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May 23, 2006

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Denny thinks the FBI overstepped their boundaries in conducting a recent raid on a “lawmaker's office” on Capitol Hill and Denny is also concerned about “the separation of powers between Congress and this administration”! Getting a little too close for comfort there, are they, Denny???  Well, now you, Denny, know how we, Joe Q. Public, feel, every time you give this radical fascist administration another straw on a silver platter that is designed to break the very backbone of Democracy!

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Oh, those Repuglicans, how they do like to change perception---in the name of “protecting our children” from lurid child pornography, the reality is “Wisconsin Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is proposing that ISPs be required to record information about Americans' online activities so that police can more easily 'conduct criminal investigations.'" Have you ever considered, your information, while it may not be criminal, will be bunched in with whatever criminal activity is going on? Your name, and what you’re doing, will be right there alongside public enemy #1, and how long before the government makes a mistake and makes you public enemy #1? So much for an American’s right to privacy. Osama must be very proud of Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, George Bush, and all they’re doing for the cause.

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One thing most Americans take for granted---“Bush won’t always be in office.” I, for one, certainly hope that’s true, though it looks to me like he is positioning the military, the Congress, the Supreme Court, and the black box voting machines for a coup! Look for George W. Bush to do the most outrageous thing you never thought possible, he’s already been appointed to office, ignored an August 6th PDB that resulted in the most horrific attack that ever occurred on our shores, used fear and loathing as well as lies to scare the bejezzus out of the entire country in order to wage a preemptive unnecessary war in Iraq, maintained power during a very questionable election, thwarted the Constitution at every turn, and has been very verbal about his desire to be a dictator, so don’t think for a minute he’ll leave 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. willingly!

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And some think Fascism isn’t running rampant through the streets of America!  Americans reporting other Americans because their opinions differ, banned books, telephone records of every call made, secret prisons where torture and abuse are an acceptable practice, an executive branch of government allowed to do “whatever it takes” without the checks and balances of oversight or legal channels, the list of symptoms have become the disease!  What’s next, camps for those who don’t agree, we’ve already got “protest zones” and secret service agents removing people from what are supposed to be public gatherings.  Come on people, Osama is tucked away somewhere, but Herr Bush has managed to thwart our freedoms and our democracy!

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“GEORGE W. BUSH: … we have now reached a turning point in the struggle between freedom and terror.”  Bush in yet another attempt to change the perception of the truth!  Every “watershed” event speech turns out to be a cover up for the reality on the ground in the Middle-East. “DOBBS: American casualties in Iraq have risen. ... President Bush today hardly mentioned the war in Afghanistan, where radical Islamist insurgents have launched a new major offensive against U.S. and coalition troops.”

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The title to the Cato Institute’s report should have read—The Un-Constitutional Record of George W. Bush!  The conclusion should have been: “The Bush administration has advanced a view of federal power that is astonishingly” criminal!  And that’s the truth!

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“BUSH: And so, my advice is to tell your daughter that she can be a part of a changing America by helping somebody who hurts, feed the hungry, find shelter for the homeless. America's strength lies in the armies of compassion that exist all across the United States of America.” And wouldn’t it be nice if he followed his own “advice,” or are the “armies of compassion” strictly limited to the daughters of someone else?

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Does anyone else find it strange that Repuglicans seem to think they have the only private line for conversations with God???  I do, and certainly in my most recent conversation with the Almighty, He told me my prayers would be answered and I should look for a landslide win in November for the Democrats!  And to anyone who thinks otherwise, just try it, strike up a conversation and listen, you may be surprised!!!

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