Simply put ... as stated by Charlie Savage, reporter with the Washington bureau of Boston Globe, who has written a number of pieces exposing these signing statements ...

Quote: It's a technically legal document that lays out how he [the
President] is going to enforce the bill, what it is he says that he signed
that day.

And previous presidents have issued these, but they've never
issued them the way President Bush has, both in terms of frequency and
in terms of the aggression with which he says, 'I am not bound by this,
I'm not bound by that, I will take this law in bits and pieces, I'll
enforce the measures I like, and I have the power as president and
commander-in-chief to ignore the provisions I don't like.' End quote.

GWB has thumbed his nose at Congress and the people of this country with these 'Signing Statements' more than any other President in American history.

After Bush and Cheney failed to kill an anti-torture bill that was heavily backed by both Democrats and Republicans alike, and thereby making a veto easy to override, Georgie boy invited John McCain to his office and told him that this particular bill would "...help their [Republican] image".

But before the scent of McCaine's cologne could fade in the halls of the White House and everyone else had left to go home, Bush quickly issued another one of those signing statements essentially nullifying the effectiveness of the anti-torture bill.

Charlie Savage,"This was on the Friday, late in the evening before -- on the weekend of New Year's Eve, when everyone had gone home, essentially, saying, ‘By the way, I'm commander-in-chief, and I don't really have to pay attention to this if I don’t want to. If it’s the national security involved, I can do whatever I want.’ And again, you know, it was New Year's weekend; no one really paid attention".

In essence, the 'Signing Statement' puts the White House above any law that Congress passes. It seems that GWB finds bills passed on behalf of the average person .... trival, tedious, and intolerable.

When it comes to Capital Hill, little is left to chance.


The ground on which the political message is orchestrated is one shared by the entertainment business.


It's Make-Believe.

And when it comes to elections, (especially the high ticket types) the show goes into hyper-mode.

Unfortunately, too many here in the USA fail to entertain the idea that elections are now about appeasement, an illusion of democracy.

So, why the big show to win the hearts and minds of the voters?
Why feign concern about the next election? Why kiss babies and shake sweaty hands?

Simply put, the 'winner' needs to 'appear' legitimate.

When the connection between appearances and reality come into focus, the formula for the production becomes aggravatingly predictable.

I wish it weren’t so.

The three numbers 9-1-1 grouped together have cracked the collective pysche of the citizenry of the U.S.A., consequently launching extremely dangerous activity across the globe.

This new icon (911) towers over our country with greater weight than both WTC's combined.

We have been trained to look abroad for the perpetrators, to condense our hatred on a group led by some bearded guy. I confidently omit the name of the group and leader of that group because I can't imagine anyone old enough to read this entry who wouldn't know to whom I'm referring. Our conditioning is nearly complete.

However, outrageous as this may sound to some, as more and more evidence finds its way to the surface, it becomes more and more evident that the real villains (or at the very least - facilitators) in the 911 event, may be a lot closer then we care to believe.

I received an email from Jimmy Walter of www.reopen911.org, requesting signatures for a petition to obtain the release (by our government), of pertinent 9-11 evidence such as Pentagon surveillance video and tapes seized by the FBI from businesses nearby the Pentagon immediately following the strike.

I've included the link to the petition.
It only takes a couple of minutes to sign the petition, and if you like, you can remain anonymous, insofar as your name being displayed publicly on their Web page.

Just say "No" to being ruled by fear.

Please take a moment and sign the petition.

Bill O'Reilly did what one would expect any spoiled brat to do when things don't go their way.

He ran and hid behind the skirt of the Fox News security police after cutting short a caller for nothing more than mentioning Keith Olbermann's name. (Mr. Olbermann has repeatedly awarded Bill O'Reilly with the 'Worst Person In The World' designation on his own show, MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann.)
And like the good enabler Fox Network is, a phone call was placed to the caller in an obvious move meant to intimidate.

What next Bill? Are you going to start sticking your tongue out and stomping your feet?
Your blotchy face doesn't look any better with all that makeup you've got caked on it because a corrupted soul cannot be hidden with Cover Girl.

Video and full rundown provided by our friends at Media Matters.

To read the short dialogue between Bill O'Reilly and Caller on the videoclip, read on.

A backbone can be 'tres sexy' ...

And it appears that Lou is trying one on for size.

Apparently, the Dubai-port deal issue is one of those 'floaters' that plopped over his BS tolence line, splattering all over his shiney CNN loafers.

I mean look at his jaw, it looks more like a fist.

Hear what he has to say about Tori Clark's (ex-pentagon spokeswoman) remark stating that 'she forgives the American people' for not supporting the Dubai deal.

Video provided by our friends at http://www.crooksandliars.com