Is there a limit to what this administration would do in abusing it's powers?

Question

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/us/11siegelman.html?ref=us

Answer 1

No, there is no limit whatsoever to the corruption seething throughout the bush regime.


Karl Rove has shown over and over and over the moldy, dank, disgusting depths he will go to in order to perpetuate absolute loyalty to the King, and the party of the King.





"Forty-four former state attorneys general, including some Republicans, from New York, California, Massachusetts and elsewhere have signed a petition urging Congress to look into Mr. Siegelman’s conviction, which his lawyers are appealing.

“There is reason to believe that the case brought against Governor Siegelman may have had sufficient irregularities as to call into question the basic fairness that is the linchpin of our system of justice,” the attorneys general wrote. "


It will be interesting to see how this turns out.

Answer 2

No not really.

And for all those "What abuses?" I say please actually keep abreast of things. This administration (and Congress is equally to blame so this is not a partisan issue) has suspended habeus corpus..which is a direct violation of the Constitution which is a violation of Bush's oath of office.

Now there have been other issues like the rampant corruption, intelligence leaks, etc all to discredit enemies of the President but they are neither here nor there......the violation of the Constitution is flat out all that is needed...it shows the government is a terrorist organization and they should all be arrested and imprisoned

Answer 3

When a government's statesmen are replaced by businessmen, its policies will reflect the attitudes and promote the perrogatives of capital. It will become the national chamber of commerce, restricting personal freedom as it accedes to the dictates of the profit-oriented market. Convinced over years of indoctrination in school, and by news that is taken for truth, most mistakenly believe that we live in the greatest and free-est country around. We are entertained, but not informed. Few of us travel, and even fewer have lived in other countries.
Most laughable are those who insist that Americans critical of US policy are somehow less American (when the opposite is really the case). They demand that their fellow descendant of immigrants to this country leave if they don't like what they see happening to their country, unable to see that it is a far higher form of patriotism to be an involved citizen, working with others to praise what is good adn right, and remedy the bad and wrong. And it's not Western European countries, where the standard of living and quality of life is much better, where poverty has been all but eliminated, they mention some third-word country when suggesting destinations for these patriots of liberty and agitators for fair and accountable and more democratic government. No, these mis-guided reactionaries insist that Americans have no right to redress the government for grievances, but must immigrate to -- where else but precisely those countries the US, the latest in a long list of empires, has been raping and subverting for decades if not centuries? But these third-world countries, these vassal states are not poor. If they were the US would have left them alone. It is because they are rich that the US has an interest in them, and what kind of government they have, and whether the US likes that kind of government for them. They are rich in resources, the source of tremendous profits for US corporations. It is because of the nature of the process of colonialist exploitation that certain key people in both countries are enriched by the 'trade', but the majority of the people become impoverished. Unchecked capitalism is predatory and destructive. Read Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations if you don't believe me. The process is to concentrate and maximize wealth, and does so in fewer and fewer hands. That's why there's anti-trust legislation -- not because it protected the people from the ravages of capitalism, but because businesses demanded it to protect themselves from the tyranny of the monopoly.
The limit on any government, especially one such as ours that was conceived under the proposition that free men could form a society in which it was free from kings and leaders who acted without consulting the people, or in ways prejudicial to the well-being of the whole, instead of ways benefitting the powerful, is and always has been We, The People.

"Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them."
Mark Hertzgaard

Answer 4

Conyers will get to the truth! Abuse of power seems to be the norm in DC.

Answer 5

Abuse is a term used very loosely these days.What was that crap at the hearings yesterday bro.Code pink isn't that like the Rainbow coalition.Shouldn't they pick a better color like Yellow.The add in the New York times was Abuse.

Answer 6

As the saying goes.....power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. If there is no accountability there is no limit.

"We will oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies."

Answer 7

I assume you are talking about the United States. Don't worry about it jerkoff. Just stay in Canada. Besides sitting on top of the USA has granted you more freedom than you will ever know.

Hey move to Columbia, Brazil, Guatemala, Argentina, China, North Korea, Mexico, Russia, ....................the list goes on.

What do you know about administrations abusing power?

Answer 8

Since when is it an abuse of powers to try, convict and sentence yet another Democrat crook? How long before the prosecution of "Cold Cash" Jefferson begins? Is there a single democrat out there who isn't for sale?

Answer 9

Before we discuss limits, lets have some examples of the beginning. What abuses do you suggest have been done?

Answer 10

WE LIVE IN THE MOST FREE SOCIETY IN THE WORLD.
So if this administration is corrupt why haven't charges been brought down on Bush WHAT POWERS HAVE BEEN ABUSED.?