After further thought, I believe I know what BushCo has planned for 2007.

Several points:

1) BushCo gaining control (if possible) of all of our nation’s military forces, including state national guard units, cutting out the middlemen and women, our nation’s state governors. ALL Republican and Democratic governors have signed a letter demanding that the House remove this provision from a bill being considered.

2) Building $385 million worth of prisons around the country, for immigration and “other purposes,” purposes to be determined by BushCo.

3) Air Force Secretary Wynne stated the other day that crowd control tactics using non-lethal weapons should be used first to control crowds in the United States before being used on unruly crowds overseas. Wonderful. U.S. citizens being used as guinea pigs again.

4) BushCo seems hell-bent for leather to bomb suspected nuclear sites in Iran either later this year or early in 2007.

So, what would happen next year if BushCo gets us into another conflict that costs hundreds of billions of dollars, leads to the death of hundreds of thousands of people and ends up devastating the U.S. economy?

Anti-war protests would surely erupt in U.S. cities, with protestors calling for the heads of all those in BushCo responsible.

Thus, BushCo needs in place certain things in case this all unfolds as I predict. 1) Absolute, imperial presidential control of our nation’s military forces, including our nation’s national guard units. 2) More prison cells run by a company supportive of BushCo. 3) Crowd control weapons to break up any riots in response to what BushCo has done.

Plus, when you add in the expansion of illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens by BushCo, it becomes very clear that 2007 will be a pivotal year in our American democracy.

Come 2008, will America still be a democracy or will we be a right-wing, banana republic dictatorship ruled by Bushco?

Oh, and John Yoo, he’s one of the architects behind this totalitarian, anti-democracy madness, along with all the neo-con nutjobs at PNAC.

Is this “the end of the world as we know it”? Is this to be the end of our beloved democracy?

OMG.. I hope not. And this has been happening right under our noses! FDLers are atleast paying attention. What happens to those poor souls who aren’t? Talk about trauma…

This cannot stand. WE cannot let this happen. Get thee to your local political party and get the democrats in your area to vote. Stand on street corners with signs. Put up signs on your highways and freeways. Sign every bill you spend with “HAD ENOUGH?”. Talk to your neighbors. Talk to your shopkeepers. Write letters. Make phone calls. Refuse to give in.

This is our country.

After further thought, I believe I know what BushCo has planned for 2007.

Several points:

1) BushCo gaining control (if possible) of all of our nation’s military forces, including state national guard units, cutting out the middlemen and women, our nation’s state governors. ALL Republican and Democratic governors have signed a letter demanding that the House remove this provision from a bill being considered.

2) Building $385 million worth of prisons around the country, for immigration and “other purposes,” purposes to be determined by BushCo.

3) Air Force Secretary Wynne stated the other day that crowd control tactics using non-lethal weapons should be used first to control crowds in the United States before being used on unruly crowds overseas. Wonderful. U.S. citizens being used as guinea pigs again.

4) BushCo seems hell-bent for leather to bomb suspected nuclear sites in Iran either later this year or early in 2007.

So, what would happen next year if BushCo gets us into another conflict that costs hundreds of billions of dollars, leads to the death of hundreds of thousands of people and ends up devastating the U.S. economy?

Anti-war protests would surely erupt in U.S. cities, with protestors calling for the heads of all those in BushCo responsible.

Thus, BushCo needs in place certain things in case this all unfolds as I predict. 1) Absolute, imperial presidential control of our nation’s military forces, including our nation’s national guard units. 2) More prison cells run by a company supportive of BushCo. 3) Crowd control weapons to break up any riots in response to what BushCo has done.

Plus, when you add in the expansion of illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens by BushCo, it becomes very clear that 2007 will be a pivotal year in our American democracy.

Come 2008, will America still be a democracy or will we be a right-wing, banana republic dictatorship ruled by Bushco?

Oh, and John Yoo, he’s one of the architects behind this totalitarian, anti-democracy madness, along with all the neo-con nutjobs at PNAC.

Is this “the end of the world as we know it”? Is this to be the end of our beloved democracy?

Several points:

1) BushCo gaining control (if possible) of all of our nation’s military forces, including state national guard units, cutting out the middlemen and women, our nation’s state governors. ALL Republican and Democratic governors have signed a letter demanding that the House remove this provision from a bill being considered.

2) Building $385 million worth of prisons around the country, for immigration and “other purposes,” purposes to be determined by BushCo.

3) Air Force Secretary Wynne stated the other day that crowd control tactics using non-lethal weapons should be used first to control crowds in the United States before being used on unruly crowds overseas. Wonderful. U.S. citizens being used as guinea pigs again.

