"How did it come to pass that an opposition's measure of a president's foreign policy was all or nothing, success or "failure"? The answer is that the political absolutism now normal in Washington arrived at the moment--Nov. 7, 2000--that our politics subordinated even a war against terror to seizing the office of the presidency." - Daniel Henninger - WSJ 11/18/05
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"the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts." - George Orwell
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

CNN.com - Alito fields questions on abortion, executive power - Jan 10, 2006

CNN.com - Alito fields questions on abortion, executive power - Jan 10, 2006: "On executive power, Alito skirted giving specifics on whether President Bush had the power to decide unilaterally to conduct surveillance of U.S. citizens."

"Unilateral" what a great word. Am I being surveilled right now by the U.S. government? Not bloody likely and won't be unless I happen to have friends in Iraq/Afghanistan and elsewhere. Should I expect not to raise suspicions in this day and age?

And again, what's with the lack of any description of what type of U.S. citizen is surveilled. Or is it supposed to be understood that it is either all of us or that it could be at any time. That's my guess.

This Alito guy is some kind of sleeper for the enemy (Bush and his terrorists), right?

 

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