Polls and studies have showed that George Bush’s rating is nose-diving. And actually there are some reasons for it, among which the following are: war in Iraq, secret CIA prisons, eavesdropping, Katrina response and some other.
Bush has broken another record for presidential arrogance and suppression of information.
The Boston Globe report that President Bush had made greater use than any other president of adding "signing statements" to bills passed by Congress that he intends not to follow.
Now, Cox News Service reports that two separate studies show that Bush, more than any president in history, has invoked the "state secrets privilege" to block lawsuits that supposedly would harm national security.
He used it, for instance, to block a suit by the American Civil Liberties Union against the National Security Agency's eavesdropping on Americans' telephone calls.
As far as we know, the Bush administration has invoked the privilege at least 24 times. Taking into mind that between the years of 1953 and 2001, the privilege was invoked 55 times
William Weaver, political science professor at the University of Texas-El Paso, an expert on presidents' use of the privilege, likens it to the magic ring in "Lord of the Rings." "They put it on and they disappear, at least from the context of potentially illegal or embarrassing circumstances."
Just Bush last month to block a case brought by Khalid el-Masri, the German who claims to have been mistakenly abducted and tortured under the CIA's clandestine "rendition" program.
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When the opinion of a foreigner is needed as to how to run America,
We will let you know, until such time keep on drinking your Guinness, and by the way, you are good at beer making, but not too good at politics.
Chow, or whatever they say there.
We all love Ireland here, but we don't mess in your political mess.
Yeah and if you so called Americans were as good at running your country as you are at sticking you nose in others it would be a better place and so would the world.
And if you were into politics as much as you know about the Irish you would know JFK his brothers and the guy that likes playing with women when trying to run his country. Had an input into Irish politics.
Just to stop you thinking what I meant in saying so called Americans. If you are one of the people the settlers stuck in little corners of America called reservations then I will call you American. By the way tell Bush not to be landing his killing machines in Ireland.
The picture you posted of Bush/Osama is appalling. Ireland is your country. We don't tell you how to run it. Why are you telling us how to run ours? Terrorism is a real threat. Someday you'll see that.
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