Ok. You were doing good until you hit this line...
“On the other hand, isn’t it convieniant to create a crises whereby the government is granted greater authority?”
What do you mean by ‘create a crisis’?
Are you eluding that our government is somehow responsible for 9/11?
Enlighten me.
I said, listen, is Franklin right, or is Bush right?
