A 3rd term for bush?
I found this article:
More is Better
A third term for Bush?
by James L. Secor
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once. - AMENDMENT XXII, Passed by Congress March 21, 1947. Ratified February 27, 1951.
In the wake of George W. Bush's first electoral victory, detractors have focused on possible illegalities, mostly involving voting violations that any incompetent needs in order to succeed. Perhaps all of this hoopla makes people feel better but they are getting caught up in the furor of the moment and losing sight of the true significance of this election. It will be, perhaps, a mystery as to why Mr. Bush won his first term as an elected president; but people were maybe happy that a third term could not be had. And. . .
This is it folks. Those who figured, after this election, we would be rid of George W. Bush might want to think again. They are wrong: a third term can be had. The XXII Amendment is quite clear on this. George W. Bush has only been elected to the Presidency once. His first term he was appointed, not elected. And, during his first term, he was not sitting during part of some other President's term of office.
So. . .more is better. George W. Bush will be the second President to sit three terms. That first President to do so had something to do with bringing the country out of a deep depression-- without the use of drugs. He established Social Security and certain legal restrictions on businesses so that they would not grow out of order--or get out of order. During George W. Bush's first four year tenure in the office, he successfully did Herbert Hoover one better. Mr. Bush created vast unemployment. Mr. Bush created a deficit, a hole in the economy that is miles wider than that that it took to sink the Titanic. The social programs that have helped people, however minimally or perversely (in some cases), have been gutted. Indeed, Mr. Bush has done his best to not only marginalize virtually the entire population of the country (making less than $100,000 per year). Four years of Mr. Bush and his neo-con buddies has created horror worldwide and havoc within our borders. Another four years will possibly result in first state of serfdom since the Middle Ages and Feudalism, an inescapable serfdom with the people getting just exactly what the Communist Manifesto calls for: the absolute minimum to live on and in and by. It will also work to enrage the rest of the world--or bring it to its knees. A third four years of these kinds of programs, this kind of thinking, and we can look forward to Nostradamus' predictions for a war that will devastate the world and utterly destroy the United States to come to pass.
According to some interpreters of Nostradamus, in the mid-2020's to mid-2030's there is to be another world war; it is supposed to be the last. If there is one thing we can be sure of with George W. Bush, it is war. War. And more war. And so it is not much less than certain that when the rest of the world gets fed up with his ways, they will unite and blow him out of the water. Unfortunately, as Sophocles believed, when there is a tragedy, innocents are affected as well as he who brought it on by his hubris. Not only will it bring the hubristic United States government to its knees and create a hell on earth for its citizens, it is also supposed to herald the downfall of Christianity and the rising up of a new, more humane religion (apparently coming from the East). Some may balk at this "more humane" than Christianity bit but the way Christianity is practiced nowadays it marginalizes and dehumanizes and stigmatizes others and for some sociologists and theorists a society that discards or counts out people is a psychotic one. Christianity, a doctrine of love, has propagated a hateful group of followers who pervert peace into war. . .and rape and murder. Certainly a man who talks to God and hears God talk to him, especially while throwing a fit on the oval office carpet, telling him to kill kill kill is a little deranged. When Hitler threw fits of pique in his office he became known as "carpet eater." Surely neither man had the good of humanity at heart. Note, though, that in his first election to office, Mr. Bush did not receive his mandate from Heaven (God) but from Carl Rove (in the name of the people).
It is odd how the philosophies of great men, men who see a new way of looking at the world, a new truth--how their teachings are perverted in later years. The teachings of Christ and the Buddha being but the most immediate examples. How much more can war be perverted? Do not forget that the US has the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons and is the only country to have used them; do not forget that the US has the largest--and it is growing--stockpile of biological weapons, weapons of mass destruction, weapons it has used on its own citizens. To think that they will stay in storage with a megalomaniacal man and his megalomaniacal cohorts running the country is to practice a pretty damned naïveté.
Whatever George W. Bush is not able to accomplish in eight years, he surely will in 12--or he will leave the country so befuddled and bedraggled and beholden to his policies and hated by everyone else that destruction will be inevitable. Again, to think that he will not move to make it three terms as President is a little naïve: this man and his cronies are experts at utilizing the courts, else how could such incompetents manage to gain such heights? Only the incompetent need rely on devious means to assure success. And so it is that George W. Bush is more than likely to already be planning to utilize the exact language of the XXII Amendment with his very own non- election in 2000 to create a third term presidency. He could, too, strike the Amendment from law. All he needs is a majority in Congress. He, like Hitler, has this hands down.
There were many during the making of the free United States of America who thought that more protections were needed else the elected would rise to tyranny. While we were not looking, it has come to pass. We can only hope that either George W. Bush and his boys overstep their bounds and are dismissed or, like all criminals, there is so much bickering and in-fighting that they destroy themselves. I do not hold any hope for a successful revolution: violence to end violence is just more of the same; rebels seeking revenge is yet again more of the same; the Left has nothing to offer that is not more of the same; there is no such thing as a good government.
Jim Secor is a self-exiled sometime writer living at the bottom of that hole we used to dig in our back yards as children during the Cold War attempting to teach the youth of a nation who do not want to change.
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Man!
You were going good with your article until you mentioned Nostradamus. If you are going to mention a prophetic figure, you should at least have READ his ACTUAL works. I have. Its called Centuries. Only once in all of his prophetic writings does Nostradamus actually mention a date. That date is 1999.
Lets try to keep to reality and not fabricated predictions. For example there has been wide spread use of this "prediction" which was actually fabricated by a college student who was trying to give an example of the vague language in the prophetic verses
This was not written by Nostradamus (Michel de Nostredame)but rather by Canadian Grad student Neil Marshall.
his reputation as a prophet is largely manufactured by modern-day supporters who shoehorn his words into events that have either already occurred or are so imminent as to be inevitable, a process known as as "retroactive clairvoyance". No Nostradamus quatrain has been interpreted before a specific event occurs, beyond a very general level (e.g., a fire will occur, a war will start).
Sorry about getting on to you about this, its just that you are doing yourself more harm by bringing it up!
Now back to your topic. Bush will NOT serve more than these two terms. He wont even get the chance. The people of this nation and the world will not tolerate that! That will bring about a revolution in which he is overthrown. I know this because I will lead it if I have to!
Yes, he does mention the King
Yes, he does mention the King of Terror in 1999, but there has been a woman called Valerie Hewitt who claims that she has correctly interpreted the rough dates of his prophecies. I think it was June 1999 in which Bush announced he would be running for President. In a book of hers' written in 1994, she eerily predicts that that Iraq War would occur between 2002 and 2003. I think she said 'conflict between Saddam Hussein between Nov 2002 and April 2003 is possible'. So there is definitely something in Nostradamus, I think, but a lot of retrospective application of events does go on, I agree.
well
I dont know who this woman is, but you should actually mention her and her predictions. As for Nostradamus. I believe that his verses were vague enough that it is not difficult to make a connection with them and actual events. If the Bush administration can "link" Al Qaeda and Iraq, then nothing is truly impossible!
Oh and one more thing!
Please dont think that this is an attack on your general argument. I agree with you on a more general level. Its just as open minded progressive people we should try to keep our arguments within the real of reality and fact. Leave the bedtime stories and myths to the... well you know who.
If he wanted a third term so
If he wanted a third term so bsd why couldnt George Wanker Bush just come back in 2004 and let Al Gore be President for 4 years first?
Did he know he could not win 2004 too if he was the one that returned after that close race?
HAHA I BET.
I bet the logical reason he w
I bet the logical reason he wants a third term is because when George W Bush leaves, the REPUBLICAN PARTY is going to explode. That party knows that they are only united by the personality of George W Bush, and when Bush is history and so is Cheney of course, theyre going to explode into pieces.
I agree with Applefreak, I ge
I agree with Applefreak, I generally agreed with your arguement until you brought up Nostradamus & these predictions. Don't go out on that limb. Please!!!
Constitutionally speaking he COULD NOT run again at this point. However he could suspend the constitution, and make himself President for Life...
I believe it would take 38 States to overturn the amendment, (could be wrong on that number) and if they didn't or couldn't do it for Reagan, they surely wouldn't do it for this walking talking turd. However I have been wrong before. It would take several years for this process to complete, so legally he cannot run again, but there is NOTHING to say that Cheney couldn't run and Bush be his V.P., however he couldn't serve anymore than 2 years of Cheney's term if the old crab kicked off.
I would be more worried about Bush making himself dictator for life..
Scares the CRAP out of me.
