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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Srexley who wrote (463455)	9/23/2003 1:09:18 PM
From: Red Heeler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Rush is a radio talk show host, not politician. Rush Limbaugh is a hatemonger. I didn't know you had limited that part of the exchange to politicians. I suggest you are a bit paranoid. I have my teeth checked every six months. Do you call that paranoia too? What causes them to pull you aside? I suppose the same thing that caused them to pull aside that six-year-old little boy and that elderly lady in the wheelchair and the captain of my aircraft; the luck of the draw. I fly very little now. I have observed security lighten-up as the months have passed and the money has dried up. But it comes back to conditioning; they're just being overly invasive in preparation for the next generation. I have seen nothing that a typical law abiding U.S. citizen should fear. That's the rallying cry of the sheeple. And that's the precise attitude that allows the government to exercise its incremental dissolution of your rights. Perhaps you find nothing wrong with the government watching you 24/7 since you are law abiding. I find it intrusive. What causes them to pull you aside? Never been arrested, never been to jail, GI haircut, no tats, no piercings, wear business casual clothing, look like Clint Eastwood - not Jamie Farr. You tell me. I have only flown a few times since 9-11-01, Nobody has pulled me aside or checked my underware. Fly more. I have been impressed with the extra security. "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." - Benjamin Franklin Why are you being targeted? It was, as I said, Gestapo-style. Everyone was being pulled over. It may have been a drunk-driving checkpoint. I asked the officer but he just replied with a sneer and asked me for my license. And you say they've been declared constitutional! By whom? Did you vote on it? There's that creeping erosion of your rights again. Time for a check-up. CC