Bush Installs Pentagon Official (by recess appointment)

[Eugene]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5185194,00.html

Bush Installs Pentagon Official


Tuesday August 2, 2005 10:16 PM

AP Photo DCGH101

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush again invoked a constitutional
provision enabling him to bypass the Senate and install directly a
nominee who had been blocked in the Senate. This time, he named Peter
Flory to be an assistant secretary of defense.

The move on Tuesday came a day after Bush used the same powers to
install John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

The Constitution gives the president the authority to put an official
on the job without waiting for Senate confirmation when Congress is
in recess. The official then can serve until the end of the current
Congress, which in this case is January 2007.

Flory was first nominated to the post on June 1, 2004, but the
nomination was blocked by Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, the senior
Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a dispute over
release of intelligence-related documents that Levin sought from
Douglas Feith, the undersecretary of defense for policy.

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[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. Congress? We Don' Need No Stinkin Congress!

If ever there was a sign of the growing disregard this president has for our form of government, here it is.

[Dover]

4. They are the group who has been stealthily planning a shadow Gov.

if I'm not mistaken. That became apparent for the first time during Iran Contra.
So their actions seem to be well in line with the presumption that they DON'T need THIS Congress, which they treat simply as a temporary nuissance...along with their total disregard for the Constitution. I do believe their overall plan (and this would include their corporate backers) is to create their own government, and why this isn't sounding more alarms (beyond simply political turf wars) is beyond understanding. Can anyone see the forest for the trees and the pattern to these events?

Remember this? http://prorev.com/fema.htm

[stray cat]

2. Awfully busy on his vacation. Maybe he should go clear brush

[Barrett808]

3. Isn't Flory a card-carrying PNACster? n/t

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

10. Yes, but a junior one

still, he is mentioned on their site

[samsingh]

5. hopefully this will upset

the do-nothing GOPers in Congress to stand up for America.

[screembloodymurder]

6. They hate us for our freedoms.

That's why * is installing a dictatorship.

[bemildred]

7. There is no such constitutional provision. nt

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

11. Unfortunately, there is. It was initially intended for

replacements in an emergency which opened up during Congressional recesses, however the courts have ruled it valid for this sort of use. So, it does exist.
Clinton used it.
So did practically every President since FDR.

[bemildred]

13. Oh, I know it is customary.

But, like much that is customary - the two-party system for example - there is nothing in the Constitution that requires it. It is the Congress that permits it and could end it if it chose.

[FloridaPat]

8. Bush had wanted to do more nuclear testing and bomb creation

A lot of the military were against it. They were fired or moved. * has been pressing for more nuclear stuff ever since he got into office. Now the rumor is he is planning a nuclear option for Iran. This is probably more of the same.

[Disturbed]

9. It would be great if..

former CIA agents that care about this nation not becoming a Fascist Police State utilize their special training to rid this country of criminals who have stage a coup on Amerika.

[politick]

15. I've often wondered

when the coup would come. I've started look into past military coups, the conditions surrounding them, etc. The problem here is that I don't know that there's really a precedent for this type of "democracy." It's also nigh impossible to gauge how the general population feels. It would take something pretty spectacular for public sentiment to support a coup -- then again, the military could come up with some cover story. Then wouldn't things get exciting?!

[Vogon_Glory]

12. If GW Bush Wants To Make the USA A Pariah State, Then

If Gee Dubya Bush wants to make the USA into an international pariah, obviously he needs a suitable member of his Duck Soup Posse to be UN ambassador. John Bolton looks to be highly suitable for the job.

:sarcasm:

[Supersedeas]

14. Congress must WAIVE their oversight authority or * will BYPASS it