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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:53 PM Original message |
Bush Anoints Himself as the Insurer of Constitutional Government-ALL 3 BRANCHES (The Progressive) |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good fugging grief |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Could Bush be setting up his defenses |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Let me tell you why it got scarcely a mention in the mainstream media. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
71. This is a good point. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, and Hitler is Rabbi of the World! n/t |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh, goody! We're safe then. For a minute, I thought he'd be a dictator of something... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. and why would he break his word? |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. So in the event of a "catastrophic emergency" |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Of course, the irony is that if he does what he says, it's NOT constitutional. |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Who is letting him get away with this is Congress |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. How are they (Congress) going to stop him? nm |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
64. Impeach him. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Let me get this straight. He takes control of the Country and then |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. I originally responded to Atman who asked "Who is letting him get away with this?" |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, well, well. The first steps to declaring martial law. The elimination of |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Why nothing said? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Perfect word for it. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. This is a class fight not a demo vs. repug fight. In a class war between |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. IMHO Bush is too late; the citizenery will not stand by as he takes |
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sheerjoy (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Then why.... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
69. They "took over". It may be tough getting them out. nm |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. And now begins the end-game towards fascism |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. He'll need a million mercenaries to ensure his safety. |
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solara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. He's got Blackwater..140,000 - 160,000 mercs - enough to take D.C. doncha think? |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. ...and blackwater's trying to build a base outside of San Diego now... |
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solara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Yep they are...and they already have at least one other permanent base in North Carolina |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. You must be jesting. First of all he has the armed forces (emphasis on ARMED) |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I doubt the military will be as big as Bush hopes in such a fight |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. While you were looking the other way, he already nationalized the |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I for one welcome our new Corporate Neo-Fascist Dicatorship Overlords! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Give the person $500 for saying the magic word. I bombed your google |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank God for our Mein Fuhrer |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. Does he not even know how stupid that is? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
67. You are wrong. Mr. Yoo just said in a recent interview that the Constitution |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. "This would be easier if it were a dictatorship, just so long as I am the dictator." |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Text of the directive's here: |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. One more good reason to keep impeachment off the table. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
68. Impeachment won't stop him. How would you enforce it? nm |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. The wording of the directive seems to vague and technical to be scary . . . |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. The last paragraph really got me... |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
60. Double-Secret Probation! |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Didn't you get the memo? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. Was Gonzales responsible for the language and purpose? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. And not a peep about any of this from the Democrats in Washington. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. How much clearer can it be? |
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kwyjibo (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. exactly. Who's gonna set fire to the Reichstag? |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Unitary Executive and the Elective Dictatorship |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. Endgame |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. Does this mean he's planning on dropping a nuke on a major American city |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
48. That is my thought |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. 2nd amendment. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. What's scary is that these asswipes NEED a disaster |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. They may not require a second 9/11 |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. DING DING DING... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. An assassin loose in the halls of Congress would do nicely |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. That's Still my Favorite Movie |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's no coincidence that the stupidest, smallest man we've ever had in the WH is also |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. Should |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. Why Now??????????????????????? |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
37. That scares me. |
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maine_raptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
40. "as a matter of comity " |
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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. has this been sent |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
43. The Cabal won't give up their power in 2008 without a big fight. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
46. Get ready to rumble. The demos will have to do more than investigate |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
47. And the unitary expletive stinks again. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
49. Oh my. |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
50. "Cause this is MY united states of WHATEVER!" n/t. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
52. Is there any organization with a strategy to prevent a complete takeover? |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Yes, it is called "Congress" unfortunately, they are in on it. |
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MK5 (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. I've always suspected.. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I believe that the supreme President will temporarily "postpone" the 2008 |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
72. This is a ridiculous "Power Grab," but don't worry, we have 90 DAYS to capture and lock them up... |
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