http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2006/02/28/rumors-fly-cheney-to-step-down/ Danny Schechter's daily media dissections Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:39:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2006/02/28/rumors-fly-cheney-to-step-down/#comment-1315 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:32:52 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2006/02/28/rumors-fly-cheney-to-step-down/#comment-1315 Hi Danny, Hope you are well. I just viewed your WMD and thot it is a really outstanding film which all Americans should see. Just interviewed Kristina Borjesson on a similar topic. Would like to interview you agian during our KSFR Pledge Drive in a couple weeks about WMD. Any chance you could provide us w/ a few free (or cheap) DVDs we could use as premiums for our fund drive? Best, Diego Mulligan The Jurney Home Hi Danny,
Hope you are well. I just viewed your WMD and thot it is a really outstanding film which all Americans should see. Just interviewed Kristina Borjesson on a similar topic. Would like to interview you agian during our KSFR Pledge Drive in a couple weeks about WMD. Any chance you could provide us w/ a few free (or cheap) DVDs we could use as premiums for our fund drive?
Best,
Diego Mulligan
The Jurney Home

]]> http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2006/02/28/rumors-fly-cheney-to-step-down/#comment-1312 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:14:50 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2006/02/28/rumors-fly-cheney-to-step-down/#comment-1312 You discuss the culpability of Congress in abdicating its constitutional obligation to make decisions on war. With all of the institutional lawsuits now being filed against torture and wiretapping, why have I not heard of any lawsuits against Congress's turning over its authority to declare war to the executive. The central fact is that the decision to declare war is much more than a simple decision - yes or no. There is a debate of the specific facts and details surrounding the decision which cannot take place when the executive ponders alone. There is the ability of citizens to petition their representatives. There are legislative committees to weigh in. All of these and more is more than a decision. These are aspects of democracy which the Congress has no right to abridge by pretending that all that is at stake is the simple decision itself. What the Congress did by turning over war to the executive was an affront to the Constitution and therefore illegal. It is not sufficient that Congress claims it did indeed discuss war - and gave it to the executive. There is much more surrounding the debate that was simply lost. You discuss the culpability of Congress in abdicating its constitutional obligation to make decisions on war. With all of the institutional lawsuits now being filed against torture and wiretapping, why have I not heard of any lawsuits against Congress’s turning over its authority to declare war to the executive. The central fact is that the decision to declare war is much more than a simple decision - yes or no. There is a debate of the specific facts and details surrounding the decision which cannot take place when the executive ponders alone. There is the ability of citizens to petition their representatives. There are legislative committees to weigh in. All of these and more is more than a decision. These are aspects of democracy which the Congress has no right to abridge by pretending that all that is at stake is the simple decision itself. What the Congress did by turning over war to the executive was an affront to the Constitution and therefore illegal. It is not sufficient that Congress claims it did indeed discuss war - and gave it to the executive. There is much more surrounding the debate that was simply lost.

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