GOP sets up future takeover of gov't

Want more proof of GOP contempt for the U.S. Constitution?

This week the Republicans have passed a de facto rewriting of the Constitution, completely without fanfare or critique by the major media.

The new law overrides the Constitutional provision that a majority of the House of Representatives must be present to have a quorum (minimum number required to pass laws). Now, just a majority of whoever shows up is required.

The new law says this provision is for times of "catastrophic circumstances." This might comfort the numbskulls--those who unquestioningly believe anything Bush says--but to the THINKING people in this country, this provision is a warning siren.

I'm now on watch for a major snowstorm (or any other "natural disaster, attack, contagion or similar calamity rendering Representatives incapable of attending the proceedings of the House") where Congress members will be stuck out of town and only a dozen or so (conveniently Republicans) can show up for an emergency meeting.

Just as the NeoCons said in their online Mein Kampf (aka Project for a New American Century), a crisis is needed to get their agenda past the checks and balances of the Constitution. (It doesn't have to be illegal; a terrified media and cowardly opposition is just as good.) The terrorist attacks of 2001 were that crisis. And this bill is a big help to getting even more checks and balances removed.