How sad is it to see the neo-cons below who actually believe that a president should have unbridled power?

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They do not understand the difference between a president and a dictator. They must be neo-cons...

Answer 1

The domestic surveillance includes wiretaps of purely domestic conversations. You don't have to be calling someone overseas to have your phone tapped without a warrant. In point of fact, the FBI admits that thousands of calls have been listened upon, and the NSA has monitored millions.

President Bush also reserved the authority to open and read your mail.

President Bush also has the authority to declare a person, including US citizens, "enemy combatants" and to detain them indefinately and incommunicado. That is, without access to any attorney, or even notifying his family of his whereabouts.

President Bush has stated that ALL congressional laws are subject to review and revision by the executive branch, in keeping with his practice of signing statements exempting himself from congressional purview.

President Bush recently added the authority to seize the assets of anyone he declares to be an enemy combatant. No evidence need be presented to excercise this power.

These are pretty much unbridled powers. Congress used to excercise oversight on war spending. They have shirked this responsibility, allowing this administration to convert a projected $4 trillion budget surplus into a $5 trillion deficit.

Finally, although no US citizen (that we know of) has been extremely rendited to one of our brand "spanking" new foreign gulags, there to suffer torture, beatings, near drowning, anal rape, humiliation, degradation, deprivation, and a hoary host of other pleasantries, we have done this to numerous innocent citizens of other nations (including Canada) without apology.

When did torture become a christian family value?

You know, some pundits refer to our grievious excesses as innocent "college pranks." Yeah. I went to college. I must have passed out drunk the night I was sodomized and beaten to death.

I'm with you, Chi Guy. I was amazed you had such a flurry of responses from folks so sublimely ignorant of the actual situation here. Our president excercises a doctrine of the "unilateral executive." There's no bridle, bit, saddle, or rider. Just a wild mustang in a great big Texas stetson.

Answer 2

Any president with unbridled power is a scary thought! That job has to be the most stressful in the universe! Can we say melt down? Red button? Disaster!! They should not have unlimited powers! Period!

Answer 3

the assumption of the "3 Branches of government"; replaced into designed as a "examine and stability" function. every time; a political occasion has the conventional public or ruling arm; in all 3 branches, hardship will prevail. definite, it extremely is been too plenty unbridled means; long previous unchecked for too long. the value is extremely extreme, and all everyone has to do is look for the time of this large u . s . and notice it interior the faces of its voters.

Answer 4

it is sad,but wait and see how they act when a Dem president has the same power.

added. i don't like any president to have unchecked power.
to the first poster. 50 cent will have to change his name to quarter after the paternity suit is settled.

Answer 5

Uhh I have to correct something. They want a REPUBLICAN President to have unbridled power.

Answer 6

Exteremely. Conservatives are either ignorant, religious fanatics or both.

Answer 7

I'm not sure you understand the difference, or you'd be imprisoned for this question. Stay in school man $$

Answer 8

You have a problem with this? He is the leadah!!!! Sieg Heil!!!!