Sail On, Sail On, O Mighty Ship Of State

[athelind]

When I joined the United States Coast Guard back in 1985, I vowed to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic". Though I am now a civilian, I still follow that oath. The greatest enemies to that document and the principles it establishes are not in Iraq. They are not in Afghanistan. They are not in North Korea. The terrorists have not done a fraction of the damage to this nation that the junta currently occupying the White House has done.

Al Qaeda destroyed buildings and killed thousands, but, horrific as that was, as indelibly as those images are seared on my soul, we have lost lives and property before. George Walker Bush and his cronies have waged an all-out assault on the very soul of America.

While waving the flag, they have eviscerated the Bill of Rights.

Now, they would turn a nation conceived in liberty into a conquerer.

Enough is enough.

George W. Bush must answer to the people.

Comments

Yikes...

[onebluedragon.livejournal.com]

This webpage is serious, now? They sure named a lot of things they say he did...and I haven't exactly been up and up on the news.

I mean...I know the guy is pretty dumb, but has he seriously fucked up that badly?

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

[shrug]
the only difference between him and the previous president is that he has gotten the bad (insane) laws passed that the previous office holder tried to pass but failed.

The evisceration of the 4th amendment began with Reagan and the war on drugs, Bush sr. continued it and Clinton continued it. Clinton tried to get some of the same laws passed that Bush succeeded in. (dramatically increasing wiretapping without restraint, a few more)

The Clinton justice department fought and won the right to include "secret evidence" against non-citizens being held by the INS on suspected terrorism.

Congress used the explosion of an airplane to pass new anti-terrorism laws without waiting for the findings that showed the explosion was due to mechanical failure, not a bomb. (Must have ID to travel by air)

As long as people continue to vote based on sound bites, our liberties are going to keep disappearing.

If Gore had won, I would have expected the same behaviour from him based on his past statements - "The CDA is a good law" "Rock records are destroying our youth"

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."

Doesn't make it any better, but as long as we keep getting the disturbingly low turnouts at the polls, nothing is going to change. Whomever raises the most money and promises the most to the lobbyists will win.

[xylen.livejournal.com]

I'm withya there. Just the only problem is if Bush got impeached, we'd have Cheney to worry about. *sings Me and My Shadow Government*

The entire administration is responsible for a lot of this, each one in their own ways. Bush is just the figurehead. We need them all out of office alltogether.

[xylen.livejournal.com]

*smacks himself* Sorry, I wrote my last post before I had the chance to read that site in full. I'd always thought the articles of impeachment only worked on the president, not on the staff as well. *reads more*