https://pat-dollard.com/2007/10/24/the-president-is-bound-by-the-constitution-not-the-whims-of-congress/ Eventually, I learned the joys of killing. But I’m skipping ahead of myself. I landed in Iraq in November 2004 armed with a video camera instead of a weapon... Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:53:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/10/24/the-president-is-bound-by-the-constitution-not-the-whims-of-congress/#comment-58868 Jack Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:53:10 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/10/24/the-president-is-bound-by-the-constitution-not-the-whims-of-congress/#comment-58868 I'm certainly not going to contend that we don't need wiretapping, but I think the problem is that the Bush Administration is trying to put it officially on the books, for all to see. This is just asking for trouble though from constitutionalists and Libertarians. Stuff like warrantless wiretapping and torture is best left in the basement or the closet under the stairs, where we keep things we definitely need but generally don't want to look at. I’m certainly not going to contend that we don’t need wiretapping, but I think the problem is that the Bush Administration is trying to put it officially on the books, for all to see. This is just asking for trouble though from constitutionalists and Libertarians. Stuff like warrantless wiretapping and torture is best left in the basement or the closet under the stairs, where we keep things we definitely need but generally don’t want to look at.

]]> https://pat-dollard.com/2007/10/24/the-president-is-bound-by-the-constitution-not-the-whims-of-congress/#comment-58869 Jarhead68 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:59:27 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/10/24/the-president-is-bound-by-the-constitution-not-the-whims-of-congress/#comment-58869 DUH!!!! What have the conservative pundits been saying about this since the NY Times Betrayed US in revealing the NSA program? Where was this guy last year when the democRats created a fake controversy over this? Will the MSM give any "face time" to him? Hell, no. They have already convinced the sheeple that Bush is spying on all of us. DUH!!!! What have the conservative pundits been saying about this since the NY Times Betrayed US in revealing the NSA program? Where was this guy last year when the democRats created a fake controversy over this? Will the MSM give any “face time” to him? Hell, no. They have already convinced the sheeple that Bush is spying on all of us.

]]> https://pat-dollard.com/2007/10/24/the-president-is-bound-by-the-constitution-not-the-whims-of-congress/#comment-58900 Erik Marsh Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:55:41 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/10/24/the-president-is-bound-by-the-constitution-not-the-whims-of-congress/#comment-58900 In response to Jack - while I think we all believe that the Constitution is not a suicide pact, neither should we allow ourselves to be governed according to the whims of attorneys bent on getting uninformed juries to enact their own version of government through the court system as opposed to debating it in front of a legislative body (something we all know would fail). While I don't want the NSA or FBI knocking on my door because I happen to mention IEDs or Car Bombs during a phone call or email, I do want them knocking on the door of the guy from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, or North Africa whose talking to someone on a "watch list" that does. While all govt. programs are susceptible to abuse and incompetance, we need to trust that established rules will be followed and all tools used. While there is no Constitutional reason for Pres. Bush to need this legislation to fight a war, the nation's lawyers have been able to dupe the general population and the system into believing that it does exist. Because of this, Pres. Bush has chosen to try and get legal protections enacted that even though they DO NOT expand his powers, they do protect those that assist him in the exercise of said powers. In response to Jack - while I think we all believe that the Constitution is not a suicide pact, neither should we allow ourselves to be governed according to the whims of attorneys bent on getting uninformed juries to enact their own version of government through the court system as opposed to debating it in front of a legislative body (something we all know would fail). While I don’t want the NSA or FBI knocking on my door because I happen to mention IEDs or Car Bombs during a phone call or email, I do want them knocking on the door of the guy from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, or North Africa whose talking to someone on a “watch list” that does. While all govt. programs are susceptible to abuse and incompetance, we need to trust that established rules will be followed and all tools used. While there is no Constitutional reason for Pres. Bush to need this legislation to fight a war, the nation’s lawyers have been able to dupe the general population and the system into believing that it does exist. Because of this, Pres. Bush has chosen to try and get legal protections enacted that even though they DO NOT expand his powers, they do protect those that assist him in the exercise of said powers.

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