A Government of Laws - In the Toilet.

With the revelation of the domestic eavesdropping on Americans without court approval by President Bush, we see a continuation of the erosion of the basic concept of a govenment of laws. People being held for extended periods of time with out charges being filed is already part of this erosion process. The inability of them to have access to the court system and a jury is appalling.

When you consider these erosion of our laws, the blatant deception that was used for our reasons for going to war in Iraq, and the continuing revelations of secret prisons and prisoner abuse contrary to the Geneva Conventions, it makes the impeachment of President Clinton for not telling the truth about a sexual affair look like a joke.

This President is out of control. In response to this new revelation he is blaming the information source rather than really addressing the issue of domestic surveillance. It is time for him to be reined in. As these details continue to be revealed it looks like we will once again have a White House so busy dealing with their own shortcomings they will not deal with the issues facing our citizens.

Over 40,000 Hurricane Katrina victims are still in hotels. The FEMA efforts from over a year ago in Florida are still hovering like a ghost of government failed. California has similar risks to New Orleans should a serious earthquake occur. Osama Bin Laden (the real perpetrator of the 9/11 attacks) has still not been found.

Normally I would suggest we wait til the next election to put things back on track, but at the rate of the erosion of laws protecting our rights to the courts and to privacy, I am not sure we can afford to wait. You can almost expect a statement from the Bush Administration that the elections will be delayed because of a threat to national security that has ties to terrorists.

With these newest of revelations, even many Republican legislators are sickened. It is time for Congress to act. Not talk, ACT. Let's see if they rise to the occasion or would they rather wait for the next Democrat involved in a sex scandal instead ?

Even Conservative Political Commentator Robert Novak started to point fingers at President Bush this past week. It is hard to believe that we are where we are. At what point is enough, enough ?