750

What's that, you ask? Oh, just the number of laws the Doltish Dauphin claimed he had the authority to disobey. That's all.

Bush challenges hundreds of laws.

[Pardon me, but this headline really needs more pizzaz, something like, "Powermad buffoon runs amok in the halls of power, fancies himself dictator, must be stopped!"]

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ''whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.

Legal scholars say the scope and aggression of Bush's assertions that he can bypass laws represent a concerted effort to expand his power at the expense of Congress, upsetting the balance between the branches of government. The Constitution is clear in assigning to Congress the power to write the laws and to the president a duty ''to take care that the laws be faithfully executed." Bush, however, has repeatedly declared that he does not need to ''execute" a law he believes is unconstitutional.

There you go, Bush lovers! How do you like your beer buddy now that he's a one-man government wrecking crew!? How do you like your banana republic? Do you have any sense of historical precedent, checks and balances, rationality, national pride, regard for the Constitution, respect for the rule of law? Then speak TF up. And if checking Dear Leaker doesn't seem appealing (!), know that all good things come to an end, and think of this power in the hands of your arch enemy, Barbara Streisand Ted Kennedy!

I got no patience for the Bush lovers. We need a mass enlightenment ceremony and pronto. Maybe they can weave this information into songs on "American Idol"? What say?

Comments

[Congogirl]

But ae, "In many cases, he is simply asserting his belief that a certain requirement encroaches on presidential power."

You know what bothers me, is the number of times it says "he believes." That's what this whole thing is riding on - what the village idiot believes. And nobody is questioning it!

[DivaJood]

Here is what his top Aides say about his plan to help ease the price of gasoline: "Screw y'all." You can read more detail here: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gas1may01,0,7549589.story?track=tothtml

It's one way the Texas Oil Baron sends his hugs and kisses to the rest of us unwashed millions.

[ae]

Exactly, Congogirl! And I'm sorry, but "he believes" is HARDLY satisfying to me as a measure of any thought applied or analysis undertaken by this buffoon. Sheesh. If we'd said "he believes" about Clinton, that'd be a whole nother thing altogether. Gaaaah!!!

DivaJ, I simply don't know how these jackals get away with it. Oh wait, I do! A corrupt press corps is played by a cynical political system to distract and disregard an apathetic electorate. We are ripe for dictatorial rule.

[Mathew]

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