KR Washington Bureau | 01/06/2006 | Bush using a little-noticed strategy to alter the balance of power: "Bush has used signing statements to reject, revise or put his spin on more than 500 legislative provisions...'It's nothing short of breath-taking,' said Phillip Cooper, a professor of public administration at Portland State University."

IRS tracked taxpayers’ political affiliation | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA

Bush could bypass new torture ban - The Boston Globe legal specialists said yesterday that the president's signing statement, which was posted on the White House website but had gone unnoticed over the New Year's weekend, raises serious questions about whether he intends to follow the law

A Life, Wasted: "President Bush says those who criticize staying the course are not honoring the dead. That is twisted logic: honor the fallen by killing another 2,000 troops in a broken policy?"

JON CARROLL Why does the president have the power to unilaterally authorize wiretaps of American citizens?

Because he is the president.

War Without End: "Only Justice, Not Bombs, Can Make Our Dangerous World A Safer Place"

Out of Iraq Events Planned Nationwide on January 7th | AfterDowningStreet.org