Lashing out like a wounded animal, Bush aimed his fire at the Senate
for not renewing provisions of the Partiot Act and the exposure of
warrantless NSA wiretaps on Americans in the media.
Once again, this regime refuses to accept any criticism or political
setbacks, and only agressively pushes further ahead anytime it
encounters opposition. In a speech yesterday, Bush responded to the
Senate’s refusal to renew some of the most fascistic provisions of the
Patiot Act with condemnation, saying “The senators who are
filibustering must stop their delaying tactics and the Senate must vote
to reauthorize the Patriot Act.” His condemnation was shrouded in the
notion that anyone opposing police state laws like forcing librarians
to turn over library records is only enabling terrorists to attack
America, and Bush continues to use 9/11 as a justification for whatever
repressive measures at home and wars abroad his regime wants.
Bush’s speech went on to admit to and defend his secret presidential
order made in 2002 for the National Security Agency (NSA) to eavesdrop
on phone conversations and emails of Americans without warrants (see
Today’s Reason from 12/15 below). In threatening language, Bush stated
“the existence of this secret program was revealed in media
reports after being improperly provided to news organizations.
Revealing classified
information is illegal, alerts our enemies and endangers our country.”
This is an open threat to punish whoever exposed the Bush regime for
authorizing spying in secret without court approval by the NSA on
Americans. Bush arrogantly justified this secret order on the grounds
that (you guessed it) it is necessary for the safety of America in the
war on terrorism.
All this shows that the Bush regime will not diverge from the
fascist direction it is taking society. They may face setbacks at
times, and perhaps their “war on terrorism” rhetoric is only becoming
more hollow in the eyes of most. But anytime they face opposition, they
only lash out at critics, and imply that even the most mild opposition
is “aiding the terrorists”. While we can’t have any illusions that Bush
is on his way out, at the same time we should seize on
the opportunity while he is facing some trouble to mobilize massive
resistance this January during Bush’s state of the union address,
demanding “Bush: step down, and take your program with you!”