Have you no shame sir? You have not vetoed one spending bill in your time working with the Congress controlled by your party. No pork was too fat for you and NOW we are to believe that you understand that earmarking is a bad thing? Please.
"But we can and should do more. It's time Congress give the president a line-item veto."
What??? Allow me to clarify for you sir. The elections in November were a clear mandate against how much power you have had. The answer is not to give you more power. Once again, the answer is no.
"The strength of our economy also requires us to address some of the biggest issues facing the American people--greater energy security, comprehensive immigration reform, and affordable health care. While progress has been made in each of these areas, we must do more. I look forward to working with Congress on these difficult issues."
The usual throw in items for you. Things like affordable health care always end up getting lip service but nothing else. No more sir. With the money we will be saving from stopping the war and restoring tax sanity to the super-rich, we can address things like unaffordable health care. You have made no progress in these areas sir, but now Congress will be forcing you to over the next two years. I hope you genuinely bend to the will of the people and work to resolve them.
"Our Founders believed in the wisdom of the American people to choose their leaders and provided for the concept of divided and effective government. The majority party in Congress gets to pass the bills it wants. The minority party, especially where the margins are close, has a strong say in the form bills take. And the Constitution leaves it to the president to use his judgment whether they should be signed into law."
The poor civics lesson aside, I do not recall this president speaking about how the minority party plays any role in the form bills take when it was the Dems in the close minority. I remember Mr. Bush bragging about how 51% was a "mandate", that allowed him free reign.
"That gives us a clear challenge and an opportunity. If the Congress chooses to pass bills that are simply political statements, they will have chosen stalemate. If a different approach is taken, the next two years can be fruitful ones for our nation. We can show the American people that Republicans and Democrats can come together to find ways to help make America a more secure, prosperous and hopeful society. And we will show our enemies that the open debate they believe is a fatal weakness is the great strength that has allowed democracies to flourish and succeed."
Mr. Bush, you simply do not get it do you? If your inference here is that the Democratic Congress cannot pursue the agenda the American people have charged them with, you are sadly mistaken. It is not a political statement to raise the minimum wage. It is not a political statement to demand that our kids come home now and that not one more drop of blood is spilled for the lies you have perpetrated against the American people. It is not a political statement to demand that the leaders of this country pay more attention to the citizens of America, than they have the citizens of Iraq. It is not a political statement to demand accountability, to uncover the truth, and to charge the guilty.
What is a political statement is to take to the pages of Wall Street Journal on the eve of the new Congress and try to threaten, bully, or scare them. It is a political statement to try and pretend that we are not in this grand mess because of you sir. It is a political statement to continue to parrot your own lies, about Iraq, terrorism, 9/11, tax relief, the economy, No Child Left Behind, or any number of other distortions and wrap them up in an article that clearly indicates that you have not learned the lessons from this past election.
In November the American people stood up and overcame your voting fraud machine to slap you and your policies down hard. Whatever "principles" you think you have were also slapped down. The American people stood up and spoke quite loudly about what they expect from the new Congress. They expect us out of Iraq, now. They expect tax sanity to return to this country so the rich start paying their fair share. They expect some attention to be paid to our infrastructure. They expect investment in making prescription drugs affordable. They expect healthcare and college to be affordable. They expect people to matter, not corporations. They expect the voting system to be overhauled and fairness returned to the democratic process. They expect progress after six years of inaction. They expect accountability after six years of corruption. They expect the truth after six years of lies. They expect the guilty be charged and integrity restored. And through it all sir, they expect you to learn the lesson of this past election. It is not about you, it is about us. On the eve of the new America, it was so sad to be brought back to the edge of your madness sir. You work for us. At least for two more years.
Anthony Wade, a contributing writer to opednews.com, is dedicated to educating the populace to the lies and abuses of the government. He is a 40-year-old independent writer from New York with political commentary articles seen on multiple websites. A Christian progressive and professional Rehabilitation Counselor working with the poor and disabled, Mr. Wade believes that you can have faith and hold elected officials accountable for lies and excess.
Now that the Democrats won, it is time to impeach for actions such as the gov't rountinely violating our Constitutional rights.
They violate the 1st Amendment by caging demonstrators and banning books like "America Deceived" from Amazon.America Deceived (book) They violate the 2nd Amendment by confiscating guns during Katrina.
They violate the 4th Amendment by conducting warrant-less wiretaps.
They violate the 5th and 6th Amendment by suspending habeas corpus.
They violate the 8th Amendment by torturing.
They violate the entire Constitution by starting 2 illegal wars based on lies and on behalf of a foriegn gov't.
Fix up that, impeach everyone responsible and while you are at it, investigate 9/11 a bit more thoroughly.
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Lorring II (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 86 comments)
on Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 7:33:29 AM
The Edge of Madness: "We're not going to take it anymore!"
Hi Anthony,
It is hard to keep quiet when we have a president who is making mad statements. I believe that everyone should just say "We're not going to take it anymore!" (We just watched the movie "Network" now out on DVD.)
When I read the headline about president gw bush wanting the dems to get along and go along with him I burst out laughing. We must show this man the door. He must resign. Quick.
Keep on writing. Happy New Year. Let's see if the Democrats and the real Republicans do the right thing.
Aimee
Friday Harbor, WA USA
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Aimee (0 articles, 2 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 113 comments)
on Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 8:46:13 AM
Strong push, go for it push Bush over his edge. Its you sir, "We the People of the United States of America" do want and will support these views, the end of Bushisim nonesense politics.
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Fred F (1 articles, 1 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 363 comments)
on Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 10:30:29 PM
Your succinct delineation of George's crimes was very helpful. A lot of people talk about Bush being crazy and it is used more as an insult than anything else. What a lot of people don't understand, which has to do with how dangerous this man reall is, is that George W. Bush is actually psychotic. He is a sociopath/psychopath. I have worked with mentally ill adults as a counselor and have known three sociopaths personally (outside of the mental health system).
In a book called "The Sociopath Next Door" by Dr. Martha Stout, she claims that 4% of Americans are sociopaths. That's one in 25. When most people think of psychopaths, they think of druling mass murderers. The fact is that most sociopaths are quite charming. A psychiatrist wrote an article suggesting that psychopaths make very good CEOs.
The simple definition of a sociopath is that they do not have a conscience. It is this simple fact that has allowed him to do all of the outrageous and unthinkable things he has done. Lying, to a sociopath, comes as easily as breathing. That is why I don't believe we can afford two more years of Bush, or even one more day. He really doesn't care about people at all, not even those close to him. A sociopath is nothing more than an ego on legs. Not only will he not see the consequences of his decisions or actions, he doesn't really care.
In conclusion, we cannot expect Bush to act rationally on any issue in the next two years. He must be removed from office as soon as possible and he must stand trial for his crimes if America is to have any chance of retrieving any moral high ground again.
Thank you again for your article.
Bob Trowbridge
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Bob (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 34 comments)
on Friday, January 5, 2007 at 4:50:16 PM
Excellent essay, Anthony, and I couldn't agree more.
But I really think there is one more piece to the story.
Psychopaths answer self-serving calls from other psychopaths.
But just who are those "psychopaths with attache cases?"
I hope the following two links explain this:
