... about that "goddamned piece of paper"

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/pieceofpaper.php

Dear President Bush; about that "goddamned piece of paper."

“Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”

Let us start out with the fact that the Constitution is actually written on parchment, not paper. A trivial point, I grant you, but one that reveals (along with your inability to correctly pronounce the word "nuclear") a shocking lack of education in a head of state.
But to get to the point, the Constitution is not the parchment itself, but the ideas written upon it; ideas which form the foundations of our nation, ideas which would carry equal weight if written on stone, glass, metal, or even paper. These ideas are the soul of the nation. They include the recognition that the people of this nation have certain rights, rights which the government doe snot have the authority to remove. These rights include freedom of speech, to say what we think about the nation at any and all times, to write that opinion down and share it however we choose to. These rights include the freedom to worship as we choose, free from coercion. These rights include the right to privacy, in our homes and businesses, free from government intrusions other than in very specific and well-defined circumstances.

Maybe those rights are inconvenient to you, as such rights are always inconvenient to tyrants, but you are not allowed the choice which rights you will abide by or not. That too is spelled out explicitly in the Constitution.

The Constitution isn't just a piece of paper or parchment. It's a contract; the original contract with America. It's the contract you yourself swore an oath to preserve, protect, and defend against all enemies both foreign and domestic. You attached your name to that promise. You swore that oath before a judge of the United States Supreme Court, with your hand on a bible. That isn't just scenery for the cameras. Swearing an oath before a judge carries legal obligations with that oath, and legal penalties for breaking that oath.

The election process by which you claim authority is defined in that Constitution. And as you claim authority by Constitutional process, so too are you limited by Constitutional process. If you act outside the limits of the Constitution, you are no longer acting as the President, but as a private citizen abusing the powers with which you were trusted. A government that acts outside the Constitution ceases to be the legal government of this land.

The Constitution exists not only to tell the government what it may do, but more importantly what it may not do. You, as the President, are not allowed to declare wars without the US Congress. You, the President, are not allowed to seize people at random and send them off to be tortured. And most of all, you, the President, and not allowed to lie to the people and to the Congress.

Every President before you, including your father, swore that oath to preserve, protect, and defend that Constitution. Millions of Americans died in wars in the firm belief that the form of government describes on that parchment was worth such a sacrifice. To state that the Constitution is just a "dammed piece of paper" is a slap in the face of every American who ever donned the uniform of the military forces of this country.

Go over to Arlington National Cemetery. It's not that far from where you live. Look at those tombstones. By your statement, you have written across and every one the words, "Died for a goddamned piece of paper."

don't say Democrat or Republican on them, they say American."

I know this supposed quote about the "goddamned piece of paper" came from Capitol Hill Blue which according to some on DU isn't a very good source.

However, I can see and hear Chimpy uttering these words because GWB is a totally ignorant, clueless, yellow coward. He's never faced any adversity or for that matter ever fought in a war. Chimpy has no clue about what the men and women who fought and died for this country went through.

Bottom line, like every other sociopath, it's all about him!!!

constitution, government, iraq etc.,etc.,etc., he learned right at the feet of his dear ole POPPY and his dear ole MOMMY. POPPY may have been more veiled and constrained about his feelings regarding the constitution etc., but he too, i believe, thought it was a piece of crap and that is why junior and his brother bubba crap all over our laws and our constitution...and as far as dear ole MOMMY is concerned, why...., she thought/thinks that she is ENTITLED to worship and anything she wants. So .... again, why would not dear ole sonny boy think that he too is GOD?

The thing that really bothers me is that there are people out there who think bush the elder was such a statesman... pleaaaaaaassssssssse. he too was full of crap--the difference between him and junior is that he is more veiled about his nefarious and antagonistic feelings regarding laws, the constitution, and the rest of us.

although sadly he was more competent. I'm not sure which is worse though.... I think Poppy is worse as far as actually having an aganda and getting away with it, but having a dry-drunk moron at the wheel is pretty damn scary too.

What happened to the America we all love?

and as far as,

what happened to the America we all love?

well, the bushes did not love her enough!



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.. this is what gets people riled, this shows what the little drunken fart is...

We have enough facts on our side. We do not have to stoop to repeating any unsubstantiated bullshit that sounds good to our ears.

If you want to become the enemy that is your business. But, I will never repeat any of the hearsay found at CHB.

for being able to express what I feel. Thank you.

Peace.

Stop throwing your Bible in my face, it's just a bunch of g-d pieces of paper! :eyes:

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if this President continues down this road, we will have to finally learn about watering the tree of liberty... I believe that was written by the radical who wrote that piece of paper.. err sorry parchment... just a nobody, who King George would have rather have hanged. The original king george

If it did, it explains a lot to me.


We are fucked.

no luck.

Capitol Hill Blue is good enough. Read Thompson's bio, then read some of the articles.

Favorite Thompson quote: ...Thompson remains a newspaperman at heart and lives by the creed that it is the role of a newspaperman to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."

Works for me.

I was in Combat defending that piece of paper, not the Flag or the Bible but the Constitution of the United States of America. So he is insulting my military experience and all those who have died fighting for that "goddamned piece of paper"......... and veterans like this asswipe?

Send the story to anybody you know who is serving or has served. It could open some eyes.

No reason to suspect he would honor it now as pResident. I remember 2004 all of the Media talking heads saying it did not matter to them Bush's military record. It does matter when you are willing to take an oath. George was not willing to fulfill a commitment the the Texas Air National Guard. I see no reason even if he did not say the very words about the "Goddamn Constitution" that is how he has treated the Constitution. He has no real respect for those who have sworn to protect and defend it. It may be George Bush is the real threat to the Constitution.

You are a welcomed mind of reason, I hope to read more of your thoughts in the future. This big 'LITTLE' man has no concept of the damage he is doing. Impeachment and the marching off to the Hague is in his future no matter what his bass 'core' believe. I trust the honesty and compassion of the American people to eventually do what is right. I love my country and fellow inhabitants. Together we will prevail.

The guy who wrote that is an ardent defender of Holocaust deniers.