Unbelievable

Astonishing. Amazing. Horrific.

The President of the United States of America, with a single stroke of his pen, can unilaterally decide which laws will be enforced and which laws can be broken.

He can't actually make the laws, of course. He doesn't need to. If one of his friends or supporters breaks the law, he can simply sign a letter and -- voila! -- its all done and over with.

Yes, I know: Presidential pardons and commutations are a grand ol' part of our Constitution and Republic. Well, it shouldn't be. Unlimited Presidential pardons turns the office of the Presidency into a Royal Court, where "L'Etat ces moi" is the only true standard of Justice.

All this while literally a million Americans rot in prisons and jails for non-violent offenses.

I began to dislike Bush shortly after the Iraq War started to go badly. I noticed that he was becoming oddly, dangerously aloof.

Not to "Godwin" myself, but Hitler had the same problem. He just wouldn't accept reports that portrayed the Eastern Front in a negative light. I believe it was Hermann Goering, who, in Hitler's final days in the bunker, told the Fuhrer (correctly) that an unstoppable force of 2,500 Soviet tanks were closing in on Berlin.

Hitler's response?

"You're lying".

This is Bush in a nutshell. 70% of his own people, plus the rest of humanity are dead set against him and his continued abuse of power. Yet he delivers this enormous slap in the face to the Justice System around the 4th of July, just for kicks.

What an incredibly evil man. My only fear is that the next President will be more of the same.

Maybe its time for a new constitution?