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THURSDAY JANUARY 4 2007 11:00 PM

Bush Can Now Look In Everything But Your Anus

Tags: George W. Bush, Mail, Congress, signing statements

President Bush is continuing on his journey of destroying America. Today we learned that on December 20th George gave himself the right to open peoples mail without a warrant. But dont worry, its only totally fucking illegal.

Bush gave himself the new power during the congressional winter recess when he signed a postal reform bill, then jotted a little signing statement at the bottom. The statement gave him the ability to open peoples mail under emergency conditions. If he had read above his signing statement he would have seen that the bill reinforced current protections of mail from searches without a warrant. Past presidents would have used this thing called a veto, which was created to force the different branches of government to compromise. But now you can apparently just jot down a contradictory statement at the bottom of a congressional bill.

A Senate Intelligence Committee aid promised they will look into Bushs totalitarian move. Many in Congress were not happy.

"Despite the President's statement that he may be able to circumvent a basic privacy protection, the new postal law continues to prohibit the government from snooping into people's mail without a warrant," said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the incoming House Government Reform Committee chairman, who co-sponsored the bill.

But Bush seems to have a lack of understanding of the separate government powers that were established by the Founding Fathers, as well as how those powers operate.

"You have to be concerned," agreed a career senior U.S. official who reviewed the legal underpinnings of Bush's claim. "It takes Executive Branch authority beyond anything we've ever known."

No shit.

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Comments

DieWhiteGirls

Madison, WI

July 2005

JAN 04, 2007 11:02 PM

This is why I stopped sending pure heroin through the mail.

pumpkinfire

Oakland, CA

June 2003

JAN 04, 2007 11:05 PM

watch this its pretty good

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jaggy

Austin, TX

October 2003

JAN 04, 2007 11:10 PM

al-qaeda is beating themselves in the head now since we foiled their plans of sending dirty nuclear bombs through priority mail. 'that damned Buuuusssssh!!! '

deathofamartian

Warrenton, VA

July 2006

JAN 04, 2007 11:10 PM

I hope GW and any one that had anything to do with him suffers to their last breath...im talking about removing their testicles and lighting them on fire infront of them while pouring gasoline all over their face so they wont pass out. Then peeling their skin of their backs with a cheese grater till the nerves start to be shaved. After that the only thing to do is dip them in a vat of rubbing alchohal. And if they havent died by then a good old repetative shash to the old cabesa till their brain turns to nacho cheese. oh yeah then make is family members eat it under gun point.
Fuck George Bush
Fuck What this country has become
And Fuck those who don't care about the bullsit that goes on in this country.
*sigh* I cant wait to finish school and get the fuck out of this place

P.S. anyone have any good methods of torture im always open

MschfMayhemSoap

Phoenix, AZ

April 2006

JAN 04, 2007 11:19 PM

Bush's opposition: "Sir, the Founding Father's would never allow your office to acquire so much power!"

Bush: "Founding-schmounding!! This is MY country!! mine mine mine MINE MINE!!!! MY DADDY SAYS SO AND ALL HIS FRIENDS SAY SO TOO!!! *throws tantrum*"

Sigh..... Starting a commune with a sign saying "Bush Administration Refugees Welcome" in Canada is looking better and better!

Bladez

Calgary, AB

December 2004

JAN 04, 2007 11:25 PM

Fuck I'm glad I'm a Canadian!

Kenet

USA

November 2004

JAN 04, 2007 11:32 PM

Yep, he's still an idiot.

Thanks for not letting us forget, W, not to mention ruining a perfectly good letter of the alphabet. Good thing we'll always have good 'ol X.

Wait, did that come out wrong?

nycbike

Brooklyn, NY

March 2005

JAN 04, 2007 11:38 PM

Everything except your anus? Shhhhhhh! Don't give Bush any ideas! It would be really cool if the ACLU can challenge this in the Supreme Court - unless they are. I actually didn't read the article, just wanted to comment on the title.