I'll Do What I Damn Well Please
By Nicole Belle Thursday Jul 12, 2007 8:30pmJust in case you can't hear the war drums then give this a read. It's a Statement of Policy from the Executive Office on the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008. In a nutshell it notes that the Scooter-Commuter, Geroge W. Bush will veto any bill that limits his freedom of action with regards to Iraq. For good measure (inserted by a denizen of OVP, of course) there's this little nugget concerning Iran:
The Administration strongly opposes amendments to the bill that to restrict the ability of the United States to deal effectively with the threats to regional security posed by the conduct of Iran, including Iran's efforts to develop nuclear weapons. The Administration also notes that provisions of law that purport to direct or prohibit international negotiations, covert action, or the use of the armed forces are inconsistent with the Constitution's commitment exclusively to the presidency of the executive power, the function of Commander-in-Chief, and the authority to conduct the Nation's foreign policy. If the bill were presented to the President with provisions that would prevent the President from protecting America and allied and cooperating nations from threats posed by Iran, the President's senior advisers would recommend he vetoed the bill.
God help us. This is unmitigated madness. Again, the only thing I can see to help us is to ratchet up the heat with your elected officials. Call daily, write letters, emails, go to their offices and make a nuisance of yourself. At some point, we must become louder than the pundit class inside the Beltway so that they understand that it's more than their political livelihoods on the line, but the republic itself.
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Yep, the "Filed Under" category says it all.
Fascism.
Well then, cut off funding. He can't veto that.
GW need his binkie and a blankie and needs to be sent to bed without supper.
Odin help us all!
"If the bill were presented to the President with provisions that would prevent the President from protecting America and allied and cooperating nations from threats posed by Iran, the President’s senior advisers would recommend he vetoed the bill."
If this is verbatim from the maladministration, then they at least ought to straighten out their tense.
Actually, maybe America ought to straighten it out for them.
Oh, geez.
Seriously? You want us to keep those cards and letters comin'? Really? I mean, you haven't learned yet that all of the phone calls, emails, letters, smoke signals, telegrams, etc, do not accomplish a thing?
And people think I'M nuts for thinking the way I do.
I may be nuts, but I'm not delusional.
That this insanity is continuing is entirely Pelosi's and Reid's fault. This unConstitutional insanity and imperial lawlessness can end anytime we want it to end. But, they are refusing to allow it to happen. At this point I'm for recalling both of them.
Paul @ 7:
Why not just recall Bush, dummy?
I'll be nice, Nicole.
It's wonderful to see that people still believe in something, no matter how misguided it might be.
I definitely am much, much closer to your point of view than the Globalist Elite that run all of our lives, much like puppet masters do their puppets.
Unfortunately, I realized a few years ago that the jig is up, and the good guys lost.
Absolutely!Make those calls...send those emails.Also:organize,make signs,MARCH around your local capitol! The internet is not the whole answer.
We need to remove these bastards from office as if it was a tumor on YOUR body.
The time is now!(actually,the time has been now for a good while)
Orwell's Illegitimate Son @ 9:
Right. Just like Nixon.
I'm sorry but History will record them as CROOKS and LIARS.
Paul: Stop bashing Pelosi and Reid, and get a clue: a two-thirds vote is needed in the Senate to convict. Why impeach unless you can convict.
Remember, it wasn’t the Dems who forced Nixon to resign: it was Republicans on the Hill, trying to save their own lame asses. The best way to force Bush out is to keep turning up the heat under the GOP until they are forced to make Bush and Cheney walk the plank.
For those of you who haven't noticed - it's hopeless. Just sit back and enjoy the show with morbid curiosity. We're all gonna die anyway. Bush is just getting us there faster and nobody is going to do shit about it.
A. Cravan @ 12:
I agree!!
We're less than two years away from a military dictatorship.
Remember - Wall Street finally got its way when Bush appointed General Douglas Lute as the "War Czar." They tried to do this when FDR was president, but the chosen man, General Smedley Butler, blew the whistle and caused the whole plan to collapse.
So, they've just waited a while, that's all. Licked their wounds, and regrouped.
Nixon never got to that point, Plant Food, but Bush has.
Prediction: Cheney goes, Lute slides in as V-P. Bush goes, then Lute becomes President.
Did any of you stop and consider that Washington D.C. is the equivalent of Broadway and corporate lawyers gone politician are the actors and our taxes are our tickets to the show?
