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Gonzales, Pelosi, and the Survival of Congress

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"….it appears that you are becoming unwittingly complicit in your own undoing. It is evident that what we are watching is the U.S. Congress in the process of making itself irrelevant. When the Executive Branch alone is allowed to act without any oversight, or any accountability, then what we will become is a dictatorship. And once all Americans realize that Congress is unable to perform any oversight, whether it is due to lack of will or complicity, you will no longer be needed. Once it becomes apparent that the Executive Branch is not only making the laws but also deciding which laws to follow, the Congress will be just a quaint, unnecessary and useless artifact."

I couldn't have said it better, so I'll leave it at that.

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Why does this have to be so linear? by Papá Kokopelli on Wednesday, Aug 1, 2007 at 10:39:45 PM