We are a 'Nation of Laws' or We Are NO BETTER THAN ANY OTHER DICTATORSHIP.
The Nazis had a rubberstamp judiciary and legislature. So did the USSR. So does China. So did Zimbabwe although many of us hope that is coming to an end.
The American government is failing to enforce the Constitution, the laws against torture and that appeasement of lawbreaking extends into our financial system as well.
Memos do not overturn OUR laws.
Memos do not overturn OUR constitution.
Signing statements do not overturn OUR laws.
Executive Orders don't make law-breaking suddenly OK.
That's what we got from the Bushiters!
America is doomed if we don't enforce our laws. No amount of hiding behind executive orders or the creation of new laws which can be broken with impunity will stop the decline and fall of our democracy if we don't enforce our laws.
Obama KNOWS IT. Currently everything Obama has done can be undone in the time it would another Bushite president to scribble on some papers.
Rahm 'Fucking' Emmanuel KNOWS IT.
WE ALL KNOW IT. The question is, are we going to tolerate it?
RMD