Do the lawgivers not realize that the first thing *bush/Cheney will do

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

upon seizing dictatorial powers will be to dissolve the Congress and Senate, and quite likely purge them with mass arrests?

Have they no sense at ALL of self preservation? Don't they see that if they fail to act beforehand, they will be out of a job, and possibly jailed or rendered and killed?

Thinking about this, perhaps Pelosi DOES know this, and is merely putting her own ass above the asses of the nation (so to speak). Perhaps she thinks that when the day comes she'll be able to point out how she tried so very hard to protect the coming Two Man Show. The flaw there is, she has no idea just how vicious and uncaring they really are- call *bush nice and sweet and handsome all ya want, but he won't remember it in the morning, nor thank you for it. He's a sociopath and a psychopath, and any time you see life in his eyes it's merely a mask of sanity being worn. A MASK. Nothing more.

Impeachment, Madame Speaker. Do it now. Do it before it's too late. Do it before the mask is ripped off and the horrible truth reaches out for you.

Do it before you're shit outta luck, and shit out of a job. Do it before *bush screws all the asses in America out of everything they've ever done in their entire lives.

So to speak.


On edit: As an aside, perhaps you'll note I used the term "lawgivers". For those who don't realize it, the term comes from The Planet Of The Apes. This is the image that comes to mind when I hear that term.

[bonito]

1. K&R n/t

[alfredo]

2. He can seize their assets and threaten any who tries to help.

[ComerPerro]

3. if they are plotting this already, impeachment is not going to stop them

especially when we fail to convict. If anything, it will provoke them even more.

[supernova]

4. Denial

I think they are honestly in denial about the severity of the whole situation. I think they honestly dont, maybe can't believe, that we are sliding into dictatorship.

The idea that they still want to deal with the WH as people with good intentions is the problem.

I honestly don't know, other than mass demenstrations, how we wake them up for that torpor either.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

5. The only time I see life in Bush's eyes is as he speaks of death and destruction.

:kick: MKJ

edit, 5th R, excellent rant.

[Aviation Pro]

6. If this happens....

...then the fourth box will be opened in many homes throughout the nation. Do Jerkoff Dick Cheney and Motherfucker George Bush believe all the nation's privately owned weapons reside in the hands of the 26%, 25%, 24%, 23%?

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. I've been saying this for weeks..

these rats are backed into a corner now, and they are at their most dangerous right now...

We need to get shed of them with a QUICKNESS. Time isn't on our side..

[acmavm]

8. Yep, they''re starting to panic. If all their crimes catch up to them there may

consequences more dire than a prison cell. Treason is treason.

[durtee librul]

10. And I might add.....

Crimes against humanity are just that - crimes. AND not to be heard in the kangaroo court called the SCOTUS....a real court of laws of humans, not uncaring animals such as this administration.

[defendandprotect]

14. Well, they may be trying to figure out how to get Jeb elected . . .

but they obviously have a PLAN B in case they begin to believe they won't be able to swing another steal --

[defendandprotect]

15. Well, they may be trying to figure out how to get Jeb elected . . .

but they obviously have a PLAN B in case they begin to believe they won't be able to swing another steal --

[defendandprotect]

16. Well, they may be trying to figure out how to get Jeb elected . . .

but they obviously have a PLAN B in case they begin to believe they won't be able to swing another steal --

[Pachamama]

9. Let's send them a mass mailing of "It can happen here"

Maybe they can be reminded of what happens in that story to the Congress....

[Exultant Democracy]

11. I don't think it will come to that. I think that the fascist have learned a few new tricks

Bush and Cheney will leave the White House, but they are going to leave behind a mess and the most powerful executive branch ever.

It's not that I don't think that they have an evil plan, but I think they have learned to move with a softer touch.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

13. It's hard to touch softly when you're using a sledgehammer.

They're brutal. They're vicious. They simply do not care how much pain their actions cause.

