Dismantling the Constitution

I am appalled at Congress' recent action to uphold Mr. Bush's desire to torture anybody he wants--oops, I meant political prisoners. No, that's not it. Prisoners of War, yeah, that's it.

Sigh.

I'm especially disappointed that John McCain supported the move. I thought he would be the lone voice of reason in the Republican Party. I can't help but feel McCain sold out his personal history and experience to stay in the running for the presidency. "To Thine Own Party Be True," I guess.

What I cannot understand is why we are not talking about impeaching Mr. Bush. He is systematically dismantling the Constitution.

First, he voided the Constitutional Rights of American citizen with illegal wiretaps. Can you say, "Nixon," boys and girls?

Now he's gotten Congress to "clarify" the Constitution so that it says he can do what he's been doing for several years. But the Supreme Court is the branch of government given the task of interpreting the Constitution. And given that he seems to hold this legislature by the warm fuzzies, it appears the Executive Branch is the only functioning body in Washington (the other Washington) these days.

If that doesn't frighten you, you clearly haven't studied history and don't understand the "checks and balances" our Founding Fathers tried to build into our government.

Jim McDonald, over at Making Light, has posted a call to U.S. troops to disobey illegal orders: those that go againsts their oath to support the Constitution. I'm afraid I can't imagine many soldiers doing it; someday I'll write about the experience that convinced me the military breeds out individual responsibility and integrity in favor of obeying orders. But I love that McDonald's put into such lyrical and empassioned language the need to remember that Mr. Bush' and Congress' actions are illegal.

Hell, let's impeach the lot of them and start over.

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