Bush: Ending the rule of law......................

[nhboy (Premo)]

Bush's Unitary Executive Ends the Rule of Law, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Separation of Powers

"Bush has decreed his "long term plan" for Iraq, committing the US, without Congressional authority, to a permanent presence. His decree is a poke in the eye to the public, the congress, the rule of law! Bush believes himself to be above the rule of law, the authority of Congress and the courts. When England was confronted by Charles I, a monarch who likewise presumed to be above Parliament, the English simply marched Charles out onto an improvised platform at the Banqueting House in Whitehall where they proceeded to chop off his head!

President Bush's plan to forge a long-term agreement with the Iraqi government that could commit the US military to defending Iraq's security would be the first time such a sweeping mutual defense compact has been enacted without congressional approval, according to legal specialists.

After World War II, for example - when the United States gave security commitments to Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and NATO members - Presidents Truman and Eisenhower designated the agreements as treaties requiring Senate ratification. In 1985, when President Ronald Reagan guaranteed that the US military would defend the Marshall Islands and Micronesia if they were attacked, the compacts were put to a vote by both chambers of Congress.

By contrast, Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki have already agreed that a coming compact will include the United States providing "security assurances and commitments" to Iraq to deter any foreign invasion or internal terrorism by "outlaw groups." But a top White House official has also said that Bush does not intend to submit the deal to Congress."

The Existentialist Cowboy: Bush's <em>Unitary Executive</em> Ends the Rule of Law, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Separation of Powers

[Toxick]

Originally Posted by nhboy

The Existentialist Cowboy: Bush's <em>Unitary Executive</em> Ends the Rule of Law, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Separation of Powers

Would you please stop couching crap like this as 'news'.

It's just an opinion blog from some progressive asswipe loser.

[SamSpade]

Originally Posted by Toxick

Would you please stop couching crap like this as 'news'.

It's just an opinion blog from some progressive asswipe loser.

You got that right. Aside from bizarre mind-reading - I'm typically amused when any bit of writing claims to know what Bush believes in his head as in, he believes he is above the law - it actually uses anecdotally the likelihood of being tasered in the future for daring to speak against the government.

Umm. Excuse me? Does anyone recall the circumstances under the whole "don't tase me bro?". Was he protesting the GOVERNMENT? Was it George Bush up on the podium?

For all their bluster about free speech and how the conservatives are destroying it, liberals have a very thin skin when it comes to tolerating it.