President's power grab undemocratic (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

[struggle4progress]

... And that's the bottom line: In the peculiarly paranoid mind-set of the Bush administration, every threat has a single solution: Give them more power.

Forget border security — they want more power to spy on American citizens, freed of any constraint of law that Congress or the courts might impose. Forget about FEMA — give them more power to torture and abuse prisoners, regardless of treaty, morality or international law. Forget about alliances and treaties and declarations of war— give them the power to attack anybody they choose, whenever they choose.

And if Congress and the courts refuse to grant all that power? They'll grab it anyway.

Just last week, President Bush reluctantly signed a law restating a ban on torture by U.S. personnel. But even as he signed it, Bush also signed a statement announcing that he may not choose to abide by that law ...

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/bookman/stories/0109bookman.html

[The River]

1. Every Editor

or assistant editor who speaks out like this
brings us one day closer to removing the illegal regiem in DC.
By the time November rolls around the House and Senate
will be more than ready to go Democratic.
The people can't trust the Repubs to impeach so they
will elect enough Dems to do the job in early '07.

Thanks for the link.

[The Icon Painter]

3. Bookman

Jay Bookman is one of the ornaments of our press. I am an Atlantan and have been addicted to his columns for some time. He is sane, logical and passionate about liberty. It is those like Bookman who keep me from completely despairing at the state of the media.

[ixion]

2. kicked and recommended

great op/ed. :applause:

[Uncle Joe]

4. Most excellent column!

Kicked and nominated.

:kick:

Edit on P.S. Oh well, too late to nominate.:(