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Basically, the people who were vocal about this post 9/11, were deemed unpatriotic. Too bad we didn't persist.
We did persist but our numbers are too small and we have very little representation in Congress.
Ron Paul is gone now.
I do send plenty of emails to my reps about issues.
But all I ever get back are the canned "I'm working hard for you" responses
I commented yesterday on a CBS story about some Intel Official saying these NSA records helped to catch the NYC subway bomber. Total lie because Pakistan tipped us off and they got an FBI wire tap on the guy and caught him.
My comment was that the story was incorrect and why didn't CBS correct the official.
My comment sat "pending" for 10 minutes and then disappeared.
It was not accepted by the CBS moderators.
With the revelation of wholesale spying on everyone in the U.S. have we now crossed the line into a Totalitarian State?
Please expand on the answer (s) you choose.
"The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it"
- A Totalitarian
We did persist but our numbers are too small and we have very little representation in Congress.
Ron Paul is gone now.
I do send plenty of emails to my reps about issues.
But all I ever get back are the canned "I'm working hard for you" responses
I commented yesterday on a CBS story about some Intel Official saying these NSA records helped to catch the NYC subway bomber. Total lie because Pakistan tipped us off and they got an FBI wire tap on the guy and caught him.
My comment was that the story was incorrect and why didn't CBS correct the official.
My comment sat "pending" for 10 minutes and then disappeared.
It was not accepted by the CBS moderators.
MY response to those "canned responses" ought to be "I'll remember that come election time."
This all started decades ago and you guys didn't seem to have a problem with it.
Sorry to rain on your parade, but a lot of us have been opposed for decades. There just wasn't enough support to do anything about it. People are finally begining to wake up and hopefully there will be enough outrage to get some things accomplished. Actually I have my doubts, but I'm all in!!
Why didn't the Patriot act scare you guys when it was written and passed by the previous Administration and Congress? Back then everyone hailed it as a sure way to stop terrorism.
Not true at all. Millions of conservatives opposed it from the beginning. And EVERY Senator except one voted for it in 2001. And Obama signed it's renewal.
So don't dump the Patriot Act on conservatives. Obama owns it now.
No. Google what a totalitarian state is, then get back to me.
Why didn't the Patriot act scare you guys when it was written and passed by the previous Administration and Congress? Back then everyone hailed it as a sure way to stop terrorism.
Now that you people see the dangers it poses, you're suddenly against something you originally supported.
This may just be the tip of the iceberg. They've had over 10 years of unfettered freedom and money to do what they wanted.
We may be further than PA my friend.
None of us know where we are on that road right now; just that we are on that road.
Maybe, but based on what evidence we have, that's where we're at. We certainly aren't at the Mississippi River yet. We enjoy rights here in America that much of the world does not.
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