
All right, now he's on the shit list!
Well, actually he has been for a while.
170,000,000 people can't be wrong.
This time, he's gone too far.
To be honest, he's actually been doing it over the course of the past five years. The Boston Globe has reported that W has decided that over 750 laws do not apply to him asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.
You can do that? If that's the case I think that the statute that keeps me from kicking him square in the nuts is unconstitutional (1st ammendment, baby!).
Seriously, over the past five years, W has been concentrating a lot of governmental power into the White House, siezing some of the law-making powers of Congress and constitution interpretation powers of the courts.
Just a sampling of the laws he has decided to ignore are:
''There is no question that this administration has been involved in a very carefully thought-out, systematic process of expanding presidential power at the expense of the other branches of government. This is really big, very expansive, and very significant."
- Military rules and regulations
- Affirmative-action provisions (I hear that he doesn't like black people)
- That Congress be told about immigration services problems,
- ''Whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials
- Safeguards against political interference in federally funded research
Now some would say that being at war affords him the ability to pick and chose what laws he likes. Well, he, far more than any previous president, has been aggressive about his right to ignore massive amounts of laws. This includes ol' FDR who was in office for nearly 4 damned terms, had to fend off enemy attack several times (and I mean actual attacks on US soil), had to deal with the most substantial war of modern time, and battle the most menacing enemy ever faced. Oh yeah, and he had polio and was confined to a wheelchair.
Now, why would ol' W need to sidestep more laws that that guy? The US was actually at war back then (it doesn't count if there are no restrictions on buying aluminum, rubber, and sugar). The war on terror is just an excuse for him to eek out revenge on a personal vendetta (he said it, not me).
Its pretty simple how he's destroying America. He's stepping all over the constitution (I saw him write "except for W" after "We the people"). He's ignoring at least the following Ammendments:
- 1st - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
- 4th-The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
- 5th - No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous, crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury. Nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law
- 6th - In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state
- 8th - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.
- 9th - The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
I think that's pretty clear.
If you think I'm making this up, check Bush challenges hundreds of laws.
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, O'Reilly!

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