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	<title>Comments on: Following Bush Signing Statements, Federal Agencies Ignore 30 Percent Of Laws Passed Last Year</title>
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		<title>By: Fredstrong</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3868995</link>
		<dc:creator>Fredstrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Itâ€™s great that the Democrats are staging all these oversight committees, and incessantly pointing out all the unconstitutional and outright criminal, actions of this President, but where are the consequences? Could you imagine a District Attorney, standing and whining to the media, &quot;Look, he sold another bag of heroin! Look, he assaulted another person...&quot; and not bringing this person before a court? The Democrats are just solidifying their image as whinny, ineffectual cowards. Everyone here obviously keeps up with the Scandal Du Jour, please write your Congressmen, Senators and Speaker of the House, Pelosi, and ask why nothing is being done with all the information that has been brought to public light: Lies that led up to the war, Lying to Congress, Illegally by-passing govt. email accounts for govt. business, destruction of government records... and on, and on, and on. The only way there will be accountability for the Monster-in-Chief, is if we hold our representatives accountable for their complicity. Threaten their grip on office and the cash cow it represents and then see how quickly the tune in Washington changes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Itâ€™s great that the Democrats are staging all these oversight committees, and incessantly pointing out all the unconstitutional and outright criminal, actions of this President, but where are the consequences? Could you imagine a District Attorney, standing and whining to the media, &#8220;Look, he sold another bag of heroin! Look, he assaulted another person&#8230;&#8221; and not bringing this person before a court? The Democrats are just solidifying their image as whinny, ineffectual cowards. Everyone here obviously keeps up with the Scandal Du Jour, please write your Congressmen, Senators and Speaker of the House, Pelosi, and ask why nothing is being done with all the information that has been brought to public light: Lies that led up to the war, Lying to Congress, Illegally by-passing govt. email accounts for govt. business, destruction of government records&#8230; and on, and on, and on. The only way there will be accountability for the Monster-in-Chief, is if we hold our representatives accountable for their complicity. Threaten their grip on office and the cash cow it represents and then see how quickly the tune in Washington changes.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3868995', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Charles Lemos</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charles Lemos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Impeach. Please.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Impeach. Please.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3866836', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Justposting</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3866760</link>
		<dc:creator>Justposting</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh #92 its actually  Life, Liberty, and the right to own property. 

No promise of Happiness. No surprize right.

Remember that unconditional seizure by the Government/Monarchy and their agents was a big thing back then.

Our government calls it eminent domain and must compensate at a fair market price any property seized from US citizens.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh #92 its actually  Life, Liberty, and the right to own property. </p>
<p>No promise of Happiness. No surprize right.</p>
<p>Remember that unconditional seizure by the Government/Monarchy and their agents was a big thing back then.</p>
<p>Our government calls it eminent domain and must compensate at a fair market price any property seized from US citizens.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3866760', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Justposting</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3866736</link>
		<dc:creator>Justposting</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;...presidential interpretations of laws...&quot; 

      I&#039;m pretty sure the constitution does not grant the President Authority to either interprete or create laws.  

Legislative  - Create
Judicial        - Interprete
Executive    - Enact/Veto

I honestly believe that the original idea for the presidents role in our government was to act as the principle DIPLOMAT for the United States not as a Commander in Chief. And while the ability to wage war can be coonsidered a diplomatic tool the CiC powers have become increasingly abusive ever since Nixon decided the president could fully commit US forces to Police Actions anywhere he wanted.

Sometimes I wish we&#039;d leave the world alone and let every country do a little growing up on their own. It&#039;s like watching a 15yr old telling a 9yr old they know whats best for them; It even sounds like it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;presidential interpretations of laws&#8230;&#8221; </p>
<p>      I&#8217;m pretty sure the constitution does not grant the President Authority to either interprete or create laws.  </p>
<p>Legislative  &#8211; Create<br />
Judicial        &#8211; Interprete<br />
Executive    &#8211; Enact/Veto</p>
<p>I honestly believe that the original idea for the presidents role in our government was to act as the principle DIPLOMAT for the United States not as a Commander in Chief. And while the ability to wage war can be coonsidered a diplomatic tool the CiC powers have become increasingly abusive ever since Nixon decided the president could fully commit US forces to Police Actions anywhere he wanted.</p>
<p>Sometimes I wish we&#8217;d leave the world alone and let every country do a little growing up on their own. It&#8217;s like watching a 15yr old telling a 9yr old they know whats best for them; It even sounds like it.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3866736', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: freedomrings</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3866332</link>
		<dc:creator>freedomrings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt; This is why impeachment was invented.
THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE, NOR SHOULD THERE BE.

