I Will Not Take These Things For Granted

Okay, enough with the Happy Dances now. Sure, it's a New Year. yeah, the Republicans have been kicked out of Congress on their asses. Yeah, the Democrats have at least initially made it seem like they want to get things done.

Whatev.

Because we can't forget, annoying Wall Street Journal editorial notwithstanding, the most anti-liberty, authoritarian, power-grasping, history-ignorant pig of a president that's ever acted as a figurehead still holds power; and based on his administration's interpretation (and theirs alone, unless you maybe wanna count John Yoo) still claim complete and unitary presidential power (and will continue to do so until a Democrat holds that seat) and as such, will pretty much do what they want until someone fucking calls them on it.

What's new, you say. Funny you should ask. In a recent 'signing statement“ Bush has claimed the right to open our mail. No warrant. Just cuz he fuckin feels like it. didi it just before Christmas, too, so it had more opportunity to get ignored in the rush.

No fucking foolie, Lizzie; and given the past history of these goons, they've been opening our mail for a couple of years and just took the opportunity of a related bill to write that CYA down.

As with the warrantless wiretapping, it's not something that anybody ever felt a pressing need for before; but what it does allow is that they can open mail without having to justify the need to a judge. In other words, they are probably doing it in cases where judges wouldn't support a warrant, such as politically motivated snooping.

Fuckers. Just, y'know, fuckers.


Things continue to come apart; the center no longer holds; and these insane clowns want nothing more than to grasp a few ill-gotten wartime gains while accelerating the fucking decline. Contemptible.