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A White House manual that came to light recently gives presidential advance staffers extensive instructions in the art of "deterring potential protestors" from President Bush's public appearances around the country....
...But that does not mean the White House is against dissent -- just so long as the president does not see it.
"Individuals should have the right to express their opinion to the president, even if it's not a favorable one."
On Dec. 6, 2001, Attorney General John Ashcroft informed the Senate Judiciary Committee, “To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty … your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and … give ammunition to America’s enemies.”
When Bush came to the Pittsburgh area on Labor Day 2002, 65-year-old retired steel worker Bill Neel was there to greet him with a sign proclaiming, “The Bush family must surely love the poor, they made so many of us.” The local police, at the Secret Service’s behest, set up a “designated free-speech zone” on a baseball field surrounded by a chain-link fence a third of a mile from the location of Bush’s speech.
Originally posted by marg6043
our constitutional rights are scrutinized under his executive powers, all under the issue of fighting terrorism.
[edit on 22-8-2007 by marg6043]
Originally posted by keeb333
This is completely insane and unamerican!!
Originally posted by keeb333
If the government wants to fight terrorism, maybe they should start at home.
Originally posted by marg6043
we have a president that has signed more executive orders using executives powers than any other ...
Originally posted by FlyersFan
No, he hasn't.[/quote
He still have two more years Flyers he will match and surpass.
"Ill run this country by executive order if I have to" ... BILL CLINTON
"You don't get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier." Describing what it's like to be governor of Texas.
(Governing Magazine 7/98) . . . Bush
""I told all four that there are going to be some times where we don't agree with each other, but that's OK. If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator," Bush joked.
"A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it, " [Bush] said.
You know Flyers all politicians are all the same but this one has gone to the extreme.
Originally posted by marg6043
He still have two more years Flyers he will match and surpass.
Originally posted by marg6043
all politicians are all the same
but this one has gone to the extreme.
Originally posted by keeb333
how is displaying a sign or wearing a t-shirt violent?
he will never truly know that most Americans think
he actually lost the popular vote and still won the presidency.
Too bad he's deaf to the public,
Originally posted by FlyersFan
You are assuming something from him that hasn't happened. You really can't yell at him for 'signing more executive orders' than any other president ... when in fact he hasn't.
In a stealth maneuver, President Bush has signed into law a provision which, according to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), will actually encourage the President to declare federal martial law (1). It does so by revising the Insurrection Act, a set of laws that limits the President's ability to deploy troops within the United States. The Insurrection Act (10 U.S.C.331 -335) has historically, along with the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C.1385), helped to enforce strict prohibitions on military involvement in domestic law enforcement. With one cloaked swipe of his pen, Bush is seeking to undo those prohibitions.