War is Peace

"WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"

And now the Roberts court adds "Integration is Discrimination." Rolling back the famous Brown v. Board of Education ruling while purporting to uphold and quote it is, well, Orwellian. Justice Alito as well as Justice Roberts were both confirmed by the Senate, in no small measure, due to their testimony that they were firm believers in stare decisis(following prior precedent). Now, just months after claiming to be true conservatives and strict constructionists, Alito and Roberts lead the way in basically nullifying the famous Brown ruling. This blatant judicial activism will go unmentioned by the cable news 24 hour cycle. In decision after decision, the Roberts court has reversed course on important issues that have already been decided. Most of these decisions have been 5-4 rulings, with no principled reason for ruling counter to the previous ruling. Justice Ginsberg noted in one of her dissents, that the only thing that has changed has been Alito for O'Connor. Most recently, Roberts had the gall to cite Brown in saying that the government cannot assign whites and blacks to the same school in order to integrate them (The Brown decision had said that the government could not assign whites and blacks to different schools in order to segregate them.)

Thus, "Integration is Discrimination" Orwell would be so proud of Roberts and his newspeak.

DICK cheney claims he is untouchable

As recently as early 2007, DICK cheney has asserted that he does not have to turn over "working papers" under any circumstances because he and his office claim they have executive privilege and therefore cannot be forced to turn over these working papers even for a felony investigation (See Scooter Libby).
Let's just give old Darth the benefit of the doubt, just for the sake of argument. Let's say that he enjoys all the perks of the executive branch including the fabricated executive privilege. If a person or a vice-president is executive enough to be covered by executive privilege, shouldn't they be governed by the same laws as the president and everyone else that works in the executive branch of government? Well, not according to DICK. You see, there is a little known group of bureaucrats called the National Archives' Information Security Oversight Office. These men and women are part of the National Archives and are charged with making sure that each office that handles state secrets and classified information, keeps that information secret. They also do spot checks to see if these officials have systems in place that safeguard this classified information.
Mr. Executive Privilege, DICK "Darth" cheney, for some time now has been blocking what amounts to a Presidential order because (this is where it gets good) he claims he is not a full member of the executive branch. His argument is that he is president of the Senate so why should he have to bow to oversight of the executive branch.

In case you didn't catch it, DICK claims he and his office don't fall under the executive OR the legislative branches of government so, as some of us already knew, he is free to operate outside the law. Yes, DICK has created his own branch of government where he makes the rules and the rest of you can just fuck off if you don't like it! Apparently, this cocksucker even tried to get the office that does the oversight abolished. Hey, I have to applaud DICK for the huge set of brass balls he must have for even trying this shit. I know what he was thinking because most people aren't paying attention anyway so I could see where he might get the idea that he can do anything he wants without repercussions.
So far this miserable excuse for a man has gotten away with everything he has wanted. Maybe it's about time Congress cut him down to size. In steps Rham Emanuel, who is trying to cut executive branch funding for the vice-president's office. Emanuel is trying to force the vice-president to either let the Archives do the spot checks OR release all documents that have thus far been shielded under the dark shadows of executive privilege.

The Congress has a great case here but if I were going to venture a guess I would say that the democrats (lower case until spine replacement surgery) will fold. Why, you ask? Because they always fold. Our Congress is filled to the brim with Chickenhawks on the right and Chickenshits on the left. Dick Cheney will get his way because the aggressor always wins. Any poker player will tell you that but Harry Reid is too stupid to figure it out, and he is FROM Nevada.