Saddam would Approve

The Bush administration has created a power structure that would make Saddam Hussein envious. While he was alive and in power, he enjoyed complete, unchecked power. Admittedly Saddam did not need "signing statement" as it was universally understood that any laws passed did not apply to him.

Our president has stated that no one is above the law, and yet no members of his administration, past and present, have been held accountable for crimes and misdeeds committed during their respective tenures.

For the first time in modern American history there is a private standing (and growing) army on our shores.

The administration scoffs at subpoenas and contempt charges. The VP has gone so far as to assert that the Legislative Branch is not given oversight powers in the Constitution!!

It appears that the groundwork is being laid for the justification of another illegal war.

It is an absolute pity that there is no opposition party in the USA, and that our neutered Constitution has no provisions to correct the situation through impeachment.

I have nightmares that what I wrote as a fictional scenario will come to pass. Consider the possibility that Cheney will have Bush assassinated by "terrorists" close enough to the 2008 election that once inauguated, president Cheney will declare martial law, raise the terror level to red, and cancel the presidential election.