Use of "emergency" powers by executives caused the fall of Rome and Germany to Totalitarian regimes. Are Bush and the Republicans establishing the precedents that will destroy us?
"The new Chancellor Heinrich Brüning of the Roman Catholic Centre Party, lacking a majority in parliament, had to implement his measures through the President's emergency decrees. Tolerated by the majority of parties, the exception soon became the rule and paved the way for authoritarian forms of government."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler
2006-08-17
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