A. Cravan @ 12:
Good point. And if the GOP doesn't do it tie Bush and Cheney around the necks of every Republican up for re-election in 2008 and we will be well on our way to our own "permanent majority".
Nicole, can we still make IMPEACH signs? I am going to hang a BIG one on the 4-lane late tonight.
Probably get arrested. Oh well.
Great Bill Moyers Journal tonight. Impeach!
The Republicans love leaving big huge turds for the next administration to deal with if the next administration is Democratic. Bush has to be impeached before he can start a war with Iran as he will do so shortly before leaving office. They'll need that chaos as cover for when they skip out of the country.
Oh and the show called "Death of Liberty" is a tragic comedy about how apathy prevents the citizens from national strikes, mass protests, sit-ins, love-ins all going at one time!
honesty @ 16:
No. I must say that's a grand over-simplification. Taxes are irrelevant.
The more you make, the more you pay. End of story.
President Can Veto Budget Cuts: He Still Gets Nothing
"George W. Bush will veto any bill that limits his freedom of action with regards to Iraq." The President can threaten budget vetoes all day long. Let him.
IF the President vetoes as budget cut, that doesn't give him money: He gets nothing.
Time for Congress to zero-out the budgets: Then require the GOP to use Amendments to add money back in. If Congress refuses to zero-out any budgets, then We the People have to conclude this DNC is complicit with war crimes. We're not required to cooperate.
Putting This Dictatorship Under lawful Siege
The President's orders to end this siege are illegal. We the People are not required to cooperate with this dictatorship. WE the People have the power and obligation to lawfully end this dictatorship. WE can do it. WE can share resources with our friends, and schedule our work outages. The US leadership in Congress and Executive Branch can be lawfully confronted through a national effort by We the People. They have no legal authority to make us cooperate with illegal activity; or a dictatorship that defies the Constitution.
We the People cannot be lawfully threatened with consequences for refusing to cooperate with illegal contracts. Those with the most to lose are those with the wealth. They cannot make us slaves. This dictatorship is unacceptable and illegal.
The DNC is not cooperating with our mandate. They are pretending to oppose the war, but they refuse to zero-out the budgets in committee. They are stalling for time, just like the President. If the DNC and GOP do not accept that there must e zero-budgets, and that the President will have to veto bills -- still leaving him with nothing -- then We the People need to stick together to end this dictatorship. We can lawfully pull the rug out from under it. We are not required to cooperate with this.
The leadership in DC has to buy their foods -- just like everyone else -- in either MD, VA, or in the DC. The President's kitchen staff has to physically get in their car, drive to stores, and buy food. They do not have unlimited supplies. It's time to lawfully jam the streets of DC; and put the White House and Congress under lawful siege: Nothing in, and nothing out. No food. Need to have the streets jammed with trucks; and ensure that the foods supplies into and out of the DC-MD-VA areas is slowed.
The US government, as a dictatorship, has no legal power to compel anyone to provide supplies, honor contracts, provide food, or deliver anything of value to those in the VA, MD, and DC areas. Time to tell the States to start prosecuting those who provide any food, supplies, or other valuable commodities to the Congress and Executive Branch. The contracts, as this dictatorship attempts to enforce them, are not legal. This dictatorship has no legal authority to compel cooperation with its ongoing illegal activity.
Discuss this with your legal counsel before taking any action. You are not being encourage to engage in any illegal conduct. The contractors Congress and the President are attempting to enforce -- that would continue providing food for people who refuse to defend the Constitution --are not enforceable. We the People may lawfully refuse to honor all contracts this Congress and Executive are attempting to enforce. They are illegal.
The US Government, Executive, and Congress has no power to enforce any contract compelling We the People to remain complicit with these ongoing assaults against our Constitution. The law and the Constitution are on the side of the We the People; this dictatorship may not be lawfully supported by anyone. Spread the word: We the People may lawfully refuse to contract with, or perform on contractors when the objective of those contracts is to support this ongoing dictatorship.
You can expect the White House and Congress to go to their backup fuel supplies. But those are not infinite. They also have a backup location to continue government operations. Those too rely on contractors to provide food. Spread the word. These locations are known. And the American citizens in these local areas can be encouraged to not cooperate with illegal activity.
Ditto, please try to see this weekend's Moyer!!!
