Freedom v. Authority
Hey Folks,
When the Ohio Supreme Court declared school funding unconstitutional, the Dispatch and others screamed bloody-murder about “Legislating from the Bench”!
When it became known that President George W. Bush had signed over 700 bills into law but only with the caveat that the laws didn’t apply to HIM, where were the screams of “Legislating from the White House” ?
When Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren sought constitutional justice for Blacks, billboards sprang up crying “Impeach Earl Warren.”
With President George W. Bush attacking the protections of the Bill of Rights, where are the billboards crying, “Impeach George Bush” ?
We often hear the “Founding Fathers” invoked to “prove” (inaccurately) that America is a “Christian” nation or that the courts must respect the separation of the three governmental branches (i.e. shut up) or to explain the proper working of the “system of checks and balances” (i.e. the courts should have little or no role).
With President George W. Bush wearing the regal crown and grasping at the emperor’s wreath, where are the “Founder Groupies” screaming bloody-murder about his Satanic, un-American, dictatorial behavior ?
We are at a crossroads.
Right-wing nerd David Brooks’ column today obliquely speaks to this. He says that “conservatism” (read “the aristocracy”) is moving from “loose conservatism" to "tight conservatism”; moving from “freedom” to “authority.”
No shit ! As some would put it, Bush has the “authority” to override the “freedom” we once enjoyed under the Constitution.
When the Ohio Supreme Court declared school funding unconstitutional, the Dispatch and others screamed bloody-murder about “Legislating from the Bench”!
When it became known that President George W. Bush had signed over 700 bills into law but only with the caveat that the laws didn’t apply to HIM, where were the screams of “Legislating from the White House” ?
When Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren sought constitutional justice for Blacks, billboards sprang up crying “Impeach Earl Warren.”
With President George W. Bush attacking the protections of the Bill of Rights, where are the billboards crying, “Impeach George Bush” ?
We often hear the “Founding Fathers” invoked to “prove” (inaccurately) that America is a “Christian” nation or that the courts must respect the separation of the three governmental branches (i.e. shut up) or to explain the proper working of the “system of checks and balances” (i.e. the courts should have little or no role).
With President George W. Bush wearing the regal crown and grasping at the emperor’s wreath, where are the “Founder Groupies” screaming bloody-murder about his Satanic, un-American, dictatorial behavior ?
We are at a crossroads.
Right-wing nerd David Brooks’ column today obliquely speaks to this. He says that “conservatism” (read “the aristocracy”) is moving from “loose conservatism" to "tight conservatism”; moving from “freedom” to “authority.”
No shit ! As some would put it, Bush has the “authority” to override the “freedom” we once enjoyed under the Constitution.
They must think we're stupid !!!!!!! Are we ???
- Uke Man
1 Comments:
Hi Tom,
This was wonderful! We get nothing but crap from the Dispatch. Wait until they endorse Blackwell. That may be the day I stop subscribing. Sondra
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