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[Falcon4.0]

I prefer to think of them as "Political Officers".

[Bernard]

If private enterprise engages in "profiteering", what would the equivalent term be for big-government types who are looking for larger budgets for their favorite agency? We should identify this term and make it common usage in our society.

[Moonman62]

Rush hits a grand slam with this article, especially about Bush's lack of use of the bully pulpit to advance a conservative agenda. But why should Bush use the bully pulpit, which costs the taxpayers nothing, when he can simply concur with the Rats and spend trillions of our dollars and bloat the federal bureaucracy to make political points?

Bush is on track to go down as one of the worst presidents economically. But he isn't known to change course, and his legions of Myrmidons won't demand change, either.

[concerned about politics]

We're talking about un-elected bureaucrats at the SEC who are going to be empowered to deny corporations and employees of corporations due process. If this bill is signed into law, they're going to be able to single them out and accuse them without going to court.

BTTT

Yet I see a relatively recent trend in our public governance that concerns me greatly. We're moving dangerously close to a European style Democratic socialism. The constitutional and legal barriers that once proscribed government action are diminishing, and all three branches of the federal government are contributing to the problem, rather than serving as checks and balances on each other.

Yepper. And we get burned by Bushbots everytime we speak out about Bush lighting it's fire. *sigh*