Unitary Executive Theory

[Tarantism]

*i am responding to the first post of this thread.

the reasons behind checks and balances were to prevent something like that*this* from happening....i dont like it, not one bit. if one person can decide then i believe that gets rid of the entire purpose of democracy!

no way.

[questor]

it is quite interesting to read the posts here and see the total lack of understanding of cause and effect. the people here who are most dissatisfied in Bush's style of management are also absent when it comes time to offer better ideas. how do you think the young female reporter recently captured
by the insurgents feels about the ''moral high ground''? i can tell you... she is scared sh..less, and is only interested in being freed. only you who are safe and being protected by our military can afford the luxury of monday morning quarterbacking. wouldn't you be the first to start screaming for Bush's head when another attack comes? do you not understand the necessity of quick action? if America becomes all liberal, what an easy takeover for a warlike power.

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by questor

it is quite interesting to read the posts here and see the total lack of understanding of cause and effect. the people here who are most dissatisfied in Bush's style of management are also absent when it comes time to offer better ideas.

I don't have to have a better plan in place for me to know that Mr. Bush has made mistakes and that many of his and his cohorts decisions will have ramifications for years to come based on the precedent they've set. I do not need to offer a resolution before I speak in order to be allowed to discuss ideas and opinions with others. Usually, when people open a dialogue such as this, that's when the best answers come and eventually get implemented. If we refuse to analyze *our* (yes, I am part of this country, this planet, this universe too) mistakes, and shudder at the thought of revisiting them, instead forcing others into a defensive posture by throwing emotional and only tangentially related arguments at them as distraction, we will be doomed to endlessly repeat them.

[lindagarrette]

An elected official has no more support of everyone than a despot. Decisions that affect everyone are delegated to that authority and once in power, it takes a long time or a revolution to overthrow the policies being implemented. The administration considers opposing views to be unpatriotic, even in a republican form of government. Fortunately the opportunity for an overthrow is not too many years away. Let's take the time until then to teach constituants how badly they have been represented by the current leadership in the US.

[InfiniteNow]

What about the US governments request that Google hand over search records?

Google data request fuels fears

Imagine all the search engines not as large/powerful/capable as Google who just might give in... a slippery slippery slope indeed.

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

What about the US governments request that Google hand over search records?

Google data request fuels fears

Imagine all the search engines not as large/powerful/capable as Google who just might give in... a slippery slippery slope indeed.

I think part of my motivation behind this post is the discussion of the cartoons of Mohammed which has been generating such discontent.

Mohammed Drawings and free speech


Does the proverbial line need to be drawn somewhere? Has it already been and it's just not being enforced? Is the only true line one within ourselves?