YOUR OWN PERSONAL FASCIST: The New York Times is reporting that Fearless Leader Dubya authorized thousands of illegal wiretaps of U.S. citizens after Sept. 11, but didn't get the required federal warrants. This news broke just in time for the senate to nix renewal of the Patriot Act, which allows the FBI to obtain secret warrants for business, library, medical, and other records, and to get a wiretap on phones of those suspected of being "ter'ists," as Dubya calls them.His own party continues to turn against him, with senators from both sides of the aisle shooting down the Patriot Act. What I want to know is when do the impeachment proceedings begin? What does Dubya have to do to make this country stand up and realize they have been seduced by a band of power and money hungry criminals? Bill Clinton was almost impeached for getting a blow job, which ranks pretty low on my list of high crimes.
This administration is moving us toward fascist state and yet nothing happens. Wake up, America!
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I heard he admitted to it this morning. Maybe they will impeach him now.
GAV
--D.
We have the secret police on MARTA.
We have the Stasi in Kennesaw (it's called ChoicePoint).
You can't fly out of the country from Hartsfield-Jackson or several other U.S. cities without having your retina Xeroxed.
We have a Congressionally-approved fence going up across the entire U.S.-Mexico border, as part of a VERY Nazi-esque immigration bill.
The barn door is closing rapidly, America.
A big chunk of the population feels that "well, I know I'm not doing anything wrong, so I don't care." People so easily forget the diligence needed on human rights issues and free-speech issues.
It's such a slippery slope, we're probably not too far from writer's and poets who just happen to have an anti-war or anti-bush piece published, or speak at a peace rally suddenly be labeled a "security threat" or "anti-American" and have a file started on them.
It one of those classic cases where we can't forget just what it is that makes America great and worth fighting for. Human rights and free speech are a bedrock foundation of the U.S., not just abstract notions that are only given lip service when it's convenient, and then thrown out the window when it's not.