Impeachment is the only, and the natural cure for what ails us.
Impeach.
Start NOW.
22 Salmineo Says:
So when were you deprived from oxygen to cause that brain damage Salminella?
Orwell's Illegitimate Son @9
I understand the hopelessness, I really do. I don't agree with it. I will fight for my country or go down trying. The fact is that I'm in contact with a lot of these politicians' offices daily in the course of doing posts here. I participate in conference calls with these offices and I can tell you that I truly do believe there's a bubble around the Beltway, and the echo chamber that they live in does not reflect what's happening outside of it.
We MUST pierce through that bubble. Sitting back complacently and watching the republic die is not an option for me.
honesty @ 16: Did any of you stop and consider that Washington D.C. is the equivalent of Broadway [etc]
Honey, it's called a "metaphor." Your first? How nice.
Salmineo mustn't know anything about private equity and hedge funds.
The people behind those entities pay very, very little taxes, but they make much, much more than do even CEOs of major corporations.
Sorry for stating the obvious and using the last remnants of free speech by quoting Dylan on what we all think of this current fascist regime:
Like Judas of old/You lie and deceive/A world war can be won/You want me to believe/But I see through your eyes/And I see through your brain/Like I see through the water/That runs down my drain
You fasten all the trigger/For the others to fire/Then you set back and watch/While the death count gets higher/Then you hide in your mansion/While the young people's blood/Flows out of their bodies/And is buried in the mud
You've thrown the worst fear/That can ever be hurled/Fear to bring children/Into the world/For threatening my baby/Unborn and unnamed/You ain't worth the blood/That runs in your veins
How much do I know/To talk out of turn/You might say that I'm young/You might say I'm unlearned/But there's one thing I know/Though I'm younger than you/Even Jesus would never/Forgive what you do
Let me ask you one question/Is your money that good/Will it buy you forgiveness/Do you think that it could/I think you will find/When your death takes its toll/All the money you made/Will never buy back your soul
And I hope that you die/And your death'll come soon/I will follow your casket/In the pale afternoon/And I'll watch while you're lowered/Down to your deathbed/And I'll stand o'er your grave/'Til I'm sure that you're dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0ELgFGd2fs
(Not-so) Friendly Fascism
http://masters-of-war.org/friendlyfascism.html
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CafeenMan @ 13:
Disagree with you strongly. That defeatist attitude may be good enough for you, but I will not rest until this criminal administration is brought to justice. My country is worth fighting for. Now is the time for all good men (and women) to come to the aid their country. Make those calls, write the letters. Harass those members of Congress who are still supporting this cabal of criminals. DEMAND IMPEACHMENT.
the Extremist evil neo con White House is so corrupt and delusional and is being exposed for that. to divert Impeachment and Political and Moral Ruin, Bush has only 1 Hail Mary pass left and that is to help trigger another 9-11, then blame and attack Iran hoping to rally the American people. then he can proclaim himself Lord Bush I the Savior.
A. Cravan @ 27:
Wowzers!
Orwell's Illegitimate Son @ 2:
My sentiments exactly
A. Cravan @ 12:
The only thing the dems have had is the power of the purse. Since right after the election we all knew that. The part Pelosi and Reid keep shying away from. Take control of your party. Stop the money any way you can. Until they do this they are both on my shit list also.
Nicole.
I, too, still held out hope, even as I was interning for the set-up disaster that was the John Kerry/John Edwards 2004 presidential campaign.
"We the People" do not hold the power in this country. (News flash: We never have.) The Globalist Establishment Elite does. Heck, not even most politicians do. The vast majority of them are puppets, too, with the strings being pulled by shadowy figures who spend their time in the background, away from the media spotlight.
They get together once in a while, though, at meetings such as the Bilderberg Group each June. This year's was held in Turkey, while last year's was held in Ottawa, Canada.
You'll get it someday, too, just as I did. And, you'll be just as deflated as I was. But, you'll learn to deal with it as best as you can, and go about your daily life, knowing that your thoughts and opinions matter nothing in this world.
Until then, keep up the good fight.
Nicole and CafeenMan @13...
Don't you think this current fascism might call for something more dramatic that phone calls to an answering service that can be turned off?
Do you guys know what happened after the Madrid false flag bombings that the president used to suspend elections???
Over two million people took to the streets to demand the elections be run on schedule. Well they were run and the pres and his whole party were thrown out.
