With Bush now in office, it seems more possible than ever right now...
2006-10-09 14:27:57 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Not on my watch.
2006-10-09 14:33:43 · answer #1 · answered by gizzardout 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
bush stated in a fox news interview that the U.S would be better as a dictatorship with him the dictator. Sandra day oconner said in a interview that one of the reasons she steped down was because the U.S was becoming a dictatorship.
2006-10-09 15:38:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think that you are seeing as close as I have seen since Richard Nixon, the only difference is Nixon had a democratic congress and Bush has a rubber stamp, so I believe it is closer.
2006-10-09 14:35:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH (R-TX), PRESIDENT-ELECT: I told all four that there were going to be some times where we don't agree with each other. But that's OK. If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.
2006-10-09 14:33:05 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa M 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Um, almost there in fact, or havent you reaserched the Military Commisions Act of 06?!?!?! Do it now!
Called the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the bill abandons the Geneva Convention (formed after Hitler's atrocities in WWII), legalizes the torture of U.S. citizens, suspends all civil rights for prisoners and allows the President to declare virtually anyone to be an "enemy combatant" -- artists, writers, scientists, protestors or anyone who does not agree with the pro-war stance of the current regime.
It would also retroactively grant blanket immunity to all U.S. military personnel who have committed war crimes under the Geneva Convention. Such immunity would extend to present and future war crimes as well. In other words, the United States will now officially harbor and support war criminals. In the context of international law, the United States is effectively declaring itself to be a criminal state that will respect no international law.
Just as frighteningly, the new Act would utterly nullify the courts and make it illegal for the judicial branch of government to interfere with the imprisonment and torture of anyone, thus affecting a dangerous power shift from the judicial branch of government to the executive branch.
Hitler followed the same strategy in centralizing his own power, and by nullifying the courts while taking over the media, he was able to propagandize his war, arrest all dissenters, and concentrate power in his own hands. The ultimate result was an unjust war and a humanitarian disaster that haunts the world to this day.
The United States is now firmly on the same path. These are dark times for our nation, and future historians will no doubt look upon this historic vote as the trigger that thrust the United States into a full-fledged police state, complete with secret arrests, government spying on citizens, and the mysterious "disappearance" of those who dared to speak out against the dictator.
2006-10-09 14:31:02 · answer #5 · answered by soulsearcher 5 · 6⤊ 3⤋
Much of the machinery is already in place. The ending of the Magna Carta based habeas corpus protections is crucial to having a police state.
2006-10-09 15:30:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A dictatorship requires secrecy and total control, including the right to put detractors in prison without charges ooops
I think we may already have one!
2006-10-09 14:35:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I believe we are in the mist of one now. Bush wants to repeal the 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments of the U. S. Constitution no other president has ever attempted to change the founding values of our country. He is attempting to negate the federal balance of powers by selectively ignoring laws parsed by the republican controlled congress and selectively follows decisions made by his own conservative loaded Supreme Court. Creating his own brand of secret police, monitoring, recording, and and creating files of information on unassuming citizens. What is next, torturing citizens? How long before he take our guns?
2006-10-09 14:29:33 · answer #8 · answered by kniggs 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
If the Military commissions act gets passed the I think it is a strong possibility
2006-10-09 15:19:37 · answer #9 · answered by Paul I 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
sure feels like it already - I mean the current prez pretty much thumbs his nose at everyone who doesn't agree with him (if they manage to get ear time) - and regardless of how "the people" feel - he tends to do what he wants to, even if experts and advisors tell him he shouldn't. Not to mention the disregard for constitution and genevia convention - all to "keep America safe"
2006-10-09 14:34:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Bush says, "A president's powers in a time of war are absolute."
2006-10-09 14:42:32 · answer #11 · answered by Roger Y 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