Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union by David Swanson
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- Pub. Date: September 2009
- 384pp
- Sales Rank: 57,396
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- Pub. Date: September 2009
- Publisher: Seven Stories Press
- Format: Paperback, 384pp
- Sales Rank: 57,396
- ISBN-13: 9781583228883
- ISBN: 1583228888
Synopsis
"[Daybreak is] a useful guide to restore the balance of powers and reclaim our constitutional system of government."-Majorie Cohn, president of the National Lawyers Guild
"Daybreak urgently reminds us that good political intentions are not sufficient to ensure the continuation of our democracy; informed vigilance is vital to that task."-Mark Karlin, editor of Buzzflash.com
A lot more has gone wrong over the last eight years than meets the eye, and it will take more than a new president to create the kind of change that is necessary.
Daybreak is a thorough investigation of how Bush/Cheney altered the way American government works and deteriorated the Constitution and Bill of Rights. It includes clear plans for how we may reclaim democracy, declare our rights, and truly set out for a new America.
Shocking and inspirational, Daybreak provides a clear breakdown of all that we have lost, and all that we have to gain.
David Swanson is co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, creator of ConvictBushCheney.org, Washington director of Democrats.com, and a board member of Progressive Democrats for America. He served as press secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign and has been a leading voice for the prosecution of Bush and Cheney for war crimes.
Biography
David Swanson is Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, creator of ProsecuteBushCheney.org, the Washington Director of Democrats.com, and a board member of Progressive Democrats for America. He served as press secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign and has been a leading voice for the prosecution of Bush and Cheney for war crimes.
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This Book Is Quintessential Submitted by Richard J Schaedler on Sun, 2009-10-04 14:00. I finished DAby RJS22552
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October 05, 2009: Submitted by Richard J Schaedler on Sun, 2009-10-04 14:00.
I finished DAYBREAK Saturday October 3rd and have taken some time to contemplate the vast array of topics and issues David Swanson coveres in the book.I am not sure where to start as there is so much worthy of discussion and dialogue. As a lawyer, his examination of the Constitutional aspects of the "imperial presidency" are particularly important to me.Since the days immediately following the "election" of Barrack Obama as President, I have been admittedly neglectful of following ADS.org as I previously did during the period from June, 2005 to November, 2008. I was actually finding myself avoiding following this site during the campaign as I sensed a developing deep disappointment taking hold with the "hope" message the Illinois Senator was projecting. I sincerely wanted to believe it but something inside me wasn't buying what he was selling!Once elceted, the appointments of Emmauel as Chief of Staff as well as the retention of the "a-- kissing little chicken-s--t" Petreus as the military "leader" of the occupation of Iraq, and Robert Gates as the Secretary of Defense, made it clear to me that my misgivings about a President Obama were particularly well founded. David's book details the manifestations of these concerns with great clarity.This President is no different from the prior occupant of the Executive Mansion when it comes to the implementation of power. Obama has done nothing to reverse the abuses of the previous administration. About all I can observe from afar is that Vice President Biden is light years of an improvement over that criminal mastermind, Richard B. Cheney! Otherwise, Obama is conducting "business" as usual for the "imperial" executive branch. David spells this out effectively in DAYBREAK.I completely agree that Mr. Swanson is the 21st century's Tom Paine. The itch that he has given the unacceptable power structure in this country needs to become a rash and more Tom Paines have to come forward, including myself. As such I would hereby call upon myself and others similarly disgusted with having witnessed the devolution of the United States into a quasi-fascist dictatorship to volunteer to do whatever is necessary to RESTORE not REBEL!Tom Paine was the revolutionary but we have to be the ones to restore what his generation brilliantly gave us as the legacy of those Founding Fathers. That is the legacy of freedom that is worth fighting for in the spirit of Ghandi and King. We are right about all of this and the imperialists are just as wrong as the British were in 1776. The current autocrats are today's version of the loyalist torries from Paine's era. Banding together as true patriots is what it takes to destroy tyranny of the likes of Bush, Cheney, Pelosi, Obama, etc. These are all the human veneer, the face of the real manipulators of America's current situation. Swanson identifies the power and influence of the wealthiest few in this country who have bought for themselves the worst government that money could purchase. WE THE PEOPLE must stop this tyranny, now!Too far leftby Anonymous
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September 25, 2009: This book gave me the impression the David has an axe to grind and this is way of expressing himself. Fortunately his ideas are the minority. I finished most of the book then just discarded it.
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