2004 is 1964
Dont worry. Bush is nothing more than LBJ and JFK, but to a lesser extent as those two made history in a better way. Besides they both supported the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, but George W Bush opposes the Gay Rights Movement in the 2000s. But anyways, 2004 is nothing more than 1964, for it is a time when the Democrats lost everything like the Republicans then and it was a time for them to licki their wounds and try to come to grips with the soul of their party. By 1966 ala 2006, Democrats would reclaim the Mantle and wake up into a fresh start. aka Republicans then. I bet even that Republicans will be shut out of the White House for eight years from 2009-2017 and for 12 years from 2021-2033 too. And probably even 2041-2049.
Cheer up Progressives, The future is ours and we know it!
Besides like i said that Repu
Besides like i said that Republican Party is a disaster waiting to happen as soon as Bush retires. Thats why Bush will want to stall his retirement for four years until 2012.
what if ...
The terrorist threat was so great in 2008 that it was not safe to hold an election? I know what you are thinking, how they can have elections in Iraq with bombs going off all day, and it not be safe here? The answer is that that question is unpatriotic because it puts politics above the good of the country(ie Bush.) If you still don't understand, listen to Sean Hannity.
OH yes the ignorant Religious
OH yes the ignorant Religious Right. Ah they wont bring Armageddon. Besides, they dont even have the values of Jesus Christ. If you want to know these suckers discriminate and Jesus was compassionate, and these suckers favor the rich, while Jesus supported the Poor. Oh boy the list goes on and on.
Nah. 2008 is too early for ar
Nah. 2008 is too early for armageddon. The Bush Administration may screw things up pretty bad, but we will recoup., and come back strong for a while longer. I certainly hope so.
Oh yes, love that show. I thi
Oh yes, love that show. I think it is called Hannity and Idiot, and Hannity is actually the smarter one on that show. Faux news does that though, because they want it to look like Liberals are nothing but a rag like Colmes so people will believe that all liberals are like that.
Unfortunately we have a Presi
Unfortunately we have a President (if you can call it that)who is what is termed as an "endtimer", who believes they are doing God's will & work on earth, and this fool believes as the rest of these fundamentalist whack jobs that the end of time is near. Which is why he will stay his course, so he can help bring the world to an end.
I don't believe necessarily believe that he wants to bring about armageddeon, but his beliefs have been described as that of an end timer. However he will do his utmost to destroy life as we know it.
But i believe the only reason
But i believe the only reason Republicans need him is because they know their party will split into pieces as if it were just blown up by a laserbeamed asteroid. They too know that Republicans are only united behind and by the personality of George W Bush. When Bush retires, as well as Cheney, That party is going to split into pieces even worser than it had split into pieces in the 1990s with H Ross Perot running twice in 1992 and 1996 to defer Bush the Elder (dubbed Poppy) and Bob Dole (dubbed Kansas wanker.)
Probably even worse than the
Probably even worse than the Taft-TR split in 1912 according to Right Wing neophyte Patrick Buchanan.
Remember my progressive frien
Remember my progressive friends, George W Bush is a hotair balloon of that party that is stuffed with a bunch of White Puffy Cream inside.
When he retires, that party hotair balloon is going to burst.
The media is just trying
The media is just trying to consolidate theirselves around John McBush because John McBush would be the media's best bet for a third term of George W Bush. Expect John McCain to pick Mitt the Flip as his running mate
The only thing we have to fear, is George W Bush and Richard B "Dick" Cheney and the RIGHTWING CONSERVATIVE BIASED REPUBLICAN MEDIA
Why in the world has this old archive...
been brought back into the light of day?
A mind once expanded can never return to its original dimensions.
Anne Hathaway: 1556-1623
The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.
What Happened to HJ 24 IH re. 3rd Term?
What Happened to HJ 24 IH (here below) that would make a 3rd Term possible?
How about opening Pandora's box more widely to make sure that all hidden agenda are accounted for?
If, indeed, Bush is secretly planning a coup de theatre (not to say a "coup d'etat) by pulling out an amendment passed behind the obscure walls of legislative mafia (as was the case in 2005), imposition of a third term is a plausible scenario, indeed, since the press does not inform us properly. One more reason to impeach Bush and Cheney as soon as possible and before the end of this year (namely, before the November elections).
From the Library of Congress:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution. (Introduced in House)
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 24
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 17, 2005
Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SABO, and Mr. PALLONE) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:
`Article --
`The twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is repealed.'.