So Much Bushit

I wrote this to a friend on March 29, 2006. I think it is informative and worth reading so I decided to post it here.

--Bush lied to Congress and the American public about the reasons for invading Iraq.

--Iraq people and US taxpayers looted by US companies in Iraq.

--Expanding executive powers without regard for the constitution

--Right to assemble and demonstrate has been infringed. SS (Secret Service) removes protesters from Bush's speaking events. FBI monitors antiwar groups.

--Ignored habeas corpus and claims the unconstitutional power to arrest and detain people indefinitely without a warrant and without presenting charges to a judge. That includes U.S. citizens. Look up Jose Padilla.

--Refuses to obey statutory law, specifically the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)

-- Believes that as commander-in-chief, he has the right to ignore the law and to spy on Americans without a warrant

--Using signing statements to nullify acts of Congress

--Using signing statements to turn the presidency into a dictatorship in which the executive is not accountable to laws passed by Congress

--Ignored portions of the recently renewed USA Patriot Act-- issued a signing statement asserting that he had the authority to withhold the information from Congress if he decided that disclosing it would interfere with foreign relations, national security, or executive branch operations

--Signed the anti-torture law, but he also issued a statement asserting that he had the power, as commander in chief, to bypass the law if he decided that using aggressive interrogation techniques was necessary to protect national security

--There are no dissenting voices and no debate on the patriot act passage. I guess "If you are not with us, you are against us." So, bust out the brownshirts and the jackboots.

--Braking all records in spending taxpayers' money and running up public debt

--In 2005, the U.S. press mostly averted its eyes when a British newspaper disclosed the so-called "Downing Street Memo"

---Bush, Blair and their top assistants violated the Nuremberg Principles and the U.N. Charter by launching an aggressive war

--Bush was negligent in his slow response to help victims of Hurricane Katrina
:-) LOL – but I did like the rolled up sleeves routine once he got down to New Orleans -- CLASSY!

-- March 27 New York Times article confirmed that a leaked British memo appears to contradict President Bush's repeated claim prior to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that he wanted to avoid war

Thanks for reading the crap i typed.