Just keep in mind it would be like 30 million of us marching down Pennsylvannia Avenue.
Area 51 has not developed a weapon more powerful than the human spirit, and believe me these buttheads are 10 times more afraid of us than we are of them.
Also remember that the CCCP [second greatest superpower of all time] was demolished of elitest pigs in 24 hours. It can happen to the sleeping patriots of this country just as easily and they know it damn well.
They want us to continually live in fear, when it is them who fears us. Never forget that.
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Nicole Belle @ 26:
Nicole, if you have contacts inside the beltway, maybe you can let them know how we really feel.
http://myfightfordemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-declaration-of-indep...
You have to watch this Nick Andersen flash cartoon on Bush, Rove and Cheney called "Feel Good". If you haven't seen it yet, you can find it at this link.
http://blogs.chron.com/nickanderson/archives/2007/07/feel_good_inc.html
What a fucking disgrace!
I'm convinced that the 29% who still support Bush are mentally deranged!
I'm also gravely worried about Rupert Murdoch's designs on Wall Street, in keeping with the statements about the new 'war czar.'
Anyway, if it was a bad idea right out the gate to repeatedly send veto-worthy bills to Bush in May, it certainly isn't by now. Forget him. Congress needs to do some serious thinking about the power they *do* have and take a few meticulously calculated risks (and only a few -- there's no room to shoot and miss here) to slap Bush with their balls the way he's slapped Congress with his.
He wants the money? he can come and get it. what could he do if the Democrats didn't give him a "clean" bill anymore? Whatever it would be, Americans would rally to the Democrats' defense in a heartbeat and Bush would see unpopularity like he never has.
Just do it...pass war-unfriendly bills to him over and over again. Let Americans tune in every other month to the President giving them the middle finger each day. Let them listen to Jim Webb say "The GOP wants to keep break time and armor strength low for YOUR children that you're worried sick about in Iraq," while Bush vetos.
Well known for his fratboy love of flatulence humor, he is recognized as the Scooter/Shooter-Commuter Pooter.
You know we could just read a book and find out how we got our freedom from fascism to begin with...
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." - Thomas Jefferson
"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite."- Thomas Jefferson
"Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies. From these proceed debts and taxes. And armies, debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."- James Madison, the master builder of the U.S. Constitution, 1795
"A nation of well-informed men, who have been taught to know and prize the rights that God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins!" -Benjamin Franklin
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Bush has the right under Patriot Act, signing statements, Military Commissions Act and the "by any means necessary" doctrine signed 9/13/2001 to fix media stories AND POLLS. Even if he did not, do you think he would not? What makes you really believe that he has a 29% approval rating.
Go takle a walk, talk to 10 people and ask them the same question. I would trust that before Zogby/ABC/Reuters/CNN/USA Today or any other MIC/NWO controlled source.
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And also, I'd be curious to see what measures Bush would have to resort to if the Democrats just let the money run out on the war. He has already proven that he is well prepared to impose radical changes on the American system to get his way. He has also proven that he is not considering any of these matters a democratic negotiation.
all that is left is ticking him off more and more until he reveals what type of crybaby monster he really is. if they kept passing veto-worthy bills to him and he had to sweat about how he would keep the war going, his statements would get even more enraged than they were last Spring, and if his verbal bullying didn't accomplish what he wanted, he would then have to do something crazy.
Crazy enough to get the American people into the street.
"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.", H.I.M. Haile Selassie I
Verdillac.
Here's one for you:
"The people have spoken, and the silence is deafening." - OIS
Yes, the Iran language is terrifying. Here, however, is the lighter side of Bushworld:
Apparently increasing their pay does not qualify as "supporting the troops."
CafeenMan @ 13:
You either don't know your history or you are every bit as disassociated from reality as the most ideologically driven religious Republican who thinks we are living in the end days and is anxiously waiting for the Rapture.
The activities of the government, McCarthy and Hoover's FBI during the height of the communist scare and the actions of Nixon et al during Watergate were every bit as disgusting as the current administration's actions. Neither of these things destroyed the American democracy. Nor will Bush (unless too many people follow your lead).
I used to think we had a 2 party system until 8 of the 9 freshmen democratic senators voted to give a $122 billion blank check to fund Al-Qaeda in the impending war on Iran. That is when I realized that there are patriotic American public servents and there are "others." The patriotic American public servents are pretty easy to identify from the following characteristics:
They make sense whan they speak.
