Wednesday, February 01, 2006

 

Day 46 and Counting

Please see yesterday's excellent analysis Impeachment: Time for Citizens to Insist Bush Obey the Law which includes the following:
A high crime or misdemeanor means a serious abuse of power, whether or not it is also a crime, that endangers our constitutional system of government. In this case President Bush and Vice President Cheney have committed crimes – indeed the violation of FISA alone is a five-year felony. While impeachment should not be lightly pursued, Congress must exercise its responsibility and safeguard our democracy. No President can be permitted to commit high crimes and misdemeanors with impunity.
It isn't only the President and Vice President who are breaking the law, but Bush is the Criminal in Chief. Today, Congressman Barney Frank correctly said that our country is in the hands of a "vast right-wing kleptocracy."

Kleptocracy: A government characterized by rampant greed and corruption.

For more information, I went to Common Good State: The Next Phase of Human Societies which says, in part:
Kleptocratic governments are very common in authoritative societies. But even in democracies politicians and other powerholders are corrupted by their desire to obtain power and maintain it. Their need to gain and hold office (and power) requires contributions from special interests. These in turn expect and receive favorable legislation, government contracts and other economic and financial benefits. This excessive shifting of resources to the well-to-do ensures that many social and economic problems remain unresolved. In effect, a form of mild kleptocracy comes into existence, based on the human weaknesses of greed and hunger for power. The current Enron scandal disclosed that even the highly democratic political system of the United States can be tainted by this weakness.
No one is above the law, not the President, not the Vice President, not the Republican Congress.





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