Meditations On The Abyss
The Bush Administration was a cabal of dictatorship-loving, America-hating, freedom-destroying traitors, and was nothing more or less than the full manifestation of conservatism in action.
There is no hyperbole whatsoever in that statement; it was obvious in every action they took, and is documented in their own writings, finally made available by the Obama Administration. It's an odd feeling to finally have a functioning Justice Department again.
In these memos, secretly signed and enacted by Bush, the President is declared to be completely above the law with no checks whatsoever upon his power. He reserves the right to exercise his power any way he sees fit, including military action against American citizens on American soil. I'd like to repeat that, because it's pretty fucking important - The Bush White House claimed the right to wage war against American citizens within America. Purely in the name of fighting "terrorism", of course, suuurre...
When Clinton obtained warrants under the oversight of the FISA court for counter-terrorism surveillance all the conservatives screamed that it was a threat to our liberties, but when Bush declared that he needed neither warrants nor oversight the conservatives told everyone who pointed out that such an action was illegal and unconstitutional - you know, us liberals - that we were being traitorous and disloyal and un-American and helping terrorists and probably kicking puppies, and should just shut up or risk "consequences". And even now, they tout "the rule of law" as one of their most pressing, hand-wringing concerns... especially when when anyone points out the horrible things that they've actually done.
Conservatism is treason. Period. There is no better way to describe that ideology, or the deeds committed in its name. Conservatives have worked ever since the inauguration of Reagan for the ruin of America, and the damage they've done is so great that they may yet achieve that goal despite the best efforts of grownups to clean up their mess.
Download the memos in the link above. Read them. Read them several times, and pass them on to every patriotic American you know. There is no room whatsoever for doubt, no quibbling over interpretation, no question that these memos describe the deliberate transformation of the United States of America from a republic to a dictatorship through declarations that were kept secret from Congress and from the American people.
And... conservatives? Shove it up your ass. Don't you dare try to tell me about how you value liberty or the rule of law, because such a claim is a treasonous lie. You - all of you - at least gave assent to this and frequently openly championed those who gutted the very system of law and principle that makes America what it is and should be. In every criticism and warning we gave we were and are one hundred percent right, and you were and are one hundred percent wrong. So fuck off. You have nothing to offer but poison and destruction, and this nation deserves far better.
There is no hyperbole whatsoever in that statement; it was obvious in every action they took, and is documented in their own writings, finally made available by the Obama Administration. It's an odd feeling to finally have a functioning Justice Department again.
In these memos, secretly signed and enacted by Bush, the President is declared to be completely above the law with no checks whatsoever upon his power. He reserves the right to exercise his power any way he sees fit, including military action against American citizens on American soil. I'd like to repeat that, because it's pretty fucking important - The Bush White House claimed the right to wage war against American citizens within America. Purely in the name of fighting "terrorism", of course, suuurre...
When Clinton obtained warrants under the oversight of the FISA court for counter-terrorism surveillance all the conservatives screamed that it was a threat to our liberties, but when Bush declared that he needed neither warrants nor oversight the conservatives told everyone who pointed out that such an action was illegal and unconstitutional - you know, us liberals - that we were being traitorous and disloyal and un-American and helping terrorists and probably kicking puppies, and should just shut up or risk "consequences". And even now, they tout "the rule of law" as one of their most pressing, hand-wringing concerns... especially when when anyone points out the horrible things that they've actually done.
Conservatism is treason. Period. There is no better way to describe that ideology, or the deeds committed in its name. Conservatives have worked ever since the inauguration of Reagan for the ruin of America, and the damage they've done is so great that they may yet achieve that goal despite the best efforts of grownups to clean up their mess.
Download the memos in the link above. Read them. Read them several times, and pass them on to every patriotic American you know. There is no room whatsoever for doubt, no quibbling over interpretation, no question that these memos describe the deliberate transformation of the United States of America from a republic to a dictatorship through declarations that were kept secret from Congress and from the American people.
And... conservatives? Shove it up your ass. Don't you dare try to tell me about how you value liberty or the rule of law, because such a claim is a treasonous lie. You - all of you - at least gave assent to this and frequently openly championed those who gutted the very system of law and principle that makes America what it is and should be. In every criticism and warning we gave we were and are one hundred percent right, and you were and are one hundred percent wrong. So fuck off. You have nothing to offer but poison and destruction, and this nation deserves far better.