The not so startling revelations of the Bush administrations illegalities and the depths of incompetence and shilling the NY Times has sunk to were both on display today as news of Bush sanctioned spying on citizens hit the streets. MSNBC.

Three dozen times. That’s how many times Bush authorized the NSA to engage in spying that did not go through the proper channels involving court orders. Even Republican Senator Arlen Specter says, “There is no doubt that this is inappropriate…clearly and categorically wrong” Specter is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and has promised hearings early next year. Bush of course is saying this was all to defend Americans. I don’t care. He broke the law.Under FCA rules he has broken the law and is subject to impeachment for it. This is not his first impeachable offense. But he pretty much admitted this one. But we continue to hear whispers of how the media and Beltway politicos don’t feel they or America has the stomach for a second straight impeachment proceeding.

This is of course not a surprise since so much of the media is wedded to the status quo. The NY Times had this spying story over a year ago and held it because the White House asked them too. National security they cried. Coincidentally these cries for more time came around election time last year. And the morons at this glorified rag brought it? Or did they comply because Bush’s agenda is their corporate masters agenda? either way it is another example of the utter depths of blackness our media sources have sunk to. As well as another example of how easily and nonchalantly Bush violates our rights, freedoms, and integrity.

I for one can handle impeachment and I’m pretty sure the majority of this country who despise this administration can as well. Besides Bush’s dwindling approval ratings, we now get this Reuters poll which overwhelmingly ranks Bush as the worst of the last 10 Presidents. Tenth of Ten. Most warlike, worst for economy, and least effective.

By letting the farsical proceedings against Clinton be a factor here we are letting the Republicans win at a very purposefull and twisted game of manipulation. When Clinton was targeted I said at the time that they knew they couldn’t impeach on the Lewinsky scandal. It was just a game of posturing and one upsmanship so that when they got a guy in who they knew fully well would break more laws and tell more lies, Democrats could not impeach because it would look like sour grapes coming on the heels of the prior attempt. This was apparent then. The techniques superficial and transparent in the 90′s. And now here it is being played out and our media and even Democrats are playing right into the teeth of the plan.

Suck it up Dem’s. Suck it up America. A message needs to be sent that we will not condone deception, cronyism, and secrecy, at the expense of national security and human lives. Thousands have dies because of these men and their willful deceipt that is now beyond question. Impeachment is the least we should do.

A post script: The Times still has some worthwhile reporters working for it like Nicholas Kristoff who has been reporting from the Darfur genocide as he has put himself in harms way to try and get the word out to make America and the world intervene to save hundreds of thousands of lives, and countless acts of brutality.