meta-roj

an interesting piece in an interesting place.

Bush could seize absolute control of U.S. government [capitol hill blue, 2006.01.13

President George W. Bush has signed executive orders giving him sole authority to impose martial law, suspend habeas corpus and ignore the Posse Comitatus Act that prohibits deployment of U.S. troops on American streets. This would give him absolute dictatorial power over the government with no checks and balances.

so, if this story is correct (and why wouldn’t it be), then all the paperwork is already in place. the lawyers have crossed the t’s and dotted the i’s and all we have to do is wait for a hint of terrorism on american soil…

i’ve generally considered the bush administration and the fear-based “war efforts” more aligned with italian fascism, so i do hesitate, if only for a moment, to invoke the symbolism of the reichstag.

that said, it seems more and more apparent that the america in which i live has tred on that slope just a bit too far. so far, the evidence of specific racism (an obvious defining characteristic of the nazi phenomenon) just hasn’t appeared (the bush administration doesn’t appear to fear or loathe people of any color – just poor people). so, no, bush is not a nazi. he is a third-world strongman and petty dictator that happens to have a first-world military machine at his disposal.

adolf hitler on benito mussolini, mein kampf

I conceived the profoundest admiration for the great man south of the Alps, who, full of ardent love for his people, made no pacts with the enemies of Italy, but strove for their annihilation by all ways and means.

bin laden doesn’t need weapons of mass destruction to destroy america; he only needs united states president george w. bush.