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Monday, September 22, 2008 12:00 AM

Single funniest blog post I ever read

A right-wing commentator denounces unlimited presidential power as "un-American" because "America exists precisely because of our desire to rein in government and make it accountable to the people."

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  • Monday, September 22, 2008 02:44 PM

    Is this the big one?

    I have long worried that the Bush gang, knowing they are likely to lose in November, and further knowing that criminal prosecutions are likely in the future, would create some kind of crisis which would enable them to take power and end democracy in America. I thought they would maybe fake an attack on a polling place and use it to shut down the vote, but this is infinitely more clever if this is that crisis. An unaccountable budget? Ye gods. Is this it? The power grab that ends us? Is it time to take to the streets?

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