Welcome to the United States of Big Brother
Thought you had the right to privacy? Think again.
Thanks to the Democrats, you no longer have the right to privacy. Following the lead of the kowtowed Senate, the House has now passed the Bush backed spy bill that affectively nullifies the civil liberties protections once ensured by FISA. Say goodbye to the Fourth Amendment while you’re at it. We have indeed become a police state. President Bush now has the authority to spy on whomever he wishes, without a warrant or any type of judicial review. And he doesn’t even have to prove that person is in any way connected to terrorism. Merely by his word (or rather the word of his toady, Alberto Gonzales), that person can be spied on indefinitely.
So remember that the next time you make a phone call, log on to the internet or even read a blog. Because chances are that, as senior counsel at the Center for Democracy and Technology Gregory Nojeim says “The NSA may be listening”.
Big Brother has arrived folks. Remember to thank the Democrats for that.
One Last Thought Update: Anyone who was under any illusions that the Democrats would stand and oppose President Bush on any number of issues (i.e. Iraq), they’ve have now officially gone the way the Dodo and DOS prompt. With this action, the Democrats sent a clear signal that they can be rolled if the Bushies keep playing their terrorism trump card.
The only thing worse than a Congress that rubberstamps because of loyalty to party is one that rubberstamps out of fear.
See also Jack Balkin.
(X-posted at The Xsociate Files)
Anne, how mindless you are! The Dem’s are the culprits? It’s Bush/Cheney and their “Military industrial complex’ (to quote a famous GOP). But of course the Dem’s are rolling over because they are part of it also! It’s all about money and who controls it, duh! I have seen you speak several times and I have to wonder how much money was wasted on your education? One moe thing, Oh, that’s right…. I forgot, you are one of those with the invisible friend that always makes you right! FOAD! You are a divider and you profit from it! Jesus loves you!
i should change my nick to cassandra. i’ve been warning ppl for yrs, and altho my timing is sometimes off, i’ve predicted all this before, and everyone has always told me i was just paranoid.
i’m reminded of a georgia boy in basic, who said that he’d kill his own mama if the govt. told him to. how many soldiers do you think have joined the army because they didn’t feel connected to anything at home, and now the army is their home? those are going to be the ppl enforcing martial law over the rest of us. after all, if china is using prison/slave labor, we’ll have to, to be able to compete on the world stage…
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Everybody says I’m paranoid they all think I’m crazy
They all smile to my face but they’d like to see me die
They put poison in my coffee they put ground glass in my oatmeal
They put spiders in my tennis shoes and shit in my pecan pie
It’s hard to stop and figure out where did it all begin
You see my father wanted a little girl and my mother wanted twins
And my grandpa admired Hitler so everything I did was wrong
And I’m gonna stop now cause even though you’re smilin’ I know you hate this song
Yeah and I know you’re only listenin’ cause you don’t wanna hurt my feelin’s
And you’re just waitin’ for me to leave so you can laugh about my open fly
You put the poison in my coffee you put the ground glass in my oatmeal
You put the spiders in my tennis shoes and you shit in my pecan pie
I know don’t deny it I know I know I know
–’paranoid’, shel silverstein
o blogger boy,
the tubes, the tubes are calling
from peer to peer
and up the router tree
our freedom’s gone
and democrats are all caving
keep close weapons
to at least protect thee
once freedom’s gone
it’s bloody to regain it
we’ll live as slaves
or corpses from now on
betrayed by fellow citizens
let them in your memory
linger on
do not count on policemen
or politicians
you can count on your neighbor
nevermore
they didn’t vote
or voted for this occasion
they live in fear, in fear
their minds have gone
‘o blogger boy’, music trad. lyrics by jeff lawson
“Thanks to the Democrats, you no longer have the right to privacy. Following the lead of the kowtowed Senate, the House has now passed the Bush backed spy bill that affectively nullifies the civil liberties protections once ensured by FISA. Say goodbye to the Fourth Amendment while you’re at it.”
Heck, the Dems have been working to eliminate the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, & 14th for the past 30 years. Why is this such a surprize?