Patriot Act II passed into Law via Stealth

[acroyear]

The Bush Administration has yet to answer pivotal questions about its latest constitutional coup: If these new executive powers are necessary to protect United States citizens, then why would the legislation not withstand the test of public debate? If the new act's provisions are in the public interest, why use stealth in ramming them through the legislative process?

The Senate did a "voice vote" to avoid accountability, the President signed it on the day Hussein was captured so the press never noticed...

if this isn't proof that the current administration utterly doesn't care about the constitution or any of the rights they claim to be protecting in our name, then i just need to leave the damned place until the jerk is gone.

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[thewhitedragon.livejournal.com]

"if this isn't proof that the current administration utterly doesn't care about the constitution or any of the rights they claim to be protecting in our name, then i just need to leave the damned place until the jerk is gone."

Please tell me that you are not just figuring this out. I had a much higher opinion of you than that.

As I mentioned a while back, the Constitution is a relic, a thing of the past and in need of an upgrade because we know that it is just paper and most of the Americans alive have no clue what's written on it. Hey, I say we should let George go to town with some whiteout and a magic marker because he knows what is best for America, right? It was written in a simpler time and the "rules" can't possible apply to modern society, right? The founding fathers knew nothing about how the government should work -- GWB of course does because simply because he's the president. He is the person that everyone elected into power so he's the closest thing to God that most of us will ever know. He's wise beyond his years and only cares about keeping America the nicest and most popular country in the world, right? No Americans should question him, because he's much smarter and clever than we are.

/sarcasm=off

If he wins another terms I'm demanding a recount. Personally.

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

I've figured this out since before 9/11. Its the idiots out there who are the problem...like the Democrat who called into a TV politics show to say he would still vote for Bush Jr. in the '04 election just because "terrorism is the only issue that matters".

Like Bush is the only one who can fight this...like out of 280 *million* people, Bush is the only man, placed upon this high pedestal by God himself, to fight terrorism. I'd say something along the lines of "we aught to knock the pedestal down", but to the stupid feds in charge right now, that would be akin to suggesting an act of violence on the pres or the white house which is a class-b felony. so i won't. really.