A Clear and Present Danger to America

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A clear and present danger to America

*By DOUG THOMPSON

 

 

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Jan 27, 2006, 05:11

 

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George W. Bush, the out-of-control despot who thinks the Presidency of

the United States is a license to lie at will, wage war on a whim and

break the law without recrimination, put on his " I am in charge " face

Thursday and, for all practical purposes, told anyone who thinks his

powers should be subject to review or oversight to go screw themselves.

 

Bush told reporters that he will assert his " presidential

prerogatives " any damn way he pleases and will do so without apology,

without question and without concern for the law, the Constitution or

the rights of Americans.

 

His press conference was a frightening study of a madman on a tear, an

insane, power-mad tyrant who believes he is above the law and cannot

be questioned. Sadly, it appears no one has the balls to questions his

lunacy.

 

" I'm going to continue do everything within my authority to protect

the American people, " Bush told reporters. That's Bushspeak for " I'm

in charge here you dumb pukes and there ain't a damn thing you can do

about it. "

 

" We'll continue our terrorist surveillance program against al Qaeda.

Congress must reauthorize the Patriot Act so that our law enforcement

and intelligence and homeland security officers have the tools they

need to route the terrorists -- terrorists who could be planning and

plotting within our borders, " he said. Translation: " I'll spy on

Americans, I'm use the Constitution to wipe my ass and I'll declare

marital law and run this country like the dictator I want so

desperately to be. "

 

On his illegal actions authorizing the National Security Agency to spy

on Americans, Bush said " If the attempt to write law …is likely to

expose the nature of the program, I'll resist it. " What he is saying

is " I'm above the law, goddamnit, and I'll fight every attempt to make

me obey the law.

 

On the Iraq war, Bush declared: " there is an act passed by Congress in

2001 which said that I must have the power to conduct this war using

the incidents of war. In other words, we believe there's a

constitutional power granted to Presidents, as well as, this case, a

statutory power. And I'm intending to use that power -- Congress says,

go ahead and conduct the war, we're not going to tell you how to do it. "

 

I worked on Capitol Hill for a number of years and wrote more than my

share of legislation. I know a thing or two about how the government

is designed to work and the checks and balances that are supposed to

be built into the system. I've also read what Congress passed and

nothing in that act or the Constitution gives Bush the authority he

claims or the power he abuses. He's not just a liar. He's a god-damned

liar.

 

The arrogance surfaced often as he faced the press. His eyes darted

from side to side, blinking rapidly – a textbook example of a maniac

on the loose. His temper threatened to erupt more than once because a

couple of reporters actually had the gall to actually question his

motives.

 

After too many years watching this man destroy what once was a great

nation, I can only conclude that Bush is insane and his insanity is

protected by a brain-dead populace and a power-mad political party

that can't possibly accept the sad fact that they helped put a madman

in charge of our government and have kept him there.

 

I believe with all my soul that George W. Bush and the Republicans who

rubber-stamp his actions represent a clear and present danger to the

peace and security of the United States and all must be removed from

office immediately if this nation is to survive.

 

And those are words I never, ever, thought I'd write about a President

or other elected officials of this country. And I wish, with all my

heart that I did not have to write them now.

 

But those who love this country and put patriotism above politics must

act. America, if it wishes to remain America, must remove the cancer

that threatens to destroy it.

 

 

© Copyright 2006 by Capitol Hill Blue

 

--

" Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government

talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court

order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about

chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order

before we do so "

-George W. Bush, April 20, 2004

 

 

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