Posted on 03/21/2002 8:14:17 AM PST by Sir Gawain
This businessman was concerned that Nixon had been SAYING that he was cooling to the idea of an opening to Red China to quell the uprising within the then very much more America-First rank and file Republican Party.
As reported years later, Nixon told the businessman
DONT LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY: WATCH WHAT WE DO!"
AS YOU READ THIS, IT APPEARS THAT BUSH, DASCHLE AND OTHERS ARE WELL DOWN THE ROAD TO USING THIS PAGE FROM THE NIXON PLAYBOOK!
IT APPEARS THAT DUBYA -- LIKE NIXON (and numerous others) BEFORE HIM --IS NOW DOING US (IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE).
Look, America the IDEA not the PLACE can only continue to exist if we heed the advice of the founding fathers (paraphrased here in the current vernacular for residents of Rio Linda), to wit:
The Founding Fathers have determined that failure to WATCH politicians ALL POLITICIANS (even those you may worship!) is dangerous to the security of this nation and to the freedoms we paid such a heavy price to TRY to leave you and your children.
Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is FORCE. And, like fire, it is a DANGEROUS SERVANT AND A FEARSOME MASTER.
That from that notorious tinfoil hat wearing, radical wing-nut, George Washington.
Every American child from the age of 5 should be required to recite this truth before bedtime every night, and its recitation should accompany every public Pledge of Allegiance.
I agree with that.
The problem in a nutshell, 95% of what they do is unconstitutional.
Is that all? :-D
I believe that would be defined as an "oligarchy".
As the founding dads intended:
It is the responsibility of all branches to determine the Constitutionality of their actions. The other branches are there to "check" on the other's determination of Constitutionality.
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