President Bush Tells Congress, Because I Said So

[kpete]

President Bush Tells Congress, Because I Said So

By Ann Woolner



George W. Bush, president of the United States July 24 (Bloomberg) -- The beauty of the White House's latest claim about executive privilege is its simplicity. All President George W. Bush has to do is utter those two words and his underlings can ignore congressional subpoenas without fear of jail.

Why? Because the president says so. Who decides whether the claim is constitutional or bogus? He does. Who can challenge it? Nobody.

No check. No balance. No way to bring in a judge. See? Simple.

more at:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aF3Z9PywX480&refer=home



Tell us another one

George Bush and Alberto Gonzales keep stalling Congress by saying they're investigating themselves. Congress needs to call their bluff.

The Bush administration has had multiple opportunities to police itself. Yet with each opportunity, the administration chose to jury-rig the investigation to guarantee that it would find no violation. Which is, in and of itself, reason for a more intensive investigation to begin.

The Bush administration is tampering with every legitimate means of investigation. The one option left is Congress. And it's time Congress realized that.

more at:
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/marcy_wheeler/2007/07/tell_us_another_one.html

[jtrockville]

1. This is so dangerous.

[jojo54]

3. Right.

And the really scary part about it is, * still has 545 days left to completely destroy this country.

[AndyA]

2. Bush needs to go find his own country if that's the way he wants to be.

That is not America.

That is not Constitutional.

He does not have the final and ultimate say, regardless of what he thinks.

If we had a Congress with a spine, he wouldn't be getting away with this shit. At 14% approval, they need to do a HARD ABOUT FACE and start taking action in the other direction, which means impeachment, and fighting fire with fire. Then their approval ratings will go up, and they won't have to be so worried about getting elected in 2008.