http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/20/D8EK9JP81.htmlJust to put out some great quotes:
"Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday called for "strong and robust" presidential powers, saying executive authority was eroded during the Watergate and Vietnam eras."
Yes, probably because we viewed wiretapping in Watergate as really really bad. Also, I believe "strong and robus" powers also led to locking Japanene AMERICANS up in "internment camps". Heck why don't we just make Bush Dictator for Life. That would just be the best all around. Also, lets just give up our rights as well as our guns. If you have nothing to hide then you don't need to worry about the police walking into your house any time they want to. Hey, trails just get in the way of justice. We all hate lawyers...so we don't need them anymore. If you see someone getting snatched right out in the middle of the street and thrown into a van that quickly speeds away....that's just your govt despensing justice. See....Dick....I can do it too.
" "I believe in a strong, robust executive authority and I think that the world we live in demands it," Cheney said."
Yeah, if you're a megalomanic bent on global domination to bring about a one world order/one world government. Who, other than these yahoos, are demanding it? I'm surely not, anyone on this board?? Does anyone know anyone in the world who's like, "Yeah, the President has our best intentions so why not give him unlimited rule." Those people need to live in North Korea for ohhhh 6 months and then try saying that again. If they live.
Them: "Oh I don't like dog meat."
N. Korea: "EXECUTION!"
Them: "But I have the right to free speech!"
N. Korea: (Laughs while loading rifle)
"I would argue that the actions that we've taken there are totally appropriate and consistent with the constitutional authority of the president. ... You know, it's not an accident that we haven't been hit in four years,"
HA HA HA HA. I have this rock...and it wards of tigers. See no tigers since we've had this rock for 4 years. Also it helps if I control the "tiger" population and if I deem it so...I can "release of tiger" when they don't buy the "rock". Is anyone confused as to my whimsical analogy? Also I want to know what action has been taken that has led to a stop in just ONE terrorist attack. The closer I've seen was about a dozen CIVILIANS tackle a guy with C-4 in his shoes on an airplane and tied him up with belts.
Our government: Well we shot a guy for saying he was carrying a bomb in his backback.
Me: Well witnesses have come forward to say that he never said such a thing and was just roaming the isle acting a little crazy.
Our government: Well...err...umm....better safe than sorry. PLUS he LOOKED like a terrorist.
Me: Oh and so did his loved one, I guess, who was trying to throw you off his trail by screaming "He's mentally ill!"
Our government: Yes, now you get our point
Me: (Shakes my head and thinks about giving the Nazi salute just to see if I get the same response)
" "I think the vice president ought to reread the Constitution," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass."
Oh Hell...NOW I'M AGREEING WITH KENNEDY!!!??? This has GOT to be a low point in our country then. I do have to say...he has a point. When the Pres takes the oath of office all I hear is to uphold, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. And I do believe that there's something called the Bill of Rights that basically say no wiretaps. Unless if I missed a page in my historical document.
" "I believe the Congress _ as a coequal branch of government _ must immediately and expeditiously review the use of this practice," said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine."
Wow, we have these people in office. Maybe Sen. Snowe should read his Constitution again. To his defense...he probably went to a public school...but he has money...hmmm....shoot I can't defend him then. NE ways, my point here is. CONGRESS IS NO "COEQUAL"! The executive was made the weakest branch possible because our Fathers didn't want another King to rise up. Hmm...smart guys. Congress is probably the most powerful, although not without the proper checks and balances which helps us fight tyroney...when people actually stand up and fight against it. Congress should be controlled by the people and thus it inevitabily had more power. To Sen. Snowe...I would like to make the comment of..."Durrr!"
" Attorney General Alberto Gonzales cites the Authorization to Use Military Force law, which Congress passed and Bush signed a week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The administration believes that law lets the government avoid provisions of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act."
Yeah and now everyone is ticked because Bush abused those powers and declared war on Iraq without any Congresstion declaration of war. Yeah...good move there Congress. Ya bunch of traitors.
" "I'm not a lawyer, but in my reading, it is pretty conclusive, very conclusive, that FISA prohibits all warrantless electronic surveillance of Americans in America," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D- Calif."
HOLY HELL!!! Now I'm agreeing with a Sen. from CA?!?!? This must end people. I don't like ranting as much as it seems. Help me out here! I need to stop agreeing with Kennedy and California!
"Any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires _ a wiretap requires a court order," Bush said during a speech on the Patriot Act in Buffalo, N.Y. "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.""
Oh...then how come you did it after 9/11....with no court order? How come the Patriot Act lets you do it without a court order? How come Clinton and Carter also wiretapped in their days....without court orders? PEOPLE WAKE UP AND THROW OFF YOUR CHAINS AND FIGHT FOR YOUR LIVES!
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