When I feel the constriction matters or outweighs the threat and/or is done by unelected
leaders not trying to protect me from islamic radicals hell bent on the destruction of the United States.
And when is that point reached? It's a lot easier to stop Government from doing something in the beginning, than when it has precedent to allow it.
No, I would prefer to be a live American infidel in one of the greatest countries on Earth,
able to vote and attend religious services of my choice without the threat of Islamic murderers.
In my opinion "slavery and hunger" are a long way from trying to prevent IslamoNazis from attacking American cities.
A bunch of fanatics flying a plane into a building is not ample justification, in my mind, for allowing warrantless searches. I'm sure James Madison is rolling in his grave. When you allow the government to intrude upon your life, and your conversations, then you are setting yourself up to be a slave to said government.
The Long War is the war we will fight against Radical Islam because the Left will not allow us to destroy an enemy,
therefore the war will stretch over decades, thus the term "The Long War". They are not going away. Some on the Left say:
"Pull out of Iraq", They still won't go away. Let them take over the entire Middle East? Let them over-run Israel? Cut and run
all you want. They still aren't going away. It's going to be a very long war.
Kind of like the "War" on Drugs, "War" on Poverty, etc? It's going to stretch out a lot longer than decades if you seriously believe that you're going to eradicate fundamental Moslems. There are still some sects of fundamental Christianity preaching hate in this country, should we declare war on them too? They may not fly planes into buildings, but they enable wack jobs that would like to. Where do you draw the line? This "Long War" crap is just that, crap. It sounds like a talking point made up by some slick advertiser. BTW, 70% of the people in this country are all for ending the war. Are they all leftists? That would be sort of strange, since at one point 70% of people were for the war.
I suppose we'll see if that holds up in court after the IslamoNazis destroy an American city.
Yeah, about that. I'm still waiting for this mythical terror attack to come. All these threat colors, no attack, what's that about? Oh, George W (for wonderful, of course) is doing such a fine job! In the meantime, the economy is in the outhouse, gas is through the roof, the cost of some foodstuffs have more than tripled, but hey, we're catching the "Islamonazi's" aren't we? Any infringement on freedom to accomplish that just
has to be worth the cost.
Well Fatman it's your right to have that opinion, I just disagree.
Disagreement noted.
A Democrat, and hardly a conservative, Senator Patrick Leahy co-authored the 2001 USA Patriot Act.
The Democrats currently control Congress and have not repealed the Patriot Act.
The Democrats campaigned for the 2004 mid-terms about pulling out of Iraq & they have not cut funding in a way to force an exit.
I wouldn't hold your breath only ten US Senators in the entire Democrat controlled US Senate voted against the USA Patriot Improvement And Reauthorization Act Of 2005.
As BT referenced above, it'll probably never be repealed. Frankly both parties are guilty on this one, most of the Senators voting on the act never even bothered to read it. Can you imagine what they'd say if the people didn't bother to read up on the Senator before voting for them? It's the Peter Principle of Incompetence.
I am sure Bin Laden would be pleased.
Am I supposed to care what Bin Laden thinks? I don't base my beliefs on whether or not Bin Laden agrees with me or not. That would be stupid, and unthinking.
