Unitary Executive Doctrine

I had first heard of The Unitary Executive in a January 16th article by Elizabeth de la Vega printed in "Tom Dispatch.com."She troughly debunked Dubya's arguements as rediculous. "Bush claims his action is legal because: (1) Congress endorsed it in its September 18, 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force in response to Al Qaeda's September 11th attacks, and (2) he has inherent power as Chief Executive to act as he deems necessary in wartime." Things got worse. He now says parts of the Patriot Act which he recently signed into law do not apply to him as the Unitary Executive. He has also written a signing statement on the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill with the McCain amendment prohibiting torture. This statment says the unitary executive does not agree with the amendment and will therefore ignore it. Great day for the Christians.
There is a full explanation of the Unititary executive doctrine entitled "Rethinking Presidential Power—The Unitary Executive and the George W. Bush Presidency." by Christopher S. Kelley, Ph.D. at http://www.users.muohio.edu/kelleycs/paper.pdf

Where is Dubya going with this, is a censure appropriate or maybe not strong enough. Once he claims the only real interpretation of the Constitution acceptable is that of the Unitary Executive, God help us.

What about 9/10/2001

Donald Rumsfeld was ready to wage war on 910. It was not against the Taliban or Iraq, but closer to home. The war on waste was soon to begin, the recovery of 2.3 Trillion Dollars.The next day that war ended.

Deficits and Deficits

Listening to the news, I am confused when it comes to deficits and their importances. There is the Budget Deficit, the national debt and the Balance of trade deficit. All three have one thing in common. The United States is on the debit side at an ever acceleration rate. These moneys ar increasingly being held by foreign nations. Do you suppose we are so willing to sell off our infrastructure because we are being blackmailed into it? Try and find out who owns the Westinghouse Nuclear operation. It is either Britian or Japan, not the US. One of them will get a substantial loan ( $5 Billion) from the US to finance 4 nuclear power plants being built in China.
The BBC has a decent article on the Balance of Trade problem. More on this later.

Competence

Does it seem to you that President Bush has barfed on the American people? Whenever something comes along requiring Leadership and management, neither he nor his appointed yes men seem up to the task. Daily we see evidence that billions of dollars are being thrown at problems with little or no results. Just take Homeland security. Our borders are porous and becoming more so. After billions have been allocated for airport security, 21 airports nationwide failed to detect bomb making materials being carried aboard during a recent government test.