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Journal rdewald's Journal: Strike III, we're out. 13

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I'm going to miss the quiet of a NYC sans buses. Apparently, they make a lot of noise.

Well, it's over. The buses are going to go back online as soon as people show up to prep and drive them. The subways will take some time to get up, just as they did after the blackout.

Today was a lot of walking, a nice sense of having the City to one's self, and a widespread sense that they were going to get this thing settled before the TWU head honchos got hauled off the jail, which was due this afternoon. I'm pretty sure they would have not had much choice but to slap them in jail, just as the congress is not going to have much choice but to impeach George Bush.

Judges, however, are still known to have some spine, as evidenced by the Padilla case decision this week. Congress? Well, we'll see. They haven't shown much interest in doing their jobs for a while, so GWBush may just get away with admitting to an impeachable offense publicly.

"I'm George Bush and I approve of this lawbreaking."

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  • this time?

    What looney theory is out there now? I haven't been to smirkingchimp.com in a while.
    • Willful and deliberate violation of FISA. Ordering surveillance on American citizens without oversight, knowledge, or participation of either of the other two branches of government. Read the fourth amendment.

      What he admitted to in a press conference is a direct violation of the law, as well as the entire structure and intention of the US Constitution. I don't expect that congress will do it's job, but it should.
      • Some people are particularly incensed (sp?) that in his radio address last week, not only did he admit to this behaviour, but stressed his intention to continue flaunting the law. The absurd thing is that a FISA warrant can be obtained up to 72 hours after the fact. So if a call should magically need to be heard RIGHT NOW, it's possible to do that, THEN get the warrant. (And while I'm on the subject of Bush, if he's going to ignore the law and the US Constitution, why are he and Cheney so worried about exte
        • The Bush administration wanted him handed over to the criminal law people, probably because they don't want the SCOTUS to review the case and find they had no grounds to hold him under military rules. The COA said "Eff you," to the extent that the can in a legal brief. There's a pretty good summary in yesterday's NYTimes.
      • Since you're not the standard Bush Is The Root Of All Evil dummy I won't just sigh and walk away.

        GWB is not only not doing anything illegal he isn't even doing anything particularly new:

        http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051222-122610- 7772r.htm [washtimes.com]

        *from a diff't article
        In 2002, the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review seemed to accept the administration's argument that the president has "inherent constitutional authority to conduct warrantless foreign intelligence surveillance."

        Seriously Ric
          • All violations of the law are an "opinion" until a court makes a determination of fact. Much has been issued by the noise machine in defense of what the POTUS said, as usual, the issue is being obsfucated. We're talking about surveillance of US Citizens, within the boundaries of the US, of their communications with other people inside the US. An AG opinion does not address the separation of powers issue, the justice department is part of the executive branch.

            Also, we're not talking about a situation wher
            • Well then, as always, he will "escape justice" as he has with the absolute sure-thing AWOL, 2000 black voter disenfranchisement, 2002 stolen elections, 2004 Diebold incident, Plamegate and any other red herring waste of time people choose to chase him on. Mostly because they didn't happen but why bring any of that up.

              *sigh*

              Have a very merry and a better 2006.
              • Sigh and walk away if you want to, but you're robbing yourself of the opportunity to learn something.

                Ever wonder why there's not a bunch of Liberal attack dogs out here drumming up sleaze about a POTUS drug scandal, or a love affair, or some financial dealings? Because it's not happening. Ever stop to ask yourself why Liberals, with respect to GWBush, are so concerned about issues like voter rights, abuse of power, disinformation and abuse of executive privilege? Is it because the political strategists o
              • Plamegate and any other red herring waste of time

                Plamegate is far from over. Fitzgerald is still investigating and Libby's trial isn't going to be for a while. The next to be indicted is probably going to be Rove though Cheney is said to be in Fitzgerald's crosshairs as well.
        • Until ca. 1998, FISA only dealt with electronic surveillance. Physical searches and seizures were covered elsewhere. Clinton and Congress amended the FISA authorization in 1998 (approximately) to have the statute cover all of the above. What this means is that Clinton was NOT violating the FISA rules WRT Aldritch Ames, and that there is a substantive difference between his actions and those of Bush.

          Ahh, my mistake. Page two of the article you linked to even said that the Gorelick testimony was directed to F
          • There's a more fundamental issue for me. One branch of government cannot have the authority to violate the law without the knowledge of and review by another branch of government. Otherwise, what does having laws mean?
        • No less than Barron's (hardly a bastion of the 'Liberal Media') has claimed in an editiorial that President Bush possibly committed an impeachable offence.

          Separation of powers and the Constitutional duty of all members of the Federal Government to uphold and follow the law are a pretty big deal.

          It is far more than the Michael Moore crowd who are deeply disturbed by the recent revealations of warrantless domestic survelience.

          The President is not a King and is not above the law.

          The fact that some in the admin

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