the begining of 1984 in 2006

[Me!]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_terrorism

First the patriot act now this
a few excerts:

"It allows the government to seize individuals on American soil and detain them indefinitely with no opportunity to challenge their detention in court," Feingold said. "And the new law would permit an individual to be convicted on the basis of coerced testimony and even allow someone convicted under these rules to be put to death."

The legislation says the president can "interpret the meaning and application" of international standards for prisoner treatment, a provision intended to allow him to authorize aggressive interrogation methods that might otherwise be seen as illegal by international courts. Bush said such measures have helped the CIA gain vital information from terror suspects and have saved American lives.

also:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061017-1.html

[jking]

that\'s our president for ya... who cares about the laws of man when god speaks right in your ear?!..... the next presidential candidate really needs to run on \'fixing the country and returning it to the people!"

[Gfunk]

:sigh: that\'s pretty scary. :flag:

[Drew_Kingsley]

the next presidential candidate really needs to run on \'fixing the country and returning it to the people!"

Clearly the next candidates will RUN on that premise.  The key will be if the next president will ACTUALLY fix the country.  It\'s a sad truth that those are two very different things.

[bdfreetuna]

The times they are a-changin\'... .... the next 6 years are going to be veeerry interesting