Disapproval of world leaders?

Filed Under (China) by admin on 02-03-2008

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Jintao
jesito_sascec asked:


I’ve begun to notice that more and more of world leaders are losing support and in fact their subjects are beginning to hate them. Hugo Chavez is hated, simply hated less than the rest of the candidates for his office. Mahmoud Ahmadenijad lost his party the parliamentary control. Vladimir Putin of Russia is accused of murdering his critics (and nearly everyone in his country believes the accusations are true). Shinzo Abe and Hu Jintao are losing in their approval ratings. Ehud Olmert of Israel is at a 14% rating. But look at Palestine and neither party (Fatah and Hezbollah) is well-liked, they have too much in-fighting. At least three governments (Fuji, Thailand, Somalia) have had coups to toss out their governments, and there are probably many more on their way out. Fidel Castro of Cuba gets sick enough to die and his country cheers the news with parades. Tony Blair will be forced into retirement soon (technically he already was, he just hasn’t left yet).
Even George Bush has only a 30% approval and falling, but the new Democrat Congress is seen only as a stop-gap measure to slow him down in his foolishness rather than a chance at new beginnings. With all this I’m beginning to think that soon the people all over the world will soon “revolt” in hopes of establishing a new world order geared toward peace. While normally this would be a good thing, it seems like the perfect environment for someone like the Antichrist to rise up (or rather depending on religion, just someone against God’s plans, whether you believe in Jesus, Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, etc.). Do others believe this is it, we are about to witness the fulfillment of Revelations (or any other prophetic book of the last days of humankind in its present form)?

How unpopular would Bush have to be before Congress considered impeaching him?

Filed Under (United States) by admin on 25-04-2007

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bush
rainfingers asked:


I know, impeachment is based on “high crimes and misdemeanors”, not approval ratings. But Bush has made plenty of impeachable offenses, including the illegal NSA wiretap program which he flatly admitted. And yet the House of Representatives won’t impeach. What depth of approval rating, or public uproar, do you think it would take?
Some of you are still claiming that Bush has committed no impeachable offenses. However, Bush personally authorized the NSA to conduct wiretaps without warrants, which is plainly illegal. He admitted (bragged?) in public that he did so. There are more offenses; this one is simply the most clear-cut.
OK, I see I need to explain this more. Courts have ruled that the 4th amendment (prohibiting search and seizure without a warrant) applies to wiretaps. Therefore, wiretaps without a warrant are illegal. Know your rights, people!