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- otheruser, on 10/10/2007, -1/+90Meanwhile, the American public says: Change the channel, I heard that Lindsay Lohan got arrested again.
A republic that represents a carefree, uninformed, and indifferent public is doomed to abuse and corruption. - ganjadude4391, on 10/10/2007, -2/+77and when congress says no he will just sign an executive order anyway
did myers find 3 more congressmen to call on impeachment yet i for one am sick of waiting along with (at least) 75% of the public - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+35The Bush "Legacy" of the Future Bush will be the president who will be held responsible for destroying America. As the climate changes and resources grow more scarce, Bush will have depleted the financial and military assets of the US, while completely isolating the country without any allies. The 21st century will be the story of America's demise. While the cons will continue to talk up how America is the leader of the world -- only the stupid few will continue to believe it until it's too late to change the decline.
Thank you Bush
Thank you Bush voters - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+23Does anyone in America want to give this president and this administration more powers that undermine our liberties? I don't.
- mikelieman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19I wouldn't exactly say the "American public says: Change the channel"
I would say that it's interesting how the Broadcast Media CHOSE to broadcast a heckuvalot about the Hospice Cat, rather than the FBI Chief's denouncement of AGonzo as a perjurer.
The illusion that the Media isn't an active partner with TPTB is exactly that: an Illusion. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15Why don't you build your own website bitch?
- Obelisk79, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11This crap is getting out of hand.
- toddcat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10I thought he was turning up his nose at FISA. Now he wants legislative cover for his b.s. voyeurism? Eff him.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Ask yourself who defines what a "terror suspect" is.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11I would like to give him the power of completing his military service in Tikrit, Iraq.
- dime, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9See, it's not that easier wiretap rules are bad. There *is* new technology that did not exist when FISA was enacted. Updated law is not authoritative in an of itself. It's breaking the law first and then saying "oh, we need to update" that is *****. I personally don't understand how it's not impeachable. People are always so focused on the muddy "lied to Congress" rationale... Bush has basically admitted to breaking federal law with the surveillance program. Why is he still our President again?
- swoopdog, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9I would wager to say its even as high as 80-85%
- DDRSkata, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9It's not that they're afraid. It's that they're being paid. Democrats and Republicans have the same corporate sponsors.
- dview, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8You can either put restrictions on communications like a dictator would do, or you can make sure that you always have the legal right to track it.
Effectively, it doesn't really differ much, eh? - kosmoX, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Us traditional republicans do.
- Dustin00, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6After the last 3 months he thinks we want more free-card spying?
If anything, at this point, I want FISA even MORE RESTRICTIVE! - beerden, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7There is a new order today, and elections are not the way to change the state of things. Democracy in America no longer exists. Historically, the only option now is revolution.
Of course, many American do not see this, and will complacently believe that their votes have any power at all, and will instead allow people like George W. Bush dismantle their hard-won constitution, through their own inaction. Do you Americans not realize that those who are the Bush Administration are traitors to their own country, and are personally profiteering on the wars they create? For the sake of peace in the rest of the world, please do something now, before it's too late!
/not an American, concerned for true patriot Americans - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8NO
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5See what happens with a murky definition, let's say, terrorism.
For example with this definition, the entire government's resources can and will be used to track down the guy who copied the Simpsons movie; I mean, that can be defined as economic terrorism, right?
Is that adequate reason to give up rights? - kosmoX, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5And its just that the party in power gets the blame.
- burningbush, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5It won't matter if bush is impeached. The president of the U.S.A. has been a puppet for quite some time now. The next person in office will be a puppet, and the next after him/her. You have to go above the president to reverse the damage that is being done to American democracy. I know a lot of people probably still think the president is the highest level, that there is no "above the president". There is the phantom government. The Rockefeller's and the Rothschild's, the transnational corporations, those are the people who are TRULY governing us, and until we find a way to hold THEM accountable, NOTHING is going to change, in fact, it's going to get progressively worse. So stop bitching and moaning about Dick Cheney and George W. Bush. Start thinking bigger.
- kosmoX, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5But first....teach me what that means.
- comand, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I couldn't believe it when I heard a Bush sound bite on NPR about this. His implication is that the surveillance program currently allowed by law does not take into account current technology, as it was drafted in 1978. So, is he implying that in 1978, they *wanted* to spy on everyone, but the technology just wasn't there... now in 2007, technology has improved vastly, enabling them to easily spy on everyone, so the law should be amended to allow it?!?!? On one hand, I'm not surprised with this line of reasoning, but on the other hand, wtf!
- 3tcp, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Maybe the democrats will finally grow a pair and oppose some of this authoritarian government crap that bush has been pushing. They've been so afraid of getting blamed for another terrorist attack that they haven't been willing to stand up for the civil liberties of the people who elected them and supported the patriot act and dept homeland defense and other unnecessary crap that just allows the government to spy on its citizens.
- offspring06, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6This President really wants to ***** you Americans over. If I lived in the USA I would be severely pissed off at this idiot.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6NO
- inactive, on 10/29/2007, -2/+6Dr. Lawrence Britt, a political scientist, published research on fascism [18] in which he examined the fascist regimes of Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Suharto and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each fascist State:
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2. Disdain for the recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarceration of prisoners, etc.
