[ExI] blue screen = hard disk crash?

[Dave Sill]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 5:35 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> Here’s where I would go with the comparisons: both Bush and Obama expanded
> executive branch powers.  This makes me nervous since the 16 amendment is
> written in such a way as to be very open-ended.  The constitution was
> carefully designed with checks and balances on government power in place,
> but the IRS is an example of a bureaucracy not bound by the rules and
> regulations which apply to criminal cases.  For instance, if you are
> arrested, you are presumed innocent.  The IRS does not presume you
> innocent.  If they come after you, it is your job to prove your innocence,
> rather than their job to prove your guilt.  They get to decide if your
> evidence is sufficient to prove your innocence.  They are both the
> prosecutor and the judge.  Good luck.
>
Clearly the system the founders designed is broken. It was a good effort,
but I don't think what they tried to achieve is possible. At least we've
identified one more way not to achieve it.

>  Next, consider the EPA, the CIA, the NSA, and fill in the blank with as
> much alphabet soup as you want.  The NSA doesn’t bother with all those
> messy constitutional restrictions on their power.  (Hi NSA guy reading our
> email!)  These bureaucracies form a shadow government which has a lot more
> power in some important ways than the actual government, and it all answers
> to the executive branch.
>
Does it? J. Edgar had enough dirt on everyone that he didn't really have to
answer to anyone. You think the spooks don't have even more dirt on Obama?

-Dave
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