He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices." Sounds like Bush's political vetting of judicial hires.
"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance." Sounds like Homeland Security.
"He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." Sounds like covert black ops and the unverifiable black budgets that fund them.
"He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws." Sounds like warrantless spying and incarceration without due process.
"For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury." Sounds like ignoring habeas corpus.
"For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses." Sounds like Guantanamo.
And just think, GO addressed only a portion of Jefferson's original complaints. (For example, he left out this one: "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good." How about Bush's prolifigate use of presidential signing statements? And so on.)
GO: "Given the eerie comparisons to our current government and the way it has operated for the last eight years, if we were to take the sage advice of our forefathers, we would find it our 'right and duty' to 'throw off' the government under which we now live."
It's a good question why the institutions of press and politics don't see the Bush administration as a threat and demand, at the very least, impeachment. It's a good question why many Democrats are lining up to legalize some of the obviously unconstitutional aspects of the Bush "anti-terror" polices - policies that punish Americans first. It's a good question why conservatives - most of them as patriotic as any of us - aren't lining up with us, calling for Bush's prosecution and a reinstatement of our precious civil liberties.
Good questions, all. No answers, though. |