In case you haven't been paying attention, all you need do is research the way they've prosecuted the 9/11 disaster, the Afghanistan war, and the Iraq war. Nothing soft about ANY of that.

If that doesn't convince you then perhaps the New Orleans hurricane fiasco will.

[Swamp Rat]

23. It's only "soft-touch fascism" if one has not been affected directly.

We here in New Orleans know otherwise.

Let me tell you, fascism in Amerika can be brutal... and it's coming to a small town near you any day.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

24. The face of the New Amerika

Roger Waters had it right.

[Swamp Rat]

26. He sure did!

The lunatic is on the grass.
The lunatic is on the grass.
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs.
Got to keep the loonies on the path.

The lunatic is in the hall.
The lunatics are in my hall.
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more.

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.

The lunatic is in my head.
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane.
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me.

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear.
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.

"I can't think of anything to say except...
I think it's marvelous! HaHaHa!"

[Exultant Democracy]

27. Well we will see soon enough. I just think that they have a long game in place

right now. Anyone who thinks that we are going to win by getting Dick and Bush out of the white house is dreaming.

I don't know what they are up to, but you don't either, personally I think they already celebrated mission accomplished, as far as what Bush needed to get done.

[OzarkDem]

29. They won't leave a strong executive branch

for Dems to inherit, not likely at all.

This is a group that governs by MBA strategies - everything is planned out many years in advance - unlike Dems who seem to react from one week to the next.

They would never leave a super-power executive branch in place if it were vulnerable to Dems getting control of it. They've obviously figures out a way to rig the next election or they would never take such risks.

[Exultant Democracy]

30. Well I know that I am smarter then them, so perhaps I give them to much credit

but I think leaving a mess for the Dem's to clean up and a "super powered executive on stung out on crack" that they can pick back up in a few years makes total sense.

[Summer93]

12. K & R

[Throwing Stones]

17. An outright coup d'etat would require the support of the military

These guys don't have that anymore. Sadly, they'll go quietly to their South American asylum in 2009 and America will not have learned anything.

[unblock]

18. he will not dissolve congress -- he needs them for image validation

their way is to hollow out the institutions they infest, but they need the shell that remains for image.

people would recognize a dictatorship if congress were dissolved. but if congress were simply IGNORED and redered POWERLESS (hmmmm!) then that would be a de facto dictatorship but with enough window-dressing of democracy that they can still pretend and keep the masses from revolting.

[KAT119]

19. The Brown Shirts in Germany came into the Assembly and shot the "lawgivers".

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

21. Exactly.

I referenced this action in another recent post I made that I'm too lazy to search for right now- they marched down the aisles, took them out back to the courtyard, and shot them one by one. Only those who swore allegiance to the New Order were allowed to live, and most of those ended up being purged any way.

[Tom Joad]

20. If Bush seized all power, the dems would say they support the troops.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

22. The Dems are supposed to be supporting WE THE PEOPLE.

Many of them are NOT, even now.

They'll give their loyalties away cheaply if they feel personally threatened. Some, if not many, I believe, already have.

[catmandu57]

25. Only one head can wear the crown

Whose it going to be? Deadeye has been running the show, this is going to open up a whole new can of worms when the aristocracy starts fighting amongst themselves for all the marbles.

[OzarkDem]

28. Well, maybe if they take away her pension & health care

she might be interested in doing something. I mean, damn, they'd really be hitting her where it hurts then.

[yodermon]

31. shrub & darth can't dissolve congress.

there is no mechanism to do so. no police force or army would enforce such a thing.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

32. There's no mechanism for 99% of the things they've done

and are doing.

No legality at all in ANY of it.

[seriousstan]

33. Please don't drive until the drugs wear off. Thank you.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

34. That's gonna be a while, I'm afraid.

Please feel free to expound upon the truth since I'm obviously so far off the mark. I await your wisdom.

The floor is yours.