The Enabling Act of 2008

Here is the comment that I added on the Give em hell harry website concerning the reauthorization of the FISA act with retroactive immunity to Bush's corporate sponsors:

75 years ago on March 23, Germany's parliament passed the famous Enabling Act of 1933 which broadly expanded executive power and led to the formation of the Third Reich.

The current FISA legislation, while it is unlikely to bring about a dangerous totalitarian regime, is strikingly similar in that it sets supporters of the current executive branch above the law.

Those who love our country and our democracy must stand up and oppose the intelligence committee’s version of the FISA reauthorization, especially as it pertains to retroactive immunity for large corporate sponsors of the Bush administration.

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