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Nov 2, 2008

Roosevelt Threatens to Impose Dictatorship




Franklin D. Roosevelt's inaguration speech in 1933 is now most remembered for the line,"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." At the time, however, this newsreel did not even include that line. Instead, it highlights Roosevelt's not so subtle threat to seize emergency powers if Congress does not submit to his plans.



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Common Sense - 10/28/2008

"Broad Executive Power" is what the current White House has been seeking for the past eight years. McCain will continue it, but if Obama gets in, his actions in this regard to either continue this pattern or reverse it is something I will watch with interest.