crossposted from My Left Wing
The Republicans are scared. Very scared. They fear that the Democrats will do to them exactly what they did to us in the first 100 hours.
Allow no amendments on bills. Block all their agendas. Retract all their evil legislation. This is what they did to us the last 12 years.
12 NIGHTMARISH EVIL FUCKING YEARS.
Of course the Senate Republikkers want it to stand as 49-50, so Cheney could be the tie breaker, because no one knows when Tim Johnson will be back. They are whining that we don't have a "real" majority, so they want equal seating on all commitees. Who knows where that fight will go. Mrs. Johnson says he is planning to return to work ASAP. Precident stands they cannot make him stand down.
As it just came out, apparently Nixon's DOJ had the CIA investigate anyone who tried to testify about Rehnquist's Placidil addiction and subsequent hallicinations and dementia. People were intimidated and worse. Intimidation tactics to screw anyone who wanted to testify about what they had seen. Freedom indeed, huh?
This got me thinking about the truly frightening powers of the FBI & CIA under any POTUS. John Negroponte is stepping down for reasons unknown. His legacy is awful, and who knows his reasons.
Bush has anyone who disagrees with his insane agenda either being thrown or jumping off him like so many fleas off a dying dog. He seems hell-bent on self-destruction and alienating even his dog, the only being on the planet who still thinks he is right.
There are so many things we want changed, my progressive liberal friends, but where to start?
If investigation and impeachment are our very FIRST moves it will look like a petulant and vindictive posse has formed. I want this to happen, but not first.
My first agenda? Very first thing, is to scrap the fucking PAT act(and bring back habeus corpus). Investigations into it's legality(or lack thereof) and abuse will lead right down the road to impeachment. Remember they made it retroactive after he illegally wiretapped us? My s/n at dKos is still wiretapthis in protest of that utter bullshit. I am Diane W as a FPer at MLW
It is the one power that has been so abused on US fucking LAW-ABIDING citizens and it is the one thing that the POTUS can abuse, with KGB-like tactics, to imprison anyone with no proof or charge. The PAT act is like magic all powerful elixir to the Intelligence Community that is already out of fucking control. Agencies so secretive we will NEVER know what they have done or are doing. To others, to ourselves.
I believe it's repeal could empty Guantanimo and let the damned truth be told about the atrocities done in our name in Iraq, and make an enormous public outcry to end the war.
Then people would demand we leave there. We could cut funding without backlash.
What is the number one thing you want the new Legislative Branches to do? Pick one and share with us why.