"Bush Says He Can Edit Security Reports"

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, again defying Congress, says he has the power to edit the Homeland Security Department's reports about whether it obeys privacy rules while handling background checks, ID cards and watchlists.

In the law Bush signed Wednesday, Congress stated no one but the privacy officer could alter, delay or prohibit the mandatory annual report on Homeland Security department activities that affect privacy, including complaints.

But Bush, in a signing statement attached to the agency's 2007 spending bill, said he will interpret that section "in a manner consistent with the President's constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive branch."

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said it's appropriate for the administration to know what reports go to Congress and to review them beforehand.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20061005/D8KIMBN00.html

[Maine-ah]

1. WTF!?

:mad:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. He can do anythign he wants. He IS King George, after all.

[frylock]

3. why even bother to have a congress anymore?

shut the fucking place down.

[bdamomma]

5. I believe bush is so delusional that he wants to dissolve the

Congress. He is definitely unfit mentally to run this country, and should lead away to a warm caribbean island with the accommodations and initials of Gitmo.

[peacetalksforall]

4. Seriously - which mad British kings' genes has he inherited?

He is descended from British royalty - were any of those royal ancestors crazy? Where did this madness come from? Take a look at the men in that family - arrogant men who think they can get away with any crime against the country that they want - the common theme is criminal chuzpah. Their is NO ALLEGIANCE TO OUR COUNTRY. NONE! THEY DESPISE US!

Do you remember election night 2000 - when they finally figured out that they had stolen enough votes - George, SR pushed back tears that his namesake would be President - now we know shy - MORE POWER, MORE WEALTH, MORE CONTROL, MORE SECRECY including LOCKING UP ALL PROOF OF HIS CRIMINALITY!

Disgusting inhumans.

As things get worse for this country, the more we learn about them with or without their locked up documents and criminality.

I'm serious - does anyone know if there was a king in their lineage and whether the king was considered mad or a plunderer-imperialist-thief of the equivalent of votes and public funds?

[schmuls]

8. British Monarch "Mad King George". Does anyone know if he was

little georgie's predecesor? This does make sense!

[madrchsod]

6. i take it he`s not stepping down after 8 years?

interesting isn`t it?

[Pachamama]

14. All joking aside, I believe that they are not going to give up their power

and will come up with something, some event, some excuse of why they need to stay in office another term...

Bookmark this thread and look at it again 2 years from today....

[LeftCoast]

7. When are these signing statements going to be challenged?

This is clearly unconstitutional! :wtf:

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Sooner the better.

[Marr]

11. The Party won't even hold loyal members accountable for pedophilia.

They certainly won't hold the Leader accountable to something as silly as Constitutional law.

[Mr_Spock]

10. All that awful thing we've said about Bush are true

This man is just sick - I hope we never have such an awful President as long as I live.

What a disgraceful time we live in.

[Swamp Rat]

12. "unitary executive branch" = dictator

[Marie26]

13. Kick

Law: Congress shall be informed about DHS privacy violations.

Bush signing statement: President can decide to prevent Congress from knowing about DHS privacy violations.

Since when can a signing statement replace & contradict the actual passed law? So if Congress passed a law banning torture, Bush can "interpret" that to allow torture? A law lowering spending can be "interpreted" as raising spending? A resolution condeming the war in Iraq can be "interpreted" as supporting it? This is just Bizarro land. :crazy: