nytimes.com Editorial— Having saddled the military with a botched, unwinnable war, having squandered soldiers’ lives and failed them in so many ways, the commander in chief now resists giving the troops a chance at better futures out of uniform.

So lavish with other people’s sacrifices, so reckless in pouring the national treasure into the sandy pit of Iraq, Mr. Bush remains as cheap as ever when it comes to helping people at home.

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Perhaps realizing that no one in this country cares or listens to him anymore, our scum bag of a President took a trip to Israel this week looking for someone, anyone to justify his pathetic existence. He did get a pat on the back from his fervent admirer Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and later some good photo ops atop Masada and at the Shrine of the Book. But then PM Olmert is himself under investigation for fraud and has had dismal approval ratings since the 2006… so he and Bush have some things in common. But then, in his usual “Screw America First” attitude, Bush gave a speech before the Israeli Knesset and insinuated that anyone and everyone in America that does not agree with him must be Chamberlain-like Hitler appeasers. This was an unprecedented Political Attack on Americans while standing on Foreign Soil and continues to show how much of a slime ball this idiot has become. It also shows how little he knows about history which isn’t surprising since he can barely read or talk. It also shows how little he’s aware of what is going on in his own administration as Bush’s own Defense Secretary and Secretary of State have recommended talking to Iran.
The other thing that came out this week was in an interview Bush gave. It seems his ultimate sacrifice for the soldiers he has sent to their deaths in Iraq is… He gave up golf in 2003.
This country cannot afford another 4 years of the Bush disaster which is EXACTLY what we would get with John McSame McCain.

For three decades Vice President Dick Cheney conducted a secretive, behind-closed-doors campaign to give the president virtually unlimited wartime power. Finally, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Justice Department and the White House made a number of controversial legal decisions. Orchestrated by Cheney and his lawyer David Addington, the department interpreted executive power in an expansive and extraordinary way, granting President George W. Bush the power to detain, interrogate, torture, wiretap and spy — without congressional approval or judicial review.

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Watch the full documentary here about how the Bush administration has tried to consolidate dictatorial power in the executive branch, from even before 9-11.
The below is a sample from Chapter 1 of the program.