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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: jttmab who wrote (7843)11/22/2001 2:13:22 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 93284
 
whether or not you had joined the wrong party inadvertently.<s>
Both parties will rob you blind given the opportunity. They just employ different slogans and the money goes to different people.

On the US Patriot Act. The title sickens me and I've been afraid to look at the text of it. The title suggests to me it's really going to be bad; anytime someone comes up with a title that is pure apple pie and motherhood it's time to get worried.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. And in this case, the first.
For a while, it appeared Ashcroft would not be as bad as claimed. I now suspect the generation of this appearance was planned. He may very well turn out to be much worse than claimed. He appears to have no appreciation at all as to why those limitations of governmental power are in the Constitution.
I think Americans at this point would do well to reflect on the Reichstag fire. Or look up the Alien and Sedition Acts in their American history books.