So the Coward-who-would-be-King has decided that absent the objection of any member of congress with a fucking spine, he can (or his lawyers) can just abrogate the Constitution at will?

Months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying, according to government officials.
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The Bush administration views the operation as necessary so that the agency can move quickly to monitor communications that may disclose threats to this country, the officials said. Defenders of the program say it has been a critical tool in helping disrupt terrorist plots and prevent attacks inside the United States.

Administration officials are confident that existing safeguards are sufficient to protect the privacy and civil liberties of Americans, the officials say. ...
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The White House asked The New York Times not to publish this article, arguing that it could jeopardize continuing investigations and alert would-be terrorists that they might be under scrutiny. After meeting with senior administration officials to hear their concerns, the newspaper delayed publication for a year to conduct additional reporting. Some information that administration officials argued could be useful to terrorists has been omitted.

Mr. Bush's executive order allowing some warrantless eavesdropping on those inside the United States ­ including American citizens, permanent legal residents, tourists and other foreigners ­ is based on classified legal opinions that assert that the president has broad powers to order such searches, derived in part from the September 2001 Congressional resolution authorizing him to wage war on Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, according to the officials familiar with the N.S.A. operation.

It is not clear how much the members of Congress were told about the presidential order and the eavesdropping program. Some of them declined to comment about the matter, while others did not return phone calls.

Before the 2004 election, the official said, some N.S.A. personnel worried that the program might come under scrutiny by Congressional or criminal investigators if Senator John Kerry, the Democratic nominee, was elected president.

This corruption, bastardization, and evil is gonna come crashing down on these fuckers one day. I wonder on the day after that happens, how many folks will be willing to admit they were once "republican supporters of Preznit Scrambled Brains", or will they be like the post-surrender Germans..."Ve vas not Nazi's"...

Funny ... in that pathetic, wish-you-could-look the other way (scroll down) kind of a way...

"HUME: Let me get your thoughts, Mr. President, on -- on how you think or hope you'll be remembered.

"BUSH: You mean, just kind of a blanket statement?

"HUME: Yes.

"BUSH: I hope that first, as a person, I'll be remembered as a fellow who had his priorities straight: his faith, his family and his friends are a central part of his life.

"Secondly, I hope to be remembered, from a personal perspective, as a fellow who had lived life to the fullest and gave it his all. And thirdly, I'd like to be remembered as the president who used American influence for the good of the world: bastioning freedom and fighting disease and poverty, by recognizing to whom much is given, much is required and that -- that I wasn't afraid to make a decision."

He'll certainly be remembered as one of the only presidents to reward incompetance and criminal behavior by promotion and a greater role in public policy. So, he's got that going for him in the eyes of history..oh, and his strategeric thinking.

OK- sometimes the jokes just write themselves, don't they? Preznit Drooling Moron has just made a pretty stunning pronouncement...

President Bush said yesterday he is confident that former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) is innocent of money-laundering charges, as he offered strong support for several top Republicans who have been battered by investigations or by rumors of fading clout inside the White House.
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"I hope that he will, 'cause I like him, and plus, when he's over there, we get our votes through the House," Bush told Fox News's Brit Hume.

So let's see...Preznit Addled Cokehead's track record on prognostication ... hmmm... pretty slim ...No WMD's, the Mission is Not Accomplished, Terri Schiavo was not giggling at the balloon, and Harriet Meirs was really not the best candidate for the Supreme Court. So forgive me if I express a little reticence in believing that the Beloved Leader's Crystal Balls are good for much more than proving that he could sire a couple of drunken party girls. Or invade a sovereign country to get his war on...

The crooked, greedy republicans who never never met a fight they couldn't win by cheating have decided to go all Ted Stevens on the budget...either give them what they want, American People be damned, or they're gonna throw a millionaire hissy-fit at the expense of our men and women in uniform. Knowing that they'd never get drilling in ANWR approved with honest debate, the millionaire criminal and crony critters are trying to tack a drilling provision onto a defense spending bill, knowing that they can beat opponents over the head with it if it doesn't pass and claim that those in opposition don't "Support the Troops".

With a budget-cutting measure stymied by stiff resistance to opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, Congressional Republicans began exploring Wednesday a new tactic to win approval of both $45 billion in cuts and the drilling plan.

Lawmakers and senior aides said they were seriously considering tacking the drilling proposal onto a Pentagon spending bill that is among those that must pass before Congress heads home in the next few days. The switch, they said, could clear the way for approval of the spending cuts sought by conservatives and the Arctic drilling plan that is a priority of Republicans and the Bush administration, provided they could defeat any filibuster.

The 1600 Crew, and in particular Preznit Yellow Stripe has decided to go along with John McCain's anti-torture language to get legislation passed.

The White House, after weeks of resistance, agreed today to Senator John McCain's call for a law specifically banning cruel or inhuman treatment of terror suspects anywhere in the world.

Mr. McCain met with President Bush at the White House this afternoon, and an announcement of a deal followed.
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Late Wednesday, in a rare bipartisan rebuke to the administration, the House of Representatives voted, 308 to 122, to endorse a measure by Mr. McCain to bar cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of prisoners in American custody anywhere in the world.

That vote was nonbinding. ...

These fucking criminals never change....ever.

1. Simply Frightening
   
2. Remembered? As a Dipshit...
   
3. His Crystal Balls
   
4. They hate our soldiers, part MCMLXVII
   
5. They just Lie. And Lie again