one of my favorite Web sites (other than this site, of course), congress.org, to easily send an e-mail or find a phone number or address, if you don't already have it. Don't just complain about it; make your voice heard.