Personally, I am surprised if the Bush administration leaves office. Perhaps there will suddenly be another attack on American soil, necessitating the declaration of martial law. No doubt, many here are already familiar with the KBR’s “detention camps”. We do need to ask – and answer! – who those camps are really intended for, considering that much protest has been declared as illegal, even as a “terrorist”, according to the Green Scare doctrine of domestic “engagement”.

Given the laws and Presidential Signing Orders that have come to pass in recent years, all citizens of America (and the world, on the basis of the global reach American economically-driven politics expose) need to be especially cautious. In the UK, the western capitalist model has taken the form of intrusive state and third party surveillance, a breakdown of accountability where murderers are actually promoted within Scotland Yard, where warfare to release oil is spun as an ethical imperative.

The time for words is truly over. We can debate these issues until the cows come home. It is definitely time now for the words to find expression through actions, through deeds.

We must each pick, and define, a line in the sand. That is what we must each defend.

Letting the Bushists walk would solidify a massive resistance. If armed revolution is what the mollifiers want then there would be more than enough citizenry to satisfy their desire.

To our “law makers:” Don’t even think about breaking the law by committing acts of criminal negligence in our face.

Do not tread on me. Do you remember? For each member of Congress and every American, I recommend the HBO series John Adams. Don’t force the People to act alone. Again.

http://www.light-to-dark.com/war_on_democracy.html

Do I have that right?

It seems to me that a pardon would have to enumerate what it is a pardon for. Of course, I am proudly NOT a lawyer.

then we can look forward to platitudes like: ‘heal the nation’ …..’get over it’ ….’bipartisan healing’ …’time to move on’ …..’so we can get to the problems at hand’ ///you know, searing rhetoric to protect power brokers & the ruling class/junta from us commoners!!!!!!

Why are you such a sissy?

AMEN!

I would like to take this opportunity to point out that various Bushco members have, apparently, committed crimes which have nothing to do with Iraq. They are equal opportunity Republicriminals.

P.S. Clinton is out of office, so, any damage he did is in the past. Chimpy, on the other hand, has a half a year to screw things up.

And when the government wants to do random car searches to see that I am not smuggling a WMD in the trunk, I am ok with that, because I don’t have anything to hide.

When they come to my house in the middle of the night to see that I don’t have anything illegal stashed somewhere, what’s a little inconvenience when it comes to keeping the piss soaked trolls sleeping sounder?

When they do cavity searches of the family, they sure aren’t going to find anything, because, like wrongashell, I don’t have anything to hide.

It’s a scary world out there folks and there are people out there (brown, Muslim) that want to do us harm. There might have been some in Iraq before the invasion, can you prove that there weren’t? Well can you????

sarc/off

There sure as hell are enemies in Iraq now, thanks to Bush’s War. There are tenfold more people in the world who want to do us harm because of the illegal actions of that smirking POS. He and his sycophant whiners like wrongashell are not Americans. We are stronger and prouder than those weak cowards.

“pre-emptive pardons” is an oxymoron. You can’t pardon a crime that hasn’t happened yet. If you could, a president could pardon his whole administration on inauguration day and then go wild. Pardoning someone is an admission of their guilt. He would have to describe what he is pardoning them for. Legally, the president can probably only pardon someone who has been convicted by a court.

Enough already. Impeachment needs to start now.
Article 2, Section 2 of the US Constitution:
“[The President] shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”

So, since pre-emptive pardoning is nonsense, Bush can’t pardon Cheney or any impeachable staff member if they are impeached and the constitution says they can’t pardon them if they are then convicted.

Is there any doubt that the rest of the world will look at this and have a much lower opinion of the US of A ?

Also the 911 false flag incident was also a crime in which powerful Dems are also complicit.

Rethugs may up to their necks in war crimes, but make no mistake, some powerful Dems are also up to their necks in war crimes as well.

Hence the no impeachment ruling by Pelosi.

These crimes are well known to most in the know. They will all burn in hell for their mortal sins.

The average Dittohead supporter will also burn. Ignorance is no excuse for supporting Mass Murder.

How many Nazi’s made it thru the Pearly Gates – NONE did!

The absolute denial these people are in amazes me.

To this day, old Nazi’s still are trying to deny the holocost ever happened or they are justifying it.

It is no different with the Dittohead fascists.

I support the 4th.

No you don’t. You support Bush. It is impossible to support both the Constitution and the foremost violator of the Constitution.

Stuart Taylor, Jr., a constitutional law fellow at Brookings, agrees, saying:
Absent pardons, pressure to go after GOP “war criminals” would make it very hard to unite Americans of all stripes behind solutions to the many economic and social challenges facing the country.

I think the average American is much more aware of the price of gasoline, heating/cooling, utilities in general, health care crisis, etc. than they are about these pardons and hopefully that will be enough to wake them up and see the rest of what has been going on…….

republicans can rest assured that thier little run is just about over……they better start planning for much further down the road. It is over for them and they have no one to blame but themselves.

What law has been broken

U.S. Constitution: Fourth Amendment- Search and Seizure

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.