Oh, well, it's not like anyone actually thinks the Bill of Rights actually means anything:
It’s possible you’ve had your fill on secret memos written for the Bush administration by John Yoo. But just in case, you may also find it interesting to know that for over a year after 9/11, the Bush gang operated under the assumption that the “war on terror” trumped the Fourth Amendment. Seriously.
Are you fucking kidding me? And then they used that fuckwitted legal opinion to give themselves the green light on unwarranted wiretaps. But wait, there's more!
That program intercepted phone calls and e-mails on U.S. soil, bypassing the normal legal requirement that such eavesdropping be authorized by a secret federal court. The program began after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and continued until Jan. 17, 2007, when the White House resumed seeking surveillance warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Six years? Six years?
Yes. That sound you just heard was Dana's drink spewing all over the table. I imagine Brian Beutler's drink did the same before his snark generator kicked in and saved the day:
So, by my count, the White House has, at various times, determined that the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments are unacceptable impediments to its violation of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments, and, as such, chose to wish them out of existence as if they were minor headaches like congressional subpoenas or the national debt.
Half of the bill of rights. Pretty neat trick, no?
Gee, why stop at half when you can go whole hog?
And why aren't we seeing criminal investigations and impeachment proceedings, pray tell? Speaker Pelosi? Can you explain that little gem?
The power these bastards appropriated to themselves while Congress rolled over and licked their balls is just astounding. Let this be a lesson to you, my darlings. Watch your government carefully, for it is surely watching you.
Here endeth the discourse. I need to get completely fucking plastered now so I can dull the pain. Go amuse yourselves with D'Souza's latest little bit of fuckery, enjoy watching PZ rip him a new one, and leave me to drown my sorrows.
Although I have a sneaking suspicion the little bastards have obtained water wings...
It's easy to rape the Bill of Rights when half the nation's population, meaning half the people whose duty it would be to stand up to a corrupt government, is overseas "helping" a nation as representatives of a nation who can't seem to help itself.
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