MASSIVE: Bush executive order increases his control over federal agencies...

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

Raw Story previews NYT story to be published tomorrow:

NY Times: Bush signs landmark executive order increasing power over federal agencies

RAW STORY
Published: Monday January 29, 2007
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President George W. Bush has given his administration a boost in how the government regulates key issues such as civil rights and the environment, The New York Times will report on its Tuesday front page, RAW STORY has learned. The story has not yet moved on the front page of the site.

The President "signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules that the federal government develops to regulate public health, safety," privacy and other issues, writes Robert Pear for the Times.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/NY_Times_Bush_gives_White_House_0129.html

:nuke:

[Diane R]

1. "And it would be a lot easier if this were a dictatorship. As long as I'm the dictator".

[Radical Activist]

2. And we're supposed to believe Hugo Chavez is the dictator.

We have our own here at home.

[ima_sinnic]

35. my own exact immediate thought

... the morans have been all uptight and grumbling about Chavez's rule by decree, a fixture of the Venezuelan system in certain areas of policy, while their own panty-waist, ignoramus wannabe dictator "president" not only does not obey the laws already in place, he makes up his own and they are all intrusive, antidemocratic, and totally contrary to American tradition. Not to mention that he is too self-serving, greedy and unimaginative to issue a decree that is actually beneficial to We The People.

In other words, we got ourselves a real, live, tin-pot dictator. How many more years do we have to debate whether he should be impeached?

[aquart]

3. And nobody knew?

[MzNov]

26. Thank you.

[Duer 157099]

4. The upside is that President Gore can put this to good use n/t

[originalpckelly]

6. In your dreams...

do you really think this idiot is planning on leaving office?

After all this? Seriously?

[Duer 157099]

11. Sadly, you're right

Only a moron would be padding the Executive branch, only to hand it off to the opposition party.

Oh wait, but we're talking about *, so anything's possible.

Hope springs eternal

[tbyg52]

34. Yes, I do,

to be succeeded by the handpicked and DRE-"elected" candidate of the cabal, unless we throw out those machines.

[Quantess]

52. Am I missing something?

Or is this an inside debate between just you and dotcosm?

....oh well.... Maybe I don't know what's going on, but this post is worth a kick.

[marmar]

5. Stalin, err, Bush must be stopped!

Better dead than red state.

[Olney Blue]

7. Congress? He don't need no stinkin Congress.

[originalpckelly]

8. We need to consider all legal actions possible to defeat the President's power grab...

I suggest the formation of an internet congress specifically to decide plans of action to defeat this problem.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

9. WHO WILL WIN?

OR

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[cascadiance]

18. NOW is the time!...

It's now OUR TURN!

[Mrspeeker]

44. YAY THE V's

Well I'm ready!!!!!!!

[WinkyDink]

10. Gonzo must have given this the green light for the "Unitary Executive".

That cockamamie "theory" that claims that the President is actually the CEO of all the Federal Depts, and can DO WHAT HE WANTS.

[Roland99]

12. Kick and 5th Rec!

[G_j]

13. anyone who won't get onboard with impeachment

has sold America down the toilet

period

[cynatnite]

14. “achieves a major increase in White House control over domestic government.”

“Having lost control of Congress,” Mr. Strauss said, “the president is doing what he can to increase his control of the executive branch.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/washington/30rules.html?_r=1&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

This is a MUST READ!

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

17. I feel ill

how can this be stopped

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. He's flipped, I tell you, HE's flipped!

I'll take a flip-flopper over a flipped Napoleonic-complexed president, any day.

[formercia]

42. The Congress has authority to delegate power to the Executive

This is like taking over the Government in slow motion without firing a shot.

Since when did Congress give Junior the power?

[The Backlash Cometh]

43. I think they have been interpreting that original Congressional

Iraq War vote to mean that we have suspended all our Constitutional rights.

Bush and his gang have learned something that many of us (or maybe just me) have been slow to figure out. The government can do a great many criminal things under the quise of government work. It's up to us to let them know when they've gone too far. I say this kind of abuse has come because capitalist goals and government work just don't make for a good partnership. Someone has to remain an honest broker.

[teriyaki jones]

16. YIKES! Impeachment is the only answer, I'm afraid

These fuckers are totally out of control!

K&R

[Timbuk3]

20. Is it a constitutional crisis, yet??? n/t

[teriyaki jones]

21. If it isn't . . .

I do NOT want to witness what it WILL take to constitute a constitutional crisis.

[mmonk]

23. What's a constitution?

[originalpckelly]

24. I think it's that toilet paper the President uses.

:shrug:

[cynatnite]

19. Read the actual NYT article...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/washington/30rules.html?_r=1&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin


Send this to everyone you know, DU.

[lonestarnot]

22. Are we soup yet?

When do the proceedings begin? I'm getting tired of asking for the only possible solution.

[cynatnite]

25. Let's keep this kicked folks...

Bush is going for a power grab and the word needs to get out. Night all :)

[originalpckelly]

29. Nite 'nite!

:-)

[MzNov]

27. k&r

:kick:

[G_Leo_Criley]

28. k & r

:kick:

glc

[libnnc]

30. Well, NOW can we call him a dictator?

Christ on a Ritz...how much more can we stand?

[originalpckelly]

31. I can't stand any more:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x78082

[nickyt]

32. Sending this e v e r ywhere. If there was ever any doubt in anybody's mind whatsoever as to

the "reality" of this cabal - here it is, this is "it".
I am completely freaked, but will nevertheless send this e v e r ywhere.

[deminks]

33. What exactly makes you people think they will leave in 2009?

He's done it now. Made himself Chimperor forever. Here's your Reichstag you've been looking for. Kinda slaps you in the face.

[happydreams]

49. I've been saying this for years. That son-of-abitch ain't

going nowhere in 2009. He is going to create such a living hell on Earth that establishing himself as emperor will be relatively easy.

[tbyg52]

36. Early morning kick

:kick:

[ima_sinnic]

37. all those "libertarians" trolling the board--this is for you

-- you want unregulated business? you got it!

[AzDar]

38. Kick! n/t

:kick:

[deacon]

39. Congress needs to move on this immediately n/t

[magellan]

40. If Congress doesn't finally step up and use a big stick

...to beat this out-of-control executive back, the USA is lost. But I fear too many Dems will just shrug, if they take notice at all, and look forward to the day when all these powers are theirs.

[magellan]

41. Kick

[wizstars]

45. Late flash--pRes. George W. Bush has signed an executive order overriding the U.S. Constitution

...that's how it should read. Political commissars in every agency? That's straight out of Stalin's playbook.

IMPEACH NO-W!!!

[CrispyQ]

46. When is Congress going to stand up to this administration?

Fuck the minimum wage. Get this asshole out of office now & his evil dick too!

I don't know if we'll ever come back from the past 6 years.

[OxQQme]

48. I've got my "V" mask,

and a tiki torch filled with the finest hemp oil, but I'm kinda wondering
how well a BBQ fork would work.
Social security checks aren't enough to afford a new hayfork.

[wizstars]

47. Doesn't this POS understand that Congress set these up to be INDEPENDENT agencies???

i.e., NOT(!) subject to executive authority?

IMPEACH HIS ASS & MAKE him understand!!!

[Quantess]

50. Why doesn't he just say "I'm the dictator"

instead of "I'm the decider"?
Dictator is a more accurate title for him.

[cascadiance]

51. How about "Il Duce"

It would be fun to see how * would pronounce that! Might think we're confusing him with Deuce Bigalo, though Deuce Bigalo would probably be smarter than he!