American Dictator
LewRockwell.com carries an article by James Bovard on the continued expansion of executive power in the American government and the President's total disregard for the rule of law. Bovard points to the number of signing statements George Bush has amended to new laws he has approved, which clarify Bush's position on the laws -- positions which amount to totally disregarding the letter of the laws or reinterpreting their meaning. Bovard contends that, "Bush's signing statements are building blocks for dictatorship. The longer he builds, the darker America becomes."
Bovard is correct. What the current American government fail to recognize is that they are caretakers of the country. The country will exist beyond their mandate, and as caretakers, they need to act not for the present, but for the future. There seems to a complete lack of vision for the future. The American people, likewise, seem fine with this troubling trend. Complacency seemed to have settled in. The population has become bloated with disinformation and an obsession with reality TV, instead of public policy and discourse into the future of the state.
This is troubling, and not just for America, but the other democracies in the world. The forces of tyranny are already massing against the free -- they are amongst us, and enabled by our freedom, launching their attacks. You hear it loud and clear when some religious zealot from Canada, United States or Britain, call for the use of religious ethics to temper our laws. Our response cannot be the curtailing of our freedoms. They've already won if we become the regimes they're calling for in response to their abuse of our freedoms. America is a nation at the forefront of this battle -- mostly because they've made it their battle since 9/11. If America's response to totalitarianism is become a totalitarian state, every other democracy will be in trouble. As the dominant superpower, and symbol for democracy and freedom around the world, America extends a tremendous influence -- indirectly, but especially directly with their foreign policy. If America succumbs, it won't be long before the other democracies start to move in their direction as well.
What will slow the slide to an American dictatorship? Ordinary Americans waking up and listening. Don't listen to those "lefties" and "liberals" -- listen instead to the right and the conservatives. Listen carefully, and be afraid. It's time for you to shake off the complacency.
Bovard is correct. What the current American government fail to recognize is that they are caretakers of the country. The country will exist beyond their mandate, and as caretakers, they need to act not for the present, but for the future. There seems to a complete lack of vision for the future. The American people, likewise, seem fine with this troubling trend. Complacency seemed to have settled in. The population has become bloated with disinformation and an obsession with reality TV, instead of public policy and discourse into the future of the state.
This is troubling, and not just for America, but the other democracies in the world. The forces of tyranny are already massing against the free -- they are amongst us, and enabled by our freedom, launching their attacks. You hear it loud and clear when some religious zealot from Canada, United States or Britain, call for the use of religious ethics to temper our laws. Our response cannot be the curtailing of our freedoms. They've already won if we become the regimes they're calling for in response to their abuse of our freedoms. America is a nation at the forefront of this battle -- mostly because they've made it their battle since 9/11. If America's response to totalitarianism is become a totalitarian state, every other democracy will be in trouble. As the dominant superpower, and symbol for democracy and freedom around the world, America extends a tremendous influence -- indirectly, but especially directly with their foreign policy. If America succumbs, it won't be long before the other democracies start to move in their direction as well.
What will slow the slide to an American dictatorship? Ordinary Americans waking up and listening. Don't listen to those "lefties" and "liberals" -- listen instead to the right and the conservatives. Listen carefully, and be afraid. It's time for you to shake off the complacency.
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