It has finally happened, the
President of the United States, George W. Bush, has declared
himself officially, "Dictator of the United
States." His Vice President concurs and his hand-picked
lawyers have given him a permission slip that says so. Mere
laws no longer govern him. He declares that in a time of
war, the Constitution, the Congress, and the Judiciary no longer
have any authority to restrict him from doing whatever he thinks
is needed to protect the American People. Of course, he also
declares that the "war on terror" may go on for decades
or longer. After all, like in George Orwell's,
"1984," "Oceana has always been at war with
Eurasia." And the United States has always been at war
with terrorists. So "War is Peace."
He also goes on to state that
members the media, Independents, Libertarians, Democrats, and even
those in his own Party who dare challenge him are officially
traitors. They give aid and comfort to the enemy.
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are hereby rescinded.
Habeas corpus no longer exists for those he declares to be
"enemy combatants," even U. S. Citizens in their own
country.
The fourth amendment to the
Constitution, protecting us from unreasonable search and seizures
is no longer valid. After all, the President says he now has
the right to conduct unauthorized wiretaps and surveillance on
American citizens in their own country, without a showing of
probable cause. No longer does he have to be concerned about
torture and restrictions on cruel and unusual punishment.
So the Bill of Rights and the
separation of powers are no longer valid. After all, the
Constitution is just a quaint historical document. An
anachronism, just like the FISA court and verifiable
elections. So says our President-cum-Dictator.
The President may be the
Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, but he is not the
Commander-in-Chief of the people of the United States of
America. His oath was to preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution of the United States. In this, he has utterly
failed. He has even failed to protect his people from
terrorist attacks. His own 9/11 Commission declared so last
week, giving him more D's and F's than A's and B's on protecting
America. He even ignored his own CIA's briefing, on August
6, 2001, warning him of the impending 9/11 attack.
If we do not take steps to impeach
Bush now, the terrorists will have already won. It is time
for a bi-partisan Congress to take the lead on this, just like the
Congress in the time of Richard Nixon.
If Congress fails in its responsibility
to impeach and remove, we must do everything in our power to elect
a new Congress next November. A Congress that is responsive
to the will of the people and whose members pledge faithfully to
preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United
States. If we do not, may G_d help us all.
Contact Sander
Bellman
Marietta
Daily Journal, 12/26/05 printed only the last two paragraphs.
