-- J.A. Terranson:
One leettllleee problem: we are not really at war.
James A. Donald:
Sure looks like war to me.
J.A. Terranson:
I guess that's why the congresscritters told Shrub to GFY when he tried to get a declaration?
After 9/11 Congress gave the president a blank declaration of war -- names to be filled in later by presidential fiat. In addition, the original declaration of war on Iraq is still in effect, a fact that congress re-affirmed recently. The blank declaration of war is what the supreme court deemed to be an unconstitutional delegation of powers back in the 1930s. Roosevelt responded by threatening to stack the court, and the court reversed itself. The blank declaration is supposed to last for the duration of the war on terror, which was expected to last a generation, but which has proven so convenient for the government that it may well become permanent. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG HljLjS7+W9LEuxbq7VnSuM5kR+tZolVcQvGN3514 4f+D7vVmteFZvOSc2OURJhqQrdzVGAEtdAvDPRaf4