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The Downing St. Memo is yet another piece of evidence that our President together with his direct subhordinates in the Cabinet hold such disdain for the truth and indeed the citizens of our country and the world at large that they should not be held accountable for direct lies. Together with that is the knowledge that over 50% of Americans apparently don't bother to educate themelves beyond the 5 min. sound bites of the news media, so by gaining control of our major media, turning it into the White House propganda outlet, they can gleefully do pretty much whatever they want.
Something I haven't heard discussed yet, that I think bears some airing in the public forum is the obvious outcome of anadministration that has managed to get control of all three branches of goverment. First Bush has surrounded himself with neo-cons and at the very least yes men and it is common knowledge Bush has no patience for anyone who has a different opinion...this has led to the resignation of many within the administration already ( Oneil, Clark, and others ). The GOP has a majority in the House and Senate so the legislative branch is under their control for the most part. Republicans have done little but rubber stamp every decision Bush has made since his first election and have completely reneged on their responcibility to maintain oversite as the people's representitves onf the executive branch. Finally, the Justice Dept....in order for a Justice Dept. to be effective it must be independant from the executive in so far as its ability to investigate and indict any wrongdoers. That was hardly a reasonable expectation in John Aschroft as Attorney General and I see no reason to assume its any more realistic with the current one. Again, the first and highest priority of anyone picked by Bush is thier loyalty to the Bush doctrine and the GOP at large.
What effectively has taken place is the systematic removal of the checks and balances that have been a part of our political system since our countires inception. No scandle, no revelations like the Downing St. Memo, the Valerie Plame outing, Cheney's Halliburton connections, Cheney's clsed door meetings with Oil executives, none will see the light of day or raise to the level they should. Especially in a country devoid of investigative journalism. We all saw what happened to Dan Rather when he went against the Admin. mantra. Where is the outrage in our country, what worse crime can any president do then drag us into a war on lies ?

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