The American people don't really understand the danger that they face."

and this from a republican! a conservative. a former assistant secretary of the treasury under reagan. if HE's frightened, what should WE be?

Old-line Republican warns 'something's in the works' to trigger a police state

Muriel Kane

Thom Hartmann began his program on Thursday by reading from a new Executive Order which allows the government to seize the assets of anyone who interferes with its Iraq policies.
He then introduced old-line conservative Paul Craig Roberts -- a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Reagan who has recently become known for his strong opposition to the Bush administration and the Iraq War -- by quoting the "strong words" which open Roberts' latest column: "Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran."
"I don't actually think they're very strong," said Roberts of his words. "I get a lot of flak that they're understated and the situation is worse than I say. ... When Bush exercises this authority [under the new Executive Order] ... there's no check to it. It doesn't have to be ratified by Congress. The people who bear the brunt of these dictatorial police state actions have no recourse to the judiciary. So it really is a form of total, absolute, one-man rule. ... The American people don't really understand the danger that they face.".............

and we are shocked and surprised .... because???

well we're NOT shocked and surprised are we. they are following the same pattern they have from day one. THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG. THE CONSTITUTION IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER. LAWS, WHAT LAWS? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' LAWS

and, we've let them (king george and his court is the them as if you didn't know) get away with it from jump street and we'll continue to let them get away with it. LET'S EVERYONE GROW A SET AND STOP THEM NOW

('oversight' that's a GIANT laugh all in itself)

White House Defends Cheney's Refusal of Oversight


By Peter Baker Washington Post Staff Writer

The White House defended Vice President Cheney yesterday in a dispute over his office's refusal to comply with an executive order regulating the handling of classified information as Democrats and other critics assailed him for disregarding rules that others follow.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Cheney is not obligated to submit to oversight by an office that safeguards classified information, as other members and parts of the executive branch are. Cheney's office has contended that it does not have to comply because the vice president serves as president of the Senate, which means that his office is not an "entity within the executive branch."..........