Tell me again about "the vow" President Bush.
Whenever George Bush is caught with his hand in the Constitutional cookie jar, NSA wiretapping or database, torture, secret prisons or whatever else, his defense always includes that he took a vow on Sept. 11 to protect this nation from another attack. He always includes that in his defense.
And yet, this vow, so solemn that it justifies violating the constitution, seems to be inoperative when it conflicts with business interests, port security, checking containers, air freight security, border security.
You're collecting every goddamned phone record in the country, and yet you're giving incoming container ships 24 hours warning before the Coast Guard searches them? You're "disappearing" people extrajudicially to be tortured in secret sites, but you're worried about pissing off the shipping companies?
Apparently in George Bush's world, the interests of business outweigh the Constitution.
And yet, this vow, so solemn that it justifies violating the constitution, seems to be inoperative when it conflicts with business interests, port security, checking containers, air freight security, border security.
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Under intense pressure from shipping companies concerned about costly delays, the Coast Guard is tipping off some large commercial ships about security searches that had been a surprise, according to high-ranking Coast Guard officials.
You're collecting every goddamned phone record in the country, and yet you're giving incoming container ships 24 hours warning before the Coast Guard searches them? You're "disappearing" people extrajudicially to be tortured in secret sites, but you're worried about pissing off the shipping companies?
Apparently in George Bush's world, the interests of business outweigh the Constitution.
posted by mikevotes at
9:59 PM
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Yukkione, at 1:50 AM
What kills me about the vow is, now I don't know what he's done in private, but he has very publicly taken a vow in the oath of office. And the oath of office says protect and defend the constitution, it does not say protect and defend america. Certainly I want the latter, but I think the framers did it that way for a reason, because without a constitution there is no "America" just a country filled with people.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 6:19 AM
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