People reading this thread and related threads see a lot of this stuff as sensationalistic, or as conspiracy talk. I think people feel very removed from what goes on in their government. This stuff is real, it came out of virtually nowhere, and it is happening at a frightening pace.

The U.S. government and military are proceeding with a very disturbing agenda, and there has at no point been a hesitation, or a dispute where that agenda becomes morally or ethically suspect, or outright criminal. Bush is actually removing the safeguards (one of which is oversight) that were put in place to prevent the abuse or misuse of power. How he is able to do this without resistance not only boggles the mind, but it shows our government is negligent in doing their job at a time when it is critical, or that they are in collusion with this operation.

Why do we have laws in this country if they will only be enforced on its citizens and not those that took a public office and swore an oath to uphold that law? Why is no one outraged about this but the citizens for whom the voices have been taken away - and soon our rights and freedom? Is there no one that can speak up for us - for reason?

I know I was removed for the longest time, in part, because our government - politics in general - has been the butt of the joke for decades. You couldn't see what was going on in our government as anything but worthy of derision. Government bureaucracy has been the bane of our existence. And the ridiculous laws that came out of the federal and local governments seemed so arbitrary and at odds with reason that you couldn't take these people seriously. That coupled with the improper comingling of church and state, the involvement of corporate America, mud-slinging, and the good ol' boy's club syndrome just made citizens more ashamed of our government than anything else.

Well some of those good ol' boys are actually very, very scary. And they are now in power and effecting legislation that has turned a once seemingly impotent, misguided bureaucracy into a threat to the citizens it purports to serve. With the tack that our government and military have taken since Bush was elected, they have placed themselves squarely against their own citizens.

The actions of this administration have dishonored the ideologies on which this country was founded. President Bush has treated our Constitution as a "piece of paper", which is the worst offense one can commit as a public servant sitting in office - in the Office of the President of the United States. Our service members live an die for that piece of paper, you self-serving, ignorant monster! This administration has betrayed the trust of the American people they have sworn to serve, and the rest of the world. And they have done this with self-satisfied, self-created impunity.

Not only has this administration betrayed our trust, but further, they threaten to respond to our outrage with legislation aimed at removing our rights at their whim; offense upon offense. This administration has stopped administering the will of the people, and is now spying on them, imposing restrictions, removing their rights and engaging in a program of neglect, control and intimidation.

I can't say one good thing about this administration, but can only join the millions of people who want Bush out, and who want his terror legislation reversed and recognized for what it is - the product of an administration gone power crazy, paranoid and hostile toward its own citizens. When you exert control and force and control over your own citizens it's called tyranny. This is the dictionary definition of tyranny.

These are sinister laws just waiting to be put into effect. There is no difference from creating oppressive, unConstitutional laws and enforcing them. It just takes a wave of Bush's hand, or the agency acting on his behalf, and we're knee deep in it. We need just one instance of this to frighten the daylights out of people.

We can't wait for that. These laws need to be reversed. They are anti-American, serve the government and not the will of the people, give despotic power to one man and are unConstitutional. If our laws and our Constitution mean nothing to our own government, then we have to ask ourselves how much worse an enemy would conduct themselves given the same position.

We're done. This administration is done. And life in the U.S. is going to change now - in favor of its citizens! The day that our government forces its will onto its own people is the day that that government learns to understand who's in charge.

Godd*mn f**king right!

[edit on 3-11-2006 by OnTheDeck]

[edit on 3-11-2006 by OnTheDeck]

So this wasn't starred nor flagged so lets sweep it under the rug. Who cares that Bush signed a bill that made him immune to war crimes. To be pardoned you have to be guilty right?

Does anyone here even have a clue what Bush has done!!!!! He pardoned himself!!!!Oh guess what was in the Military Commisions Act?

Just guess. Him and his buddies got pardoned so now he can do what he wants when he wants.

Of how high ATS looks at everything how did this slip by your bull-hockey detecting sniffing noses and razor sharp eyes?

And this is why Bush isn't Impeached yet because we can't charge him.