Congressman Godwin

I guess once you're in Congress, you can say anything you want, as long as you don't care whether you're being re-elected.

Bush like Hitler, says first Muslim in Congress

Addressing a gathering of atheists in his home state of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, a Democrat, compared the 9/11 atrocities to the destruction of the Reichstag, the German parliament, in 1933. This was probably burned down by the Nazis in order to justify Hitler's later seizure of emergency powers.

"It's almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that," Mr Ellison said. "After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it, and it put the leader [Hitler] of that country in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted."

This comparison is valid, and no amount of "b-b-but six million Jews" is going to change the fact that the methods are the same. People who know what they are talking about (as opposed to people who just use Hitler's name for shock value) don't compare Bush's accomplishments to Hitler's accomplishments, nor Bush's crimes to Hitler's crimes; they compare the two leaders' use of propaganda, and their gradual insinuation of dictatorial privilege into the law.

To applause from his audience of 300 members of Atheists for Human Rights, Mr Ellison said he would not accuse the Bush administration of planning 9/11 because "you know, that's how they put you in the nut-ball box - dismiss you".

Oh, come on...you were doing so well.

Whether or not they planned it, they planned FOR it. They did not plan for it in order to stop it; they planned for it in order to use it.

Mark Drake, of the Republican party in Minnesota, said: "To compare the democratically elected leader of the United States of America to Hitler is an absolute moral outrage which trivialises the horrors of Nazi Germany."

Hitler was democratically elected, you dolt.

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At last...everything will be done FOR you.

69% Say Government Responsible for the Helpless

Support for a government safety net for the poor is at its highest point in many years -- roughly seven-in- ten (69%) now believe the government has a responsibility "to take care of people who can’t take care of themselves" -- up from 61% in 2002. The number of Americans saying that the government should guarantee "every citizen enough to eat and a place to sleep" has increased by a similar margin over the past five years (from 63% to 69%); agreement with this statement is the highest it has been since 1991.

How do you think most helpless people get that way in the first place?

Yes, there are definitely exceptions. But the trend you see above is a sign of more and more people failing to take responsibility for themselves while they're still able to.

This is called "learned helplessness".

And believing that the government should take over that chore is called "sense of entitlement".

Be careful what you wish for, or you'll soon "entitle" yourself to forced compliance with mandated lifestyle alterations. They'll take care of you. They'll fix you! Make you better!

Remember, if you teach a man to fish, he can eat for a lifetime; if you give a man a fish, you can put tranquilizers in it first.

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"...just so long as I'm the dictator"

New presidential directive gives Bush dictatorial power

"The President shall lead the activities of the Federal Government for ensuring constitutional government."

Bloody hell.

Explanation and analysis of the document:

Bush To Be Dictator In A Catastrophic Emergency

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