George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
#1George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:47am
In the "dead of night," December 20, when no one was watching, George Bush signed a law Congress passed that PROHIBITS the government from snooping into people's mail without a warrant--but Bush attached a "SIGNING STATEMENT" that gave him permission to open your mail and read it--the very opposite of the intent of the law.
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New York Daily News
W pushes envelope on U.S. spying
BY JAMES GORDON MEEK, DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant, the Daily News has learned.
The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open people's mail under emergency conditions.
That claim is contrary to existing law and contradicted the bill he had just signed, say experts who have reviewed it.
Bush's move came during the winter congressional recess and a year after his secret domestic electronic eavesdropping program was first revealed. It caught Capitol Hill by surprise.
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W pushes envelope on U.S. spying: New postal law lets Bush peek through your mail
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#2re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:29amHe's free to open my mail, and to pay the bills enclosed.
#2re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:32amI'd be worried if he could read big words.
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WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#3re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:40amThat man makes me want to vomit....
#4re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:47amshould I cancel my subscription to "anarchy weekly"?
"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#5re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:48amMaybe he'll pay off my student loans while he's in there.
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
#6re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:51amHe might want to be careful with the magazines in plain brown wrappers ...
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
peach
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/05
#7re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:53amHe can pay my credit card bill while he's at it!
#8re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:57am
No, with this fool, he opens your mail, then sends you his bills to pay.
#9re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:58amRath, I thought the same thing when I saw the thread title. Can the man read it?
I have NEVER met Cheyenne Jackson. I have never hung out with him in his dressing room, he did not tweet me, he never bought me a beverage, and he mostly certainly didn't tickle me. . .that is all.
#10re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 11:00amAre you Rath's yes-man, soap? Just an observation.
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Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#11re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 11:28amGood one, YWIW!
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
#12re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 12:14pmthis totally explains why my Family Circus digests have been missing since the 20th!
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#13re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 12:18pm"Not me" stole 'em.
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#14re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 12:22pmThey shouldn't be hard to find. Just follow the dotted line (but watch out for the barking dog and upset birdbath).
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#15re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 2:15pmAha! He's the one who stole the British tabloid magazines my aunt sent me for Christmas!
#16re: George Bush Can Now Open YOUR Mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 2:21pm
Now he's going to get a look at those pictures my friend sent me from her family vacation!
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Updated On: 1/4/07 at 02:21 PM
#17george bush can now open your mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 2:25pm
as regards you mail, becoz, how is that applicable?
and people it merely says he can open it.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#22george bush can now open your mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:58pm
As if any self-respecting Christian evangelical conservabot nutcase would choose a screen name from ANYONE CAN WHISTLE!
Even the crystal-using, masseur-hiring Reverend Ted Haggard isn't THAT gay!
#23george bush can now open your mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 5:06pmSo wait, no one in the government but HIM can open and read my mail?
#24george bush can now open your mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 5:14pmthat's right, liverpool, and he can't read it, he can only open it, smell it, rub it against his cheek three times and then maybe lick it before he puts it back in the envelope.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#25george bush can now open your mail
Posted: 1/4/07 at 6:00pmwell in that case I have no reason to worry, I mean the man is clearly illiterate, so opening my mail would do him little to no good.
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