Anyone remember the nutty ones Bill signed back in the '90's?

In the end, I don't think they have much teeth, which is why there are so many of them and they are notoriously nutty.

We have courts and Congress as a checks and balances system. We're not likely to go quietly into the night of a dictatorship. After Nixon, the executive branch lost power for obvious reasons. Under Bush, as a result of 9/11, the executive branch has regained some power. These things ebb and flow.

Even with the extended powers, there are people with integrity in place who would use these carefully.

Hillary has been up to her neck in lies and scandals, which has been the case since Bill was gov in Arkansas. She regularly lies. While she's an "ends justify the means" sort of person, not even she could get away with dictatorship.

It was worse in WW II. We put Japanese Americans in camps. The govt read people's mail. After the war, things went back to normal.

Keep bringing people to Christ and helping people and don't lose sleep over this.

Perspective people. Keep an objective one.

Note, this is NOT a Republican or Democrat, a "hate Bush" or "hate Clinton" thing. This is an issue related to what we understand about our Republic. Note, the author above mentions "to do away with our democracy" thus revealing what he does NOT seem to know, that our founders INTENTIONALLY did not form us as a Democracy, but rather a Republic with democratic (small "d") principles.

The real tragedy is that we've been lulled to sleep with our success, having no more real challenges to us as a nation since the 1950s. Thus we've raised 3 generations who have had to pay no price, seen no real wanting, and have been babysat by an all-powerful government (Thank you, Mr. FDR). If any of the founders came around today, they would be horrified that we allowed an all-powerful Central Government to be able to tax our income, take away our property, threaten to take away our right to free speech and the many other issues.

The danger is not just that we have our own "Enabling Act" but that, as is always true in a Democracy, we can be so easily bought. As long as we still get our handouts as old people, as (supposedly poor people), as people in disasters and a ton of myriad other ways, we'll sit fat, dumb and happy.

As the Italians supposedly said after Mussolini assumed power (also legally through elections), "at least the trains run on time." All Bush or the next President has to do is promise to give all us "poor people" $25,000 annually or some other kick-back (could be free college, free health care, free cars, free gas, or cheaper versions of the same), most people will never look up from the Xbox or TVs to even notice.

Not that making a bad decision is so terrible. I'm just concerned that Bush doesn't seem willing to correct his mis-steps. It's not weakness to admit an error and change course, but it is very stupid to know that changes need to be made and yet to not make them.