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists; terrorists, etc.
4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military are glamorized.
5. Rampant sexism - The government of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.
6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7. Obsession with National security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
8. Religion and Government are intertwined - Government in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.
9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation are often the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10. Labor Power is suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated, or are severely restricted.
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassinations of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
Benito Mussolini - who knew something about fascism - had a more straightforward definition: “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” - DDRSkata, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5We need a gradual, subversive anarchosophisticate revolution.
- netkid91, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Which is why we need to get rid of the part system in the first place? Why did we not listen to George Washington?
- pragma5, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Are there any mainstream polls showing >50% support for impeachment. Until such polls hit 55-60% dems in congress won't draft articles.
So how do dems take offensive now w/o fearing being labelled as "soft on terrorism"? They have to reframe the rhetorical mantra to emphasize that Bush team has made us "less safe". How do to that:
-- Dems.in Congress need to constantly ask (on talk show bites) and reinforce with ads the question: "Do you feel safer."
---Construct quick sound bites and 15 second ads that emphasize the scarey statistics such as:
"number of suicide bombers in Iraq before we invaded, compared to number afterwards"
"$10 billion per month we spend on Iraq" versus how safe do we feel at home"
---Hammer the sound bite that "if there is another attack on American soil (which the current admin. predicts is highly likely), it is obviously the result of Bush, et al. failure to make us safe."
In this way, if there is another attack, the blame will placed at the Republican's door, rather than having the Republicans seen as the party that will "protect" us.
just my pramgatic 2 cents - janielou, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3beerden, There was a time when I could not have seen your point, however that day has passed I agree I believe our vote has little to do with the political process. Americans have became complacent, thinking freedom has no cost. I really don't think revolution is a possibility that would take courage, and getting out of the self interest zone.
- ffeineandsugar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Amen. We haven't had a hypocrite like this in office since....hmmm.....come to think of it, we haven't! List of betrayed constituencies: the paleoconservatives, the libertarians, the religious right (he uses them like an old washcloth), pretty much everyone except maybe big petrochem and the neoconservative adventurers, who want a new Roman Empire. Oh well, I'll see y'all in the Gulag.....
- bshock, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I want to be polite about this, but the Bush Junta's compulsion for draconian yet pointless security measures has gone far beyond any sane person's maximum tolerance.
Impeach this lying, vicious, mindless scumbag now! - DDRSkata, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Because Washington's method wouldn't make anyone money.
- orangedog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'd rather not give ANY president or administration more power, period.
- ddxChrist, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3People with your sentiments scare me. Do you not realize how power is easily abused when the definition of terror suspect is essentially open ended?
- netkid91, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Ahh the presidency, one case where Dick and Bush do not go together.
- HYPEractive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I don't get it....
...don't Republican$ want LESS government??? - xobecide, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3What about those kids on the no-fly list? What's to stop other people from any background, age, race, or religion from being on that list?
- WilliamDavis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It was a lie all along, proven by their unwillingness to do so when they had the chance.
- XZanatos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The Feds already have ridiculously easy wiretap rules that came with the PATRIOT ACT, which the FBI didn't even bother following THOSE RULES, and now they want easier rules. How about they start following the law on wiretapping before we give them even more wiretapping abilities.
- netkid91, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Because American's have lost sense of what our nation used to stand for... Seriously guys, Bush has done nothing but impede on our civil liberties and even our basic human rights. Why are we still in Iraq? Stop lying Bush, it's the oil, because you pissed off the wrong person... The annoying part is every time people start protesting "impeach Bush" everyone starts chanting along, but to they do anything above the protesting? We need to kick Bush out, drop the party system, one way or the other whoever gets elected in '08 has some cleanup work to do.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3They got their panem et circenses, they don't give a ***** 'bout nothin' else.
- joebob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Want to tell Bush what you think of his spying programs? Then just send an email to... anyone. Or create a webpage, send an IM, make a call chances are all of it is still passing through to the NSA via the helpful folk at AT&T.
345 million - Re-election to president of the USA
0$ - Cost of stripping human rights/civil rights, subverting congress, distorting the balance of power, forcing the continuation of a foreign occupation
priceless - Loss of respect for the U.S. government at home and abroad - Raiu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I'm going to post it EVERY TIME if I have to, to get it through these ignorant Bush no-privacy-or-we'll-all-die-to-terrorists supporters.
"The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either." Benjamin Franklin - mabhatter, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2he's not even following the law that allows National Security cases to get warrants 72 hours AFTER the taps occur!!! This is about expanding to general spying on the population that the NSA was trying to do with AT&T. This is again about making what he's already DONE legal retroactive. And we thought that Clinton with his "save the children" rules was bad.. as long as the Republican's don't restrict GUNS nobody will question them.
- Corrosionx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yep, and then the sheeples blame capitalism for this and cry for socialism to save them.
Then they point at libertarians and call them heartless, because are tired of playing the wealth transfer game of the powers that be and want everyone to enjoy the fruits of the free market without government ruining it. - ffeineandsugar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Except the republic itself is broken. A republic still assumes representation of a sort, and we no longer have a form of that that has any true affect, courtesy of an overreaching executive branch.
- ffeineandsugar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Who's on top of us???
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