tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post7195413372951863465..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: The Activist in ChiefWiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-54927349437835932502009-07-19T19:32:09.435-05:002009-07-19T19:32:09.435-05:00Point of order: the law so does apply to a king. W...Point of order: the law <em>so</em> does apply to a king. We in England had a big war to sort that one out, once and for all, more than a century before the American Revolution.<br /><br />(The basic principle goes back <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta" rel="nofollow">much further</a>, but it wasn't until 1649 that a king was first tried and executed for breaking the law.)vethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376500106064052491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-69602829359714361052009-07-15T00:34:20.194-05:002009-07-15T00:34:20.194-05:00What's easy to see during the Republican contr...What's easy to see during the Republican controlled Bush years is the ADHD afflicted fast-tracking mentality that simply said, "I'm the decider!" and "I'm the commander-guy!" in one big united partisan voice, any dissent be damned.<br /><br />Debate and deliberation has been sold as an elitist eggheaded weakness of the Democratic party mocked and preyed upon by blatant hyper-emotional-kneejerk-reactionaries in the "Up that hill!" off-to-Confederate-glory wing of the Republican party. <br /><br />Republicans under Bush thought they were providing decisive leadership thinking they knew better than everyone else.<br /><br />Less talky and transparency more leaderguy decisiveness and action figure action! <br /><br />Bush thought he had a clear mandate throughout his presidency, especially after 2004, and as he was cutting reckless tax cuts for <i>the haves</i> after 2000.<br /><br />Truth is, and the facts bear this out, Bush and the Republican party had no use for debate or rule of law because Karl Rove kept telling them all they were ushering a "<i>permanent majority</i>." Which to them meant doing as they please because with a permanent majority, there really is no tomorrow. <br /><br />There are no consequences.<br /><br />Hopefully, if justice ever has its day in court, this will prove to be the worst calculation in political warfare history.<br /><br />Right up there with General Lee's superiority complex leading to Pickett's Charge on Cemetary Hill.Mnoreply@blogger.com