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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: fifth_column on June 17, 2014, 09:55:43 AM
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Something I stumbled across this morning:
http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjune14/destructive-presidencies6-14.html (http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjune14/destructive-presidencies6-14.html)
Snippet:
The Big Lie is that this destruction of the foundations of the rule of law and civil liberties is for our own good: if the President and the National Security State don't grab all these powers and deprive you of your constitutional rights, bad guys will destroy the nation.
This is of course the same old tired justification used by dictators and despots everywhere, and it is always a lie. The truth that must be hidden is that this wholesale expansion of executive powers at the expense of civil liberties, democracy, the rule of law and the balance of powers benefits the executive branch.
Every abuse of the law is now declared legal by executive order. Anyone questioning the legality of extra-legal abuses of power is told "this is legal because it was authorized by the President." In other words, executive power is now unquestioned and cannot be challenged.
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"But trrrsm!!!111!!"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejvyDn1TPr8
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George Bush stated "The turrists hate us for our freedoms" so, he set about taking them away.
Terrorists 1, us 0.
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I know we're better off in this country than the average citizen in an islamic state, for example. My concern is that we have slipped too far down the slope to ever get back up.