Wrecker-in-Chief ~ On October 17th, George W. Bush, signed into law...

[bridgit]

'...a bill he bulldozed through Congress that, in Senator Patrick Leahy's prophetic words, would suspend "the writ of habeas corpus, a core value in American law, in order to avoid judicial review that prevents government abuse." This law, whose constitutionality is in doubt and will be reviewed by the Supreme Court in due time, puts so much arbitrary and secret unilateral power in the hands of the Presidency that the ghost of King George III must be wondering what all the fuss was about in 1776.

If you want more evidence of how obsessively-compulsed George W. Bush is about his wars, their fabrications, budgets and cover-ups, consider his cue card statement on the legislation at the White House signing ceremony. "It is a rare occasion when a president can sign a bill he knows will save American lives," he declared.

Hello! He has rejected all kinds of occasions to save American lives here at home. He has refused to do anything about the widespread and preventable mayhem known as medical and hospital malpractice, while fanatically pushing for restrictions on the right of such victims or their next of kin to have their full day in court. At least 80,000 Americans die from malpractice just in hospitals every year, according to the Harvard School of Public Health.' http://democracyrising.us/content/view/599/151/

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Hitler was a worshiper of war ,except when he was soldier, Hmmmm

Megalomaniacs don't get embarrassed.

[bridgit]

2. there's no shame to their game, no brain no pain...

[teryang]

3. torture is for propanda purposes and doesn't save lives

Anyone who's studied or trained in the subject knows this. As one expert put it recently, it "pollutes the intelligence stream." However, this is the neo-con objective- propaganda justifying their despicable and outrageous acts. This is exactly what torture and the loss of due process results in, the falsification of evidence. This is totally consistent with the behavior of this regime.

[bridgit]

4. for a minute there i was trying to get my head all the way around 'this...

thing' and i think i almost did it by extrapolating BACK ONTO OURSELVES...that we are in fact dealing with some very, very, very-very intent individuals in the ME, and they have been so since the dawn of time as even a cursory read of Mesopotamian history would allude to, so that it maybe MAYBE-could play out as in: When In Babylon Do As The Babylonians Do...or some such,

but then i recalled in the 1st gulf war, the thousands of Iraqi's surrendering knowing full-well that they were to be in the hands of a military force that was above the norms they were accustomed to, pleading for battlefield mercy before our chagrined forces...battlefield mercy they did extend to them, making their decision so much easier so i chucked it all; all this cheney/nixon's ghost/bush/rove/matalin/bfee admin approach to the matter while i await...the return of America

my thought is that the pendulum begins to swing Nov. 7