In fact, I'd feel better if I'd been smacked upside the head with a two by four. The report in today's
Boston Globe that Bush has boldly announced some 750 times that he has no intention to carry out the laws he's signed is beyond comprehension.
That Bush has never vetoed a bill sent to him by Congress has received some mention in the press but, for some reason, his complete disregard for the will of the people, as expressed by their representatives in the House and Senate has gone virtually unnoticed until now.
I suppose one could argue that the low esteem in which the rubber stamp Congress is held by the electorate justifies the executive ignoring the legislative directives he's received. But, considering that the legislative agendas of both House and Senate are set and carried out by his own party, the failure to send legislation back with a veto for further consideration can only be explained as an expression
of total and absolute disdain for the rule of law.
There's a dictator in the White House. Or rather, there's a whole raft of people who have arrogated to themselves the powers of government in the name of the nominal head. What this should teach us is that, contrary to popular opinion, a dictatorship isn't a one-man operation. Rather, as those 750 signing statements, which Bush himself obviously did not draft, clearly demonstrate, dictatorship is the result of an organized conspiracy to violate the principles of a legally constituted government.
If the Congress does not assert its authority and pursue the appropriate remedy, there's no question but that the members must be removed at the earliest opportunity. That would be November 2006.
God grant it won't be too late.