Homeland, enemy combattants,war on drugs, tsars,illegal aliens/immigrants....

Look also at the number of new prisons which were built (many I believe by Hall.)

Look also at the way Homeland security was setup now-so that all agencies-even state police-Chertoff has at his disposal to order covert arrests on.

This has already been done-and is not Orwellian prediction.In Operation Falcon a number in the tens of thousands of Mexican workers were rounded up under this very Chertoff direction.

So now with homeland security guiding state agencies-think about it-anyone whom the government decides is a threat to them-can be rounded up as "an enemy combattant-as opposed to the usual wording of POW (being war-specific).

Then we discover this adminstration tortures "enemy combattants" and can "rendition them to other countries".

Last week, the WH also made it legal for itself to kidnap anyone from foreign countries even-disregarding those countries' laws.

Chertoff, as I have been jumping up and down about SCREAMING on Glenn' posts-have outsourced many companies that do biz with telecoms (3rd party, billing...)to other countries,giving them the ability to spy also. Our own govt. can bypass its' own agencies to find info-and get it directly from foreign countries. Foreign countries which have their own interests first over the USs'. (I've read Microsoft has backdoor opportunity for spying...perhaps that is what the Govt case was about back in the late 80's-a method to strongarm Microsoft.)

A court a few weeks ago-threw out much of the Patriot Act declaring the wording too vague for the average American to be able to understand.

Of course I think it was meant to be vague-meant to confuse not only Americans-but other politicians as well.But instead of any politicians asking about clarification on the wording (Patriot Act, MTC Act, Wiretapp..)-they went by thier own interpretations-(which could be many).

I think it's high time politicians pulled the WH into a joint panel and ASK the WH to clarify and simplify the language on.

Should the WH continue to send bills up for passage-make them explain it-or make it "null & void" until they do.

Connect the dots about the big picture of what this WH is trying to do.

MBA/business owners like Bush & Romney. People should not discount this as any sign of "leadership" ability-but a way for the business world to make money and have taxpayers/govt. pay them for it (at agrossly inflated/priceg-gouging methods).

Oil industry-gas nearly quadrupled since GW took office.

Coincidence?

I think any Pres. candidate should have a law degree-to have a healthy respect for the Constitution.

Why anyone think an MBA is going to repect law-most of the corporate world makes a living off trying to find loopholes and get around "rule of law". Then you have GW, who just corrupts law to be specifically for the corporate world in the form of authoritarianism.

I would like to see our Constitution changed for only law degree holders/legal scholars-THIS is how skeptical I am of MBA folks in govt. They aren't in govt. for the good of our nation-they're in it to line thier own pockets.

those you mentioned running?

I think they're more qualified than Romney.

I don't think an MBA is an adequate educational platform for government office-period.

Must be a stigma of the college-biz blue-blood Bush/Romney world:must outdo your dad,everyone is competition/enemy-laws are meant to be broken, or gotten-around, people don't matter:the almighty dollar does.....

One more thing Bystander.

The 4 you've mentioned running-Yoo, Addington, Gonzo,?

ARE qualified to run-but they would not get past the next round of cuts.

Mainly that being: they are NOT leaders-they are FOLLOWERS.

GW was not a leader just because he was Gov. or a bus. owner-nor is Romney.

They are 2 con artists with a polished corporate-staff who care more about "image"-than actual leading.

"Shiny" does not equate to "Leader".

I hope after 7 years,people will begin to see that- and scrape those shiny gold "w"s off thier cars.

Maybe if Dems started hosting WWF events,beauty contests, or turkey shoots as part of their campaign.

Got your guns,bimbos, and masculine hero-worship all-in-one-oh, and don't forget the WWJD plastic-bling (further eroding christianity).

That's how you go for the cross-over GOP vote!(And make them look stupid at the same time).