4) BushCo seems hell-bent for leather to bomb suspected nuclear sites in Iran either later this year or early in 2007.

So, what would happen next year if BushCo gets us into another conflict that costs hundreds of billions of dollars, leads to the death of hundreds of thousands of people and ends up devastating the U.S. economy?

Anti-war protests would surely erupt in U.S. cities, with protestors calling for the heads of all those in BushCo responsible.

Thus, BushCo needs in place certain things in case this all unfolds as I predict. 1) Absolute, imperial presidential control of our nation’s military forces, including our nation’s national guard units. 2) More prison cells run by a company supportive of BushCo. 3) Crowd control weapons to break up any riots in response to what BushCo has done.

Plus, when you add in the expansion of illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens by BushCo, it becomes very clear that 2007 will be a pivotal year in our American democracy.

Come 2008, will America still be a democracy or will we be a right-wing, banana republic dictatorship ruled by Bushco?

Oh, and John Yoo, he’s one of the architects behind this totalitarian, anti-democracy madness, along with all the neo-con nutjobs at PNAC.

Is this “the end of the world as we know it”? Is this to be the end of our beloved democracy?

Thank you for fixing my link. As you probably guessed, I am only barely computer literate and need instructions cookbook style like
1. turn on computer
2. wait for main sccreen to come up

Deep appreciation for your help.

Re oily rag disposal: since combustion requires oxygen gas to proceed, any means that effectiveley isolated the rags from air (20% oxygen) would prevent aerobic combustion, e.g., sealing them in an old paint can or glass jar.

Re Bush’s lack of clarity re torture. Perhaps some straighforward scientific experiments would help here, Mr. President. Would you and your family and staff like to volunteer? You know, walk the talk? Just let your “professionals” try a few things and let us know when it starts to feel cruel, inhuman or degrading or shocks your conscience. Thanks.

Excerpts from the Text of the Bush torture indemnification bill:

SEC. 9. RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.

This Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply retroactively, including to any aspect of the detention, treatment, or trial of any person detained at any time since September 11, 2001, and to any claim or cause of action pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(More blatant and utterly obvious CYA.)
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Again, I’m not a lawyer. But this piece of shit could not be more blatantly unaccaptable to our U.S. moral and constitutional heritage.
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First of all, thanks for the scholarship and the rage!

So, here is some bad news. Jack Balkin has a link to the final form of the Warner-McCain-Graham Bill: http://balkin.blogspot.com/200…..raham.html
It’s not significantly better than Bush’s bill. Specifically, it guts the War Crimse Act of 1996 (starting on page 76) and retroactively indemnifies Bush and his “young professionals” (page 82).

Yeah, he got that from his wingnut version of Christianity, ie the idea that God gives us “free will” and it turns out that free will means we can either “accept Jesus as our personal savior and pray for forgiveness of our sins or, we can go to hell. free will? not much wiggle room there…

cameronga, who is canadian, linked a song by leonard cohen, a video of “i’ve seen the future and it’s murder”. it’s difficult to watch the video because it shows photos from abu graib, among others. yet it is important for us to watch this video, see the images and hear the song. it has a powerful, visceral effect that brings home what we are fighting the Cheney Administration over. it is a strong welding of truth, images, music and words. everyone, at least every american adult should have this experience.

the comment numbers are #22 and #43. you don’t need to watch #43 unless you want to understand how different the experience of the song is in another visual context. the latter is a live concert performance without the relevant political images. in this latter version the experience is simply enjoyable. in the video at #22 i was stirred. i had an epiphany, a realization and much deeper understanding of how important it is for us to bring about a change in the power structure of America.

simply from an artistic perspective i had to remind myself that the song had been written many years before Fuckwad had moved into the white house. Leonard Cohen had really seen the future and it is murder.

The New York Times editorial board writes: “Watching the president on Friday in the Rose Garden as he threatened to quit interrogating terrorists if Congress did not approve his detainee bill, we were struck by how often he acts as though there were not two sides to a debate. We have lost count of the number of times he has said Americans have to choose between protecting the nation precisely the way he wants, and not protecting it at all.

“On Friday, President Bush posed a choice between ignoring the law on wiretaps, and simply not keeping tabs on terrorists. Then he said the United States could rewrite the Geneva Conventions, or just stop questioning terrorists. To some degree, he is following a script for the elections: terrify Americans into voting Republican. But behind that seems to be a deeply seated conviction that under his leadership, America is right and does not need the discipline of rules. He does not seem to understand that the rules are what makes this nation as good as it can be.”
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