TROLL WHATS UP HOMIE, ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR YOUR POINT OF THINGS .....HERES WHAT I GOT TO SAY BOUT FASCISM..
Fascism=
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
DICTATOR=1 a person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.
2. (in ancient Rome) a person invested with supreme authority during a crisis, the regular magistracy being subordinated to him until the crisis was met.
3. a person who authoritatively prescribes conduct, usage, etc.: a dictator of fashion.
4. a person who dictates, as to a secretary.
ON SOME REAL SHIT, BUSH AINT NO DAMN DICTATOR....NO WAY IN HELL WOULD CONGRESS LET THAT HAPPEN OR OUR OWN PEOPLE....CMON EVERYTHING HE PRETTY MUCH DOES HAS TO HAVE APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS....BOUT THE IRAQ WAR..FOR THOSE WHO THINK IT WAS JUST BUSH'S OWN WILL TO GO TO WAR......
http://www.yourcongress.com/ViewArticle.asp?article_id=2686
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This joint resolution may be cited as the `Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002'.
SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS. The Congress of the United States supports the efforts by the President to--
(1) strictly enforce through the United Nations Security Council all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq and encourages him in those efforts; and
(2) obtain prompt and decisive action by the Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its strategy of delay, evasion and noncompliance and promptly and strictly complies with all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
(a) AUTHORIZATION- The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to--
(1) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and
(2) enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.
(b) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION- In connection with the exercise of the authority granted in subsection (a) to use force the President shall, prior to such exercise or as soon thereafter as may be feasible, but no later than 48 hours after exercising such authority, make available to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate his determination that--
(1) reliance by the United States on further diplomatic or other peaceful means alone either (A) will not adequately protect the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq or (B) is not likely to lead to enforcement of all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq; and
(2) acting pursuant to this joint resolution is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorist and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.
(c) War Powers Resolution Requirements-
(1) SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION- Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS- Nothing in this joint resolution supersedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution.
SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. (a) REPORTS- The President shall, at least once every 60 days, submit to the Congress a report on matters relevant to this joint resolution, including actions taken pursuant to the exercise of authority granted in section 3 and the status of planning for efforts that are expected to be required after such actions are completed, including those actions described in section 7 of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-338).
(b) SINGLE CONSOLIDATED REPORT- To the extent that the submission of any report described in subsection (a) coincides with the submission of any other report on matters relevant to this joint resolution otherwise required to be submitted to Congress pursuant to the reporting requirements of the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148), all such reports may be submitted as a single consolidated report to the Congress.
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION- To the extent that the information required by section 3 of the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 102-1) is included in the report required by this section, such report shall be considered as meeting the requirements of section 3 of such resolution.
DONT JUST BLAME BUSH...BLAME CONGRESS....BUT TO GET TO MY POINT..WOULD DICTATORS WAIT FOR PERMISSIONS TO ACT?
SOCIOECONOMIC CONTROLS? IF THAT WERE THE CASE, PORN SHOPS(WHICH GOES AGAINST THE USUAL CONSERVATIVE VIEWS THAT BUSH IS OBVIOUSLY AGAINST),GOTHIC SHOPS( SAME THING), RAP STORES( SAME THING AGAIN), WOULDNT EXIST IN AMERICA. FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD IF SOME CITIES IN AMERICA WOULD ALLOW GAYS TO MARRY THEN YOU KNOW DAMN WELL THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY.....I KNOW DAMN WELL SHIT LIKE THAT WOULDNT FLY IN IRAN....
SUPRESSION OF OPPOSITION THROUGH TERROR AND CENSORSHIP
NOW WITH THIS YEAH OUR GOVT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HAVIN A PROBLEM WITH IT....WAY BEFORE OUR TIME....FROM THE ROUNDIN UP OF JAPANESE, TO THE RED SCARE, TO THE ANTI MUSLIM SHIT WE GOT GOIN ON, NOT JUST IN AMERICA BUT IN EUROPE AS WELL....THAT RIGHT THERE I CAN AGREE WITH....BUT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT...AS LONG AS THIS GOVT AINT BEHEADING, GUYS LIKE AL FRANKEN, DIXIE CHICKS, OR WHAT NOT FOR SPEAKIN OUT AGAINST BUSH, THEN I THINK WE STILL FAR FROM FASCISM TO THAT EXTENT.....BUT BASICALLY HOMIE.....I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR SAYIN...I JUST HOPE IT IS THE SAME FROM YOU....COMPARING THIS GOVT TO HOW HITLER DID HIS OR HOW MUSSOLINI DID HIS IS NONSENSE....AS FOR THOSE ARREST YOU SHOWED ME....GOOD POINT....IM PRETTY SURE YOU AND ME COULD AGREE THEY WERENT TREATED LIKE THIS THOUGH...
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/060905a.aspx
“I want the world to see the real picture of the Iranian people. We are not terrorists...It is very important for Americans to realize the huge difference that exists between the people of Iran and their government,” said Fakhraver.
Fakhraver recently escaped from Iran, where he had been in and out of prison for the past several years. His crime? Calling on the people of Iran to reject the country's radical regime.
A former medical student and journalist, he's now in the U.S. He told CBN News about the brutal treatment he and other Iranian political prisoners endured.
“The first thing they do to the prisoners is they break them down. So before they ask them any questions, before anything, they break them down with white torture. That's the first step,” said Fakhraver.
“He [Fakhraver] survived one of the worst forms of torture called "white torture," which is a terrible psychological torture in which you're locked in a very small cell and then you do not hear anything, and everything you see is white. Everything from the food you eat, to the plates it's served on, to the walls, ceiling, floor--everything is white. So you're deprived of all sensual stimulation,” explained The American Enterprise Institute's Michael Ledeen, an expert on Iran.
Fakhraver made it through this psychological torment. But he says it broke other political prisoners.
“Most of those who are subjected to this kind of treatment developed psychological illness,” Fakhraver said. “Even myself, after I was released from prison I had to go live in a forest away from society for many months, so I could regain my sense of myself and society.”
OUR GOVT AINT NOWHERE NEAR PERFECT NOR IS ANY OTHER COUNTRY....PEOPLE GET ARRESTED FOR STUPID SHIT AND IT AINT EVEN THEIR FAULT...YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN? BUT JUST BECAUSE OF SHIT LIKE THAT IT DONT MEAN THAT PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD GET TREATED LIKE THOSE WHO REALLY LIVE IN UNDER DICTATORSHIPS....NOR DOES IT MEAN THAT THIS GOVT IS GOING TO GO "UNDER DICTATORSHIP" OR "BE A FASCIST " COUNTRY ...NOT IN OUR LIFETIME IT WOULD...HONESTLY DO YOU THINK CONGRESS WOULD ALL AGREE AND SAY" HEY LETS SAY FUCK IT AND PICK ONE PERSON TO RULE OVER ALL AMERICA AND DO WHAT THE FUCK HE WANTS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION!!" ? DONT THINK SO.....