Posted by Tony on 08/11/07 04:31

>You sound like a patriot. Maybe that's a good quality. If it is,
>wouldn't you say that one of the greatest things about America is your
>freedoms and liberties? It has always baffled me that "patriots" seem
>to be the most supportive of all of the new legislation designed to
>allow the government to pry into your private affairs, without even a
>warrant. The one quality of conservatives I had always formerly admired
>was their passionate defense of individual liberty and freedom from
>government intrusion into your lives-- the "nanny" state, if you will.

That's right. The last thing we need is more government.

>
>I'm genuinely sad that this appears to be a complete charade. The
>government can now eavesdrop on your conversations without even the
>slightest judicial oversight-- and most conservatives obviously don't
>really care at all. So what was it that you really liked about America?

With all of the chatter going on in this new world we live in, you better believe I want the
government listening in when they get suspicious. That is how they get the terrorists. The Libs are
so friggin paranoid. Do you think the government gives a hoot what Joe Blow or you are doing or who
you are calling on the phone? Dont flatter yourself. Unless of course they see a bunch of calls to
Irag or something that looks suspicious. It's funny how everyone blames Bush for not seeing 9-11,
and then when he wants to cut through the red tape that makes it tougher to listen in on terrorist
intelligence, he gets Bashed for that. Truth is, he has prevented anything from happening after 9-11
on USA soil, that's for sure. He sure as hell captured a ton of rogue terrorists that were on the US
hit list for years, even when tyin' Bill was in office.
>
>Are you disturbed by the "rendition" program, shipping people to states
>that use torture? I thought Americans loved the Constitution? How
>about Gitmo? Does that bother you at all? Does it bother you that the
>government has held people in custody, in solitary confinement, for over
>5 years without providing any evidence of any illegalities whatsoever,
>or even changing the charges at the last minute in order to prolong
>custody? Some American judges were outraged. Where is the public
>outcry?
>

Whoever is in Cuba sbould be there. There is a reason they are there and you and I arent. They are
most likely tied to the terrorists. I seriously doubt they are your typical barber down the street
or avon lady. Freedom has a price. Our freedom has cost us the luxury of feeling safe. Overall, we
are free. We do not get our heads cut off for saying negative things about the president like they
did in countries like Iraq and other shit countries like them. If we did, there would be no
Hollywood. Maybe that would be a good thing. And like that shithead Raed Jarrar who was forced to
cover his shirt with the phrase We will not be silenced written in Arabic on the Jet Blue
flight..... he better remember that this is OUR country and we dont have to take crap like that. Of
course America is sensitve to that stuff. If it makes us uncomfortable, we will stop them. We have
to stop catering to these foreigners.

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