So now, not only has George Bush admitted to spying on Americans without a warrant, but Cheney is arguing for more powers for the president:

Cheney said the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War wrongly eroded the executive power of the White House, something he and U.S. President George W. Bush have remedied during their war on terror.The U.S. vice-president spoke on a day when some moderate Republicans joined Democratic calls for a congressional inquiry into whether Bush broke the law by authorizing wiretaps without court permission.

At least two Democrats suggested Bush could be impeached for his alleged crimes and the White House scrambled late in the day to try to counter the perception that Bush had deliberately misled the nation when he spoke about wiretaps in April 2004.

I mean, it's good to see that in response to this at least some people aren't afraid to talk openly about impeachment when the president, I dunno, breaks the law. Even some Republicans are questioning the legality of this. But, alas, it is talk which shall not lead to action for, as the Attorney General of the United States Alberto Gonzales points out, the president apparently has "inherent authority under the Constitution, as commander in chief, to engage in this kind of activity." Yes, that's right. It's not actually written in the Consitution, but we know it's there.

And by the way, why is Bush's approval rating going up at the same time he has admitted to spying on the American people? Hilarious. Wait, no - that's not the word I want. How about frightening?

"....well understand this about fascism, when it arrives it never shows up in the discarded costume of some other country, and when fascism comes here, its not going to be wearing a toothbrush mustache with a luger in his belt and go goose-stepping around the mall, because that’s Germany. And its precisely characteristic of fascism, that it seems absolutely, totally expressive of the homeland, it seems completely familiar, it’s when 150% America puts a flag on it’s lapel and a cross around it’s neck and a real folksy way a talkin’, but just because it’s red, white and blue, doesn’t mean it’s American.”

- Mark Crispin Miller