Another Sleepless Night

[Mythsaje]

Giving Alberto Gonzalez (and, George W. Bush) expanded powers is like giving a rabid dog a bionic makeover. Oh, yeah, that's JUST what these people need--less oversight and more ability to run roughshod over our Constitutional rights.

If they couldn't make do with the powers they already had, there is something fundamentally wrong with the whole setup. Retroactively granting them the authority to get away with things they'd done that were blatantly illegal was an exercise in gross mismanagement on the part of the very people who should FUCKING KNOW BETTER.

Did they really believe we'd THANK them for this? That all of us out here who regard this administration with the fear and loathing reserved for Palpatine's Empire wouldn't draw back in speechless horror just long enough to marshal ourselves for a full frontal assault on those who'd caved so easily?

The so-called "War On Terror" has never been anything but an excuse to pull the biggest con on the American people since the so-called "War On Drugs." Both have been little more than a way to weasel their way into the guarded vault of the Constitution and piss all over that "damned piece of paper."

THEY HAVE ALL SWORN TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION. Every last stinking one of them. And, it seems, should it become an obstacle to whatever gameplan they have in operation, those oaths mean NOTHING.

Do they think we're fucking stupid?

[zabet]

1. The warra on terra

is just codespeak by Bushco for the war on the Constitution and the American middle class.

[Mandate My Ass]

2. Short answer: Yes they do.

I share your loathing and outrage. The hand wringing and excuse making that went on when they were the minority continues unabated.

On second thought, maybe they don't care if we're onto them or not.

What can we do about it? The game is rigged. Short of throwing them all out and starting anew, I don't know what to do. They've had about 30 or more years head start on destroying the old republic and replacing it with this poor facsimile which isn't fooling many people anymore.

[acmavm]

3. Being elected to serve in government used to be an honor and those

elected understood that their duty and loyalty belonged to the Consitution and the people.

Now they believe it to themselves and their bank accounts.

[asjr]

4. We, the People, just don't matter anymore.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. They put the scare in those Dems! The long term trauma that UBL

has done to those guys allows jr to pull all kinds of this shit. The Dems would do anything to keep
another 9/11 thing from happening & jr knows it.