They vote consistent to what they say.
They do not cower to party priorities over national interest.
They are outspoken during times of greatest moral dilemma.
Do not bypass the tough questions during congressional hearings.
Here is a personal list I have made just from watching CSPAN, reading their statements, and tracking their voting records. They are in no particular order (current and former legistators included) except that I saved the best for last:
Dean
Feingold
Kucinich
Gravel
Paul
Warner
McKinney
Waters
Flake
Ryan
and the only freshman Democratic Senator who voted against the funding of WWIII...my personal hero...Whitehouse [what a phenomenal president he would make]!!!
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Who needs to be afraid of Islamo-fascist terrorists? We got George W.(ar Pig) Bush and his master Dick Cheney. He's the worst terrorist of all.
nohobear @ 30:
When was the last time a crooked administration was brought to justice? Every time there's a new carrot dangled by the dems they cave in. Who's going to actually do anything? I'd love for it to happen but it's not going to. And when the civil war starts I'll be in the thick of it but I don't see anybody starting it.
Orwell's Illegitimate Son @ 35:
Yet Orwell you are posting on this blog. Have you really given up?
But what preceded the declaration of independence? Cromwell's defiance of unjust laws. Even in a monarchy, unjust laws are unjust laws and they will not stand. is stuff is a bit on the "godly" side, but consider the timeframe and try to see through it. He is talking about the destruction of inalienable rights throughout the british empire. Our founding fathers removed all the god stuff [ok so they kept a little in], but they took lessons from Cromwell.
“this is a righteous judgement of god upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood....”
Oliver Cromwell after the storming of Drogheda.1649.
“i beseech you in the bowels of christ think it possible you may be mistaken.”
In a letter to the general assembly of the Church of Scotland. 1650.
“no one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.”
Cromwell on personal fortunes.
“you have been sat to long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, i say, and let us have done with you. In the name of god, go!.”
Addressing the rump parliament. April 1653.
“weeds and nettles, briars and thorns, have thriven under your shadow, dissettlement and division, discontentment and dissatisfaction, together with real dangers to the whole.”
Cromwell’s speech dissolving the 1st protectoral parliament.
“(kingship) is not so interwoven in in the laws...truly though the kingship be not a mere title but a name of office that runs through the whole of the law....as such a title hath been fixed, so it may be unfixed...”
Cromwell to the representatives of the second protectorate parliament, 13 April 1657.
“i desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than i may preserve england in it’s just rights, and may protect the people of god in such a just liberty of their consciences....”
Cromwell to the first protectorate parliament, 22 January 1655.
“in every government there must be somewhat fundamental, somewhat like a magna charta, that should be standing and unalterable...that parliaments should not make themselves perpetual is a fundamental.”
Cromwell in a speech to the first protectorate parliament, 12 September 1654.
“there are some things in this establishment that are fundamental....about which i shall deal plainly with you...the government by a single person and a parliament is a fundamental...and..though i may seem to plead for myself,yet i do not:no, nor can any reasonable man say it..i plead for this nation, and all the honest men therin..”
Cromwell to the first protectorate parliament, 12 September 1654.
“if the remonstrance had been rejected i would have sold all i had the next morning and never have seen England more, and i know there are many other modest men of the same resolution.”
Oliver Cromwell on parliament’s passing of the revolutionary grand remonstrance, quoted in the earl of Clarendon, a history of the rebellion.
The English civil war.
“i had rather have a plain russet-coated captain that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a gentleman and is nothing else.”
Letter from Cromwell to Sir William Spring. Sept. 1643.
“we study the glory of god, and the honour and liberty of parliament, for which we unaminously fight, without seeking our own interests....i profess i could never satisfy myself on the justness of this war, but from the authority of the parliament to maintain itself in its rights; and in this cause i hope to prove myself an honest man and single-hearted.”
Oliver Cromwell to Colonal Valentine Walton. 5 or 6 September 1644.
“i could not riding out alone about my business, but smile out to god in praises, in assurance of victory because god would, by things that are not, bring to naught things that are”.
Cromwell before the battle of Naseby. 1645.
