Executive Power (no end in sight)

I do not trust executive power. Why? Because executive power represents the dominant or oppressor culture. Sorry to take the extreme view, but polarizing times call for extremism. With Dubya in power for the last 6 years, there's hardly any need to make an argument over why we all should not trust the executive branch of our government (the branch of our government with the least regulation or evaluation procedures). Every day, it seems, I read articles about how The White House or should I say Bush and the special interests he represents are steadily increasing executive power. Today I read in the nytimes.com "Bush Directive Increases Sway on Regulation". Instead of dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency or other agencies representing citizen's interests, the executive branch makes it nearly impossible for them to create policy and change. I guess I could of picked one of a dozen awful policies the Bush Administration has enacted to the public's detriment. Nobody wants to be in Iraq anymore, and I didn't even want to be there to begin with. I feel like this whole country is stuck living out some fantasy brought about by special interests and we are all powerless to end it.
The more executive power exists the less power we the people have to make change. We all know that the people in power do not want change, because they want to stay in power. Reinforcing the power structure makes progress, already a formidable task, nearly impossible. Are we doomed to talk about global warming, or I'm sorry, climate change, forevever? Apparently there's not enough evidence to suggest there might be a problem to solve.
I admit I feel disempowered. It's almost enough to make me try to (do something!) enact legislation limiting executive power, but it seems that even the people in government don't know how to reign in executive priveleges. I wouldn't know where to start. Any suggestions?