Comment by DM â€” June 19, 2007 @ 10:39 amem&gt;

Congress is supposed to represent the will of the people. 300,000,000 people would have trouble with mob rules. So our representatives are elected to â€œrepresent our will.â€ I will not bore you here except to say that there were key issues like the concept of â€œNo taxation without representation!â€

Congress persons for the most part are lawyers. One lawyer that comes to mind was Abe Lincoln. Abe was a â€œrailroad lawyerâ€ and during those years of westerly expansion the railroads needed more and more land. It became clear to them that getting Abe elected would be an ACE in their collective corporate pocket. Abe did many things to help the railroads after he did away with corporate restrictions.

Abe gave the corporationâ€™s the same entitlements as an individual citizen. They could now lobby, vote, gain access to private lands, form larger corporations and become monopolies. That was only one thing that Abe did but there was more. Abe decided to unify the Union with a Federal System by force. He attacked the Southâ€™s use of slaves and made that the wedge issue. So after a brutal civil war the slaves were freed by the ratification of the 13th Amendment.

Read that amendment with care people since â€œlawyersâ€ created itâ€¦

Section 1: 
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, &lt;strong&gt;except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted&lt;/strong&gt;, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. 
Section 2: 
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.&quot;

It was in this that a â€œCORPORATE PLUTOCRACYâ€ was formed and allowed the states to retain slavery by chain gangs and work camps. What these lawyers in fact did was make a slave out of all people by the government. All they need to do is â€œPUNISH YOU.â€ The section gives congress additional powers of â€œENFORCMENTâ€ and that breaks away from the entire job of the â€œlegislative branchâ€ by allowing it to impose slavery as punishment through enforcement of any legislation.

With all of this combined the Congress became a possession of growing corporate powers through planted lawyers that they (the corporations) ran for important elections. Mainly at first this was for land grabs by the railroads but then developed to include insurance, banking Federal Reserve, IRS and everything else. In a way the corporations created a credit system for the growing base of slaves (us, we) so that we could house ourselves but our asses belonged to them from dawn to dusk.

A corporate plutocracy tends to resemble a feudal system but make no mistake the guy at the top represents the corporations from Abe Lincoln till today. The military in the USA is not allowed to maintain standing armies for good reason. They are a drain on the economy during peace and become the plutocratic enforcers from the moment they exist. The Constitutional provision was that local citizens were to maintain (drill and practice) local militias of the local citizens who were expected to be armed as a declarative in the 2nd Amendment.

After the British it was determined that no matter what as free people â€œtyrannyâ€ was the worst possible thing. It was worse than murder, slavery, butchery, rape, arson, contempt, etc. They warned us all over and over again about the dangers of â€œtyranny.â€ Here we are today and 88% of the citizenry want to change out the Executive Branch. Congress does not hear us or yield to us but instead deceives us and defends the corporate plutocracy.   The lawyers have created a business of the government since they are the politicians and they were put there by the corporations who made them.

That is the chain of command and that is why congress does not hear us. They donâ€™t take us seriously since we trusted the fox in the hen house. Lawyers are by their very nature the slickest of blood suckers! All you need to do on any issue is look at the flow of money and as it goes WE pay it and THEY collect it!

So there is an alternative here and frankly the alternative must be taken and that is to abolish the current government. Time is short since the Dictator seems to like â€œnuking things!â€ We had better get a religion and fast since many of us feel the hairs on the back of our necks standing in alert to the growing danger to the world that this â€œCorporate Plutocracyâ€ represents. I would imagine that protests will be put down. Iâ€™m sure there is a reason Bush wants to give illegal aliens amnesty as they would not in fact â€œStrikeâ€ during general strikes. While the citizens were out striking, protesting and marching the corporations would use those â€œguest workersâ€ that donâ€™t care about â€œCivil Rightsâ€ or the â€œConstitution.â€

So, protesting, marches and general strikes should be done but ultimately the most the government will do is give us the illusion that they will be responsive. We are likely to be lulled into a false sense of security like has happened so many times before. At some point we will have to embrace one of those old adages, â€œGive me liberty or give me death!â€ When, fellow citizens, shall we make a general strike on the tyrants to wound them in their money coffers that used to belong to US?

When will we descend down on DC in PEACE to give the Tyrants notice that their social experiment and notions of a New World Order are â€œOUT OF ORDER?â€ Can we honestly afford to wait another 1 Â½ years while â€œNEWâ€ more sinister 9-11â€™s are being planned in hopes that any popular uprising can be quieted once and for all? Can we honestly afford to wait another 1 Â½ years to see another fixed election done on machines that post results for whomever is planned on winning by the blood suckers?

When will we dance?&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em> This is why impeachment was invented.<br />
THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE, NOR SHOULD THERE BE.</p>
<p>Comment by DM â€” June 19, 2007 @ 10:39 amem&gt;</p>
<p>Congress is supposed to represent the will of the people. 300,000,000 people would have trouble with mob rules. So our representatives are elected to â€œrepresent our will.â€ I will not bore you here except to say that there were key issues like the concept of â€œNo taxation without representation!â€</p>
<p>Congress persons for the most part are lawyers. One lawyer that comes to mind was Abe Lincoln. Abe was a â€œrailroad lawyerâ€ and during those years of westerly expansion the railroads needed more and more land. It became clear to them that getting Abe elected would be an ACE in their collective corporate pocket. Abe did many things to help the railroads after he did away with corporate restrictions.</p>
<p>Abe gave the corporationâ€™s the same entitlements as an individual citizen. They could now lobby, vote, gain access to private lands, form larger corporations and become monopolies. That was only one thing that Abe did but there was more. Abe decided to unify the Union with a Federal System by force. He attacked the Southâ€™s use of slaves and made that the wedge issue. So after a brutal civil war the slaves were freed by the ratification of the 13th Amendment.</p>
<p>Read that amendment with care people since â€œlawyersâ€ created itâ€¦</p>
<p>Section 1:<br />
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, <strong>except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted</strong>, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.<br />
Section 2:<br />
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.&#8221;</p>
<p>It was in this that a â€œCORPORATE PLUTOCRACYâ€ was formed and allowed the states to retain slavery by chain gangs and work camps. What these lawyers in fact did was make a slave out of all people by the government. All they need to do is â€œPUNISH YOU.â€ The section gives congress additional powers of â€œENFORCMENTâ€ and that breaks away from the entire job of the â€œlegislative branchâ€ by allowing it to impose slavery as punishment through enforcement of any legislation.</p>
<p>With all of this combined the Congress became a possession of growing corporate powers through planted lawyers that they (the corporations) ran for important elections. Mainly at first this was for land grabs by the railroads but then developed to include insurance, banking Federal Reserve, IRS and everything else. In a way the corporations created a credit system for the growing base of slaves (us, we) so that we could house ourselves but our asses belonged to them from dawn to dusk.</p>
<p>A corporate plutocracy tends to resemble a feudal system but make no mistake the guy at the top represents the corporations from Abe Lincoln till today. The military in the USA is not allowed to maintain standing armies for good reason. They are a drain on the economy during peace and become the plutocratic enforcers from the moment they exist. The Constitutional provision was that local citizens were to maintain (drill and practice) local militias of the local citizens who were expected to be armed as a declarative in the 2nd Amendment.</p>
<p>After the British it was determined that no matter what as free people â€œtyrannyâ€ was the worst possible thing. It was worse than murder, slavery, butchery, rape, arson, contempt, etc. They warned us all over and over again about the dangers of â€œtyranny.â€ Here we are today and 88% of the citizenry want to change out the Executive Branch. Congress does not hear us or yield to us but instead deceives us and defends the corporate plutocracy.   The lawyers have created a business of the government since they are the politicians and they were put there by the corporations who made them.</p>
<p>That is the chain of command and that is why congress does not hear us. They donâ€™t take us seriously since we trusted the fox in the hen house. Lawyers are by their very nature the slickest of blood suckers! All you need to do on any issue is look at the flow of money and as it goes WE pay it and THEY collect it!</p>
<p>So there is an alternative here and frankly the alternative must be taken and that is to abolish the current government. Time is short since the Dictator seems to like â€œnuking things!â€ We had better get a religion and fast since many of us feel the hairs on the back of our necks standing in alert to the growing danger to the world that this â€œCorporate Plutocracyâ€ represents. I would imagine that protests will be put down. Iâ€™m sure there is a reason Bush wants to give illegal aliens amnesty as they would not in fact â€œStrikeâ€ during general strikes. While the citizens were out striking, protesting and marching the corporations would use those â€œguest workersâ€ that donâ€™t care about â€œCivil Rightsâ€ or the â€œConstitution.â€</p>
<p>So, protesting, marches and general strikes should be done but ultimately the most the government will do is give us the illusion that they will be responsive. We are likely to be lulled into a false sense of security like has happened so many times before. At some point we will have to embrace one of those old adages, â€œGive me liberty or give me death!â€ When, fellow citizens, shall we make a general strike on the tyrants to wound them in their money coffers that used to belong to US?</p>
<p>When will we descend down on DC in PEACE to give the Tyrants notice that their social experiment and notions of a New World Order are â€œOUT OF ORDER?â€ Can we honestly afford to wait another 1 Â½ years while â€œNEWâ€ more sinister 9-11â€™s are being planned in hopes that any popular uprising can be quieted once and for all? Can we honestly afford to wait another 1 Â½ years to see another fixed election done on machines that post results for whomever is planned on winning by the blood suckers?</p>
<p>When will we dance?</em><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3866332', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: War4Sale</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3866282</link>
		<dc:creator>War4Sale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The Decider&quot; should have been impeached for this abuse of power alone, not to mention the unbroken stream of lies, cover-ups and other high crimes in office.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The Decider&#8221; should have been impeached for this abuse of power alone, not to mention the unbroken stream of lies, cover-ups and other high crimes in office.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3866282', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Leporello</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3866095</link>
		<dc:creator>Leporello</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s a reminder from the Founding Fathers, &quot;That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. &quot; &quot;these ends&quot; refers to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It was true then and reains true now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a reminder from the Founding Fathers, &#8220;That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. &#8221; &#8220;these ends&#8221; refers to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It was true then and reains true now.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3866095', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DM</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3866088</link>
		<dc:creator>DM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is why impeachment was invented.

THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE, NOR SHOULD THERE BE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is why impeachment was invented.</p>
<p>THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE, NOR SHOULD THERE BE.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3866088', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hellinabucket</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3866038</link>
		<dc:creator>hellinabucket</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Screwing America one signing statement at a time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Screwing America one signing statement at a time.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3866038', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: freedomrings</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3866014</link>
		<dc:creator>freedomrings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Honestly JGalt would it not make more sense to end this thing now? I posted this:
Sorry but there is no more time here. You want to wait till the election but back up the last 2 were rigged for sure. There is an infallible way to tell, Bush got reelected!

Marches, protests, general strikes, revolt and possibly civil war are all that is left. Donâ€™t you see that? I like to pretend that the election will be real but the election is just a show.

We donâ€™t have to feel bad about this we just have to take it beyond the blog. General strikes are a great way to start and we are talking about an 80% majority. Citizens must lobby their cops to get as many of them as possible to cross sides. We must get the families of the soldiers on the side of reason. 

There need to be large scale general strikes that completely stop the nation for days if necessary. They might attempt martial law at that point? Regardless the nightmare must end one way or the other. We can hold ad hock elections ourselves and rip away the corporate plutocracy!

Iâ€™m 99% sure we are there Wayne not waiting for another fake election for another figurehead operated by the military and the corporations!

Hay hay ho ho King Bush has got to go!



Are you sure that waiting another 1 1/2 years is a good idea for an election that is probably fixed like the last 2? The Founding Fathers would be proud that we stood up to tyranny no matter what the result.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Honestly JGalt would it not make more sense to end this thing now? I posted this:<br />
Sorry but there is no more time here. You want to wait till the election but back up the last 2 were rigged for sure. There is an infallible way to tell, Bush got reelected!</p>
<p>Marches, protests, general strikes, revolt and possibly civil war are all that is left. Donâ€™t you see that? I like to pretend that the election will be real but the election is just a show.</p>
<p>We donâ€™t have to feel bad about this we just have to take it beyond the blog. General strikes are a great way to start and we are talking about an 80% majority. Citizens must lobby their cops to get as many of them as possible to cross sides. We must get the families of the soldiers on the side of reason. </p>
<p>There need to be large scale general strikes that completely stop the nation for days if necessary. They might attempt martial law at that point? Regardless the nightmare must end one way or the other. We can hold ad hock elections ourselves and rip away the corporate plutocracy!</p>
<p>Iâ€™m 99% sure we are there Wayne not waiting for another fake election for another figurehead operated by the military and the corporations!</p>
<p>Hay hay ho ho King Bush has got to go!</p>
<p>Are you sure that waiting another 1 1/2 years is a good idea for an election that is probably fixed like the last 2? The Founding Fathers would be proud that we stood up to tyranny no matter what the result.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3866014', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JGalt</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3865995</link>
		<dc:creator>JGalt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you want to make a difference and change this country back to what it was - then at least take a look at what RON PAUL is saying.  He is the only one with a proven consistent record.  He has dissented on a lot of the foolish things that this administration has been up to in league with the rubber stamp republican congress and guess what - he has been proven right in every case.  Dr. Paul is not a lawyer who chooses his words so that he has an escape from their meanings.  He is a doctor that delivers babies.  He has made life and death choices up close and personal.  He doesn&#039;t kill people from the war room thousands of miles away to feel like a macho-man.  He rightly pointed out to Rudy Guiliani how out of touch Guiliani was about the nation&#039;s security.  Rudy has made millions from have become an &quot;expert&quot; on security but he doesn&#039;t even know why we were attacked.  The CIA has reported publicly on this and he didn&#039;t even read the 9/11 commission&#039;s report despite being in the security business.  Dr. Paul stood up to him and talked about the facts while Guiliani debated the emotion.  Check out Ron Paul.  If you know who Thomas Jefferson and James Madison are then you remember this country&#039;s roots.  Its time to go back to them and get back on the right path.  Just check out the good doctor and let your brain and heart guide you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you want to make a difference and change this country back to what it was &#8211; then at least take a look at what RON PAUL is saying.  He is the only one with a proven consistent record.  He has dissented on a lot of the foolish things that this administration has been up to in league with the rubber stamp republican congress and guess what &#8211; he has been proven right in every case.  Dr. Paul is not a lawyer who chooses his words so that he has an escape from their meanings.  He is a doctor that delivers babies.  He has made life and death choices up close and personal.  He doesn&#8217;t kill people from the war room thousands of miles away to feel like a macho-man.  He rightly pointed out to Rudy Guiliani how out of touch Guiliani was about the nation&#8217;s security.  Rudy has made millions from have become an &#8220;expert&#8221; on security but he doesn&#8217;t even know why we were attacked.  The CIA has reported publicly on this and he didn&#8217;t even read the 9/11 commission&#8217;s report despite being in the security business.  Dr. Paul stood up to him and talked about the facts while Guiliani debated the emotion.  Check out Ron Paul.  If you know who Thomas Jefferson and James Madison are then you remember this country&#8217;s roots.  Its time to go back to them and get back on the right path.  Just check out the good doctor and let your brain and heart guide you.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3865995', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Kate Henry</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3865993</link>
		<dc:creator>Kate Henry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hail to our King George.  There really has to be something we can do about this.  It seems to me that if congress passes a law and then the President ignores the law, that is a crime.  What is the use of passing laws if the President can ignore them at will?  Please Democrats, stop playing nice and start flexing your muscles.  Put impeachment on the table.  Even if it doesn&#039;t pass, it will at least give us a forum to spell out the crimes this administration has committed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hail to our King George.  There really has to be something we can do about this.  It seems to me that if congress passes a law and then the President ignores the law, that is a crime.  What is the use of passing laws if the President can ignore them at will?  Please Democrats, stop playing nice and start flexing your muscles.  Put impeachment on the table.  Even if it doesn&#8217;t pass, it will at least give us a forum to spell out the crimes this administration has committed.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3865993', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JGalt</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3865991</link>
		<dc:creator>JGalt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When Bush was first elected and before he was inagurated he was heard to remark that he didn&#039;t understand why people kept throwing the Constitution in his face - &quot;It was just a piece of paper&quot;.  He lost every debate.  He came across like an idiot in every speech.  He had no published papers outlining his own thoughts.  Every word he utters comes from a team of speechwriters that run everything past focus groups.  He was a failed businessman.   He pushed into the corporate world by his father&#039;s friends who then had to ask him to resign because he was worthless.  The solution for this vagabon was to run him for a governorship and then on to the grand prize.  We were warned about him but nobody listened.  If the Democrats would have run anyone other than Al Gore then this wouldn&#039;t have happened.  America you voted and you chose as your American President...the man you thought could win the election and hopefully lead the nation.  Given his ability to blow off Congress and the Constitution - We better hope that he even plans to leave office after his term.  Personally, I see some &quot;national emergency&quot; in the works to thwart that.  Those signing statements are a nightmare in themselves but if you want to read something really scary then read the Executive Orders that he has been issuing lately.  Like dictatorial powers when he deems necessary, the elimination of posse commitatus and the suspension of habeas corpus.  Be warned this guy is a serious danger and him and his cabal are out of control.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Bush was first elected and before he was inagurated he was heard to remark that he didn&#8217;t understand why people kept throwing the Constitution in his face &#8211; &#8220;It was just a piece of paper&#8221;.  He lost every debate.  He came across like an idiot in every speech.  He had no published papers outlining his own thoughts.  Every word he utters comes from a team of speechwriters that run everything past focus groups.  He was a failed businessman.   He pushed into the corporate world by his father&#8217;s friends who then had to ask him to resign because he was worthless.  The solution for this vagabon was to run him for a governorship and then on to the grand prize.  We were warned about him but nobody listened.  If the Democrats would have run anyone other than Al Gore then this wouldn&#8217;t have happened.  America you voted and you chose as your American President&#8230;the man you thought could win the election and hopefully lead the nation.  Given his ability to blow off Congress and the Constitution &#8211; We better hope that he even plans to leave office after his term.  Personally, I see some &#8220;national emergency&#8221; in the works to thwart that.  Those signing statements are a nightmare in themselves but if you want to read something really scary then read the Executive Orders that he has been issuing lately.  Like dictatorial powers when he deems necessary, the elimination of posse commitatus and the suspension of habeas corpus.  Be warned this guy is a serious danger and him and his cabal are out of control.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3865991', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: chen bo</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3865977</link>
		<dc:creator>chen bo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thatâ€™s 3 things hehe</description>
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		<title>By: freedomrings</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3865969</link>
		<dc:creator>freedomrings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;If Congress canâ€™t take down this little limp dick joke of a human they should all just go the f#ck home.

Comment by buzzbomb â€” June 19, 2007 @ 1:55 am&lt;/em&gt;

Since congress lacks the needed votes and will to impeach than the citizens must impeach the 110th Congress and the Dictator and hold paper ballot elections from our ranks. My point is that the ball is in our court and nothing is happening...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>If Congress canâ€™t take down this little limp dick joke of a human they should all just go the f#ck home.</p>
<p>Comment by buzzbomb â€” June 19, 2007 @ 1:55 am</em></p>
<p>Since congress lacks the needed votes and will to impeach than the citizens must impeach the 110th Congress and the Dictator and hold paper ballot elections from our ranks. My point is that the ball is in our court and nothing is happening&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3865969', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Briseadh na Faire</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3865921</link>
		<dc:creator>Briseadh na Faire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;One thing is a certainty: as soon as a Democrat is elected president, Congress will hold him/her accountable to see to it the laws are faithfully executed. Until then, Impeachment will remain off the table.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>One thing is a certainty: as soon as a Democrat is elected president, Congress will hold him/her accountable to see to it the laws are faithfully executed. Until then, Impeachment will remain off the table.</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3865921', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/signing-statements-gao/comment-page-2/#comment-3865911</link>
		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree Republic.  He would be a great Senator.  I love Al, I just didn&#039;t love his show.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree Republic.  He would be a great Senator.  I love Al, I just didn&#8217;t love his show.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3865911', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Go Al!! I found his talk show dull and centrist but Norm is the sillyest Senator going.

Comment by JPark

At least Al was informed and gives a shit.  It&#039;s a start in the right direction.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Go Al!! I found his talk show dull and centrist but Norm is the sillyest Senator going.</p>
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<p>At least Al was informed and gives a shit.  It&#8217;s a start in the right direction.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3865867', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
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		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>buzzbomb, can we request that Bush and Cheney go home?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>buzzbomb, can we request that Bush and Cheney go home?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3865862', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
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		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Err, 2001, I should say.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Err, 2001, I should say.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3865861', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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