LOL
I had a horrible dream last night. In the dream the Republicans drafted Jeb Bush out of desperation and he was elected. (They already tried to draft one guy, Fred Thompson, out of desperation but it turns out he has about as much life in him as Benito Mussolini). And then the twins succeeded him. The can't-get-there-from-here dream after that was a welcome relief.
>>And sometimes I think I'm a dreamer!
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>>15 more months....
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>Borders Book Store is selling a count down calendar (End of Administration, etc). Unfortunately, it has pictures of Bush which I do not allow in my house. :)
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>>>I'm not sure if the purpose of this episode is necessarily to release any bombshells. From the description it's more of a historical record of the process cheney, addington, etc. have gone thru to get the expansion of powers they so greatly desired. Hopefully, others can use what they learn from this episode to put in place controls so this never happens again.
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>>>>Unless PBS has a bombshell revelation or two up their sleeves this really is not news. Cheney, Addington, and company have applied themselves to the expansion of executive power for nearly seven years now. With notable success, unfortunately. I think they have actually succeeded in moving the goal posts.
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>>>>We discussed this before -- that was such a great cartoon in The New Yorker a while back, accompanying an article focusing on Addington's behind-the-scenes influence. It depicted Addington feeding the Constitution through a shredder while Bush and Cheney looked on with practically orgasmic looks on their faces. Welcome to America in the 00's.
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>>>>>Tomorrow nites season opening episode:
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/cheney/>>>>>
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>>>>>For three decades Vice President Dick Cheney conducted a secretive, behind-closed-doors campaign to give the president virtually unlimited wartime power. Finally, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Justice Department and the White House made a number of controversial legal decisions. Orchestrated by Cheney and his lawyer David Addington, the department interpreted executive power in an expansive and extraordinary way, granting President George W. Bush the power to detain, interrogate, torture, wiretap and spy -- without congressional approval or judicial review.