“we declared our intentions to preserve monarchy, and they still are so, unless necessity enforce an alteration. It’s granted the king has broken his trust, yet you are fearful to declare you will make no further addresses. .....look on the people you represent, and break not your trust, and expose not the honest party of your kingdom, who have bled for you, and suffer not misery to fall upon them for want of courage and resolution in you, else the honest people may take such courses as nature dictates to them.”
Cromwell’s speech in the commons during the debate which preceeded the “vote of no addresses”, recorded in the diary of John Boys, MM for Kent.
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I Need a New Name @ 36:
I'm not afraid of them. But we're all sitting on our asses bitching on the internet. This regime has gone above and beyond what we fought our War for Independence over and yet we still don't do anything about it. Oh yeah... we went and voted for somebody else to do something about it. Only they aren't doing anything about it and frankly, I wanted them to but didn't think they would.
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this stance of shit-for-brains just proves what i have been saying for several months now. this bastard is a fascist dictator. why has it taken some of you so long to see?
Of course, the constitution gives the president no authority whatsoever as Commander-in-Chief, or as the executor of foreign policy, to declare war. The president is obliged by oath to support, protect and defend the constitution. No provision of the constitution authorizes him to "protect America" by ignoring his oath of office. This is just another infantile assertion of monarchical power and one more offense on a long list of impeachable offenses which congress needs address NOW!
". . . so that they understand that it’s more than their political livelihoods on the line, but the republic itself." N. Belle
I'm running out of fresh ways to express precisely that, Ms Belle. Several times a week, cyber 'tween my Mac and the beltway squalls with exhortations calling for a reality check.
A month or so ago, Sen Boxer, normally a sane soul, went off when I suggested in an e-mail that we not fall for the same insane "Wolf" the lunatics in the White House were spewing about Iran, those they've brazenly recycled from Iraq. Concisely put, the Senator slung an hysteric reactionary fit emphatically asserting, almost shreiking, "We cannot allow Iran to have nuclear weapons!" The remark was so stunning I fell into a period of despair.
If the U.S. has taught the world nothing else, the lesson has been, 'go nuke, and go quick, before Bush slaughters another sovereign nation's population and steals their resources.' I'd hope anyone with an opportunity to interview the formerly rational Senator Boxer would directly question her about her Iran position, and that she would not be allowed to equivocate.
Time for impeachments-actually way past time. They are out of control. This is not a dictatorship, it is a democracy. However, if we allow this to continue, it will no longer be a democracy & we can kiss our constitution goodbye.
Ultimately, things just aren't bad enough for anyone to sacrifice his way of life (or life) to change things. Things will have to get a lot worse before Americans stand up and do anything about it. Most of the people I work with aren't even paying attention. Whenever they say anything political is just some garbage rhetoric they heard from somebody else. Ask any of them to name anyone in Bush's cabinet by name or even position they wouldn't be able to name one person. Ask them who we're fighting in Iraq they would probably name Al Qaeda just on a guess. Of course nobody really knows who we're fighting in Iraq...
Ask them the name of their congressperson or even governor and most of them wouldn't know. Ask them if the military is meeting its recruiting goals and they wouldn't know. Ask them what habeus corpus means and they wouldn't know. Ask them if they know that Bush can spy on all of us with no oversight and they wouldn't even believe it.
People who are paying attention outside their pathetic little lives are a very small minority. Outside of a small number of Cindy Sheehans nobody is doing jack shit. Well, I did something. I whined on the internet today. I wrote my useless congressperson a few weeks ago and it's obvious she couldn't care less what anyone has to say who doesn't agree with her. She's not representing us any more than any of the rest of our elected lawmakers. They represent whatever is most comfortable for them at the time.
Greenerbytheday @ 59:
Dubya is wiping his ass on that rag.
i think this is plan B...
if congress cuts off funding for the war in Iraq, Bush will involve a different country to negate the vote...
i've said it here a number of times in the past...
Bush will never leave Iraq... even if funds are cut off...
'cause once we out of Iraq the postmortem can begin...
and that is something this administration will not live through...
i think we are in real trouble here...
cafeenman - who the hell is doing nothing.
Talk to everyone, everywhere, all the time. Campaign for one of only 3 true americans running for president.
Distribute information about what is going on in this country to circumvent the media monopoly that protects the criminals and liars, etc. etc.
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I Need a New Name @ 63:
You don't get what I'm saying. Nobody gives a fuck. I talk to a lot of people every day and my main topic of conversation is what Bush is doing to the country. They just don't care. What they care about is talking about babies, dieting, what's on tv, brittney showing her goods, reading tabloids, etc. They don't think their personal lives are being affected so there's not a problem. I might as well be trying to convince a Born Again Christian that there is no god. It's pointless, useless and waste of time. People who are doing something aren't getting anything done. They're spinning their wheels. Sorry, I don't like it but that's how it is.
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Still doubt 911 was a coup?
I Need a New Name @ 63:
Who are they?
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Bush 41 and Babs never said no to the Chimp and the 60 something president whines if he doesn't get 100 percent of what he wants like a 5 year old. He's the biggest spoiled brat in presidential history
Save us Jeebus!
After violating every single provision of the constitution the egomaniac now is quoting it, and using it to support something he is doing. So...I guess the constitution only applies to the items bush wants to say he has approval for. All the others, including the Bill or Rights are just trash to him.
And if you read the constitution it does not say that we elected a dictator or king, it said he is a president. Subject to the fact that he is to support the people of this country. He is an imbecile and a dangerous individual. His smirks and giggles show he is really delusional. He has got to be on strong strong medicine.
58 Greenerbytheday Says:
we are not a democracy, we are a republic.
Take a guess at the 3 true Americans...
Who would not vote for giving Bush war powers and would not vote on blank check funding?
Who defends the constitution consistently while the otherws cower to globalist demands that want to shred it:
Mike Gravel
Ron Paul
Dennis Kucinich
The rest are bought lock stock and barrel by Rothschild, Rockefeller, Buffett, Shultz, and/or Soros.
That includes the "top" candidates that have not announced too.
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A. Cravan @ 12:
Yes! I know we write to the Dems. What if we start writing to the Repugs? Email them. If the info sheet asks which party you belong to, say you're a Republican. Let 'em think their base is turning on them. If we want to, we can sow mass confusion.
damaged goods....
It is truly sad that most people do not know this.
Thanks for keeping us in reality.
We are a republic with democratically elected public servents that take a solemn oath to uphold the constitution which protects us from evil men.
Anyone guess where the system broke down??? Here is a hint...it was not with the constitution.
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64 BennyP Says:
"Still doubt 911 was a coup?"
i agree w/u. i have said from the 9/11 event, that bush/cheney have something to do with the attack in nyc. they are fascist bastards.
Nicole Belle @ 26:
Very well stated. Not an option for me either.
Get AIPAC registered as a foreign agent. AIPAC is pushing the war with Iran.
hareli @ 76:
Too bad AEI/Cheney own AIPAC and use them as a proxy to do their dirty work on behalf of big energy and MIC.
Too bad most Americans are unaware that Olmert has had approval ratings of lower than 2% and that unprecedented numbers of Israeli pilots refuse missions to deploy Cheney Approved Depleated Uranium Bombs on innocent palestinians.
Too bad most people do not realize that AIPAC speaks for the voice of jews and israelis as mich as Pat Robertson speaks on behalf of all Americans and christians.
More divide and conquer techniques. Read Seymore Hersh if you wish to open your eyes. More on the declassified documents that reveal the warmongering plan to use Israel as a proxy state for future middle east wars by killing the israeli/palestinian peace accord that was weeks of being signed in 1948 here: http://www.haloscan.com/comments/sonof101/ReaderComments44/?a=18864#108751
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They should enjoy it now, because after the elections, the republican party will no longer be viable. This president has destroyed the republican party and he has made mincemeat out of the constitution. I will dance on the negative ratings for Hannity and O'Rielly.
Hello, hello? How is this news? Condi has told us that George Bush has no intension of pulling out of Iraq until the Iraqi government is stable and the Iraqi government can secure its own borders. Where were y'all? Did you not believe her?
Of course he won't pull out of Iraq. It will take 67 votes in the senate to get us out before his term is up. It just won't happen, period. The dems are just going to keep making noise about it and putting the pressure on the republicans in the hopes that it will keep drawing attention to the fact that Iraq is in the shitter and it's the fault of the republicans. The dems hope to endanger a few more senate seats come next year in order to solidify their majority. They have no chance of getting 67 votes and they know it. MAYBE... in 2009, we can think about starting to leave Iraq. Meanwhile, they can have investigations and try to dig up as much shit as possible before then. Likewise, the shrub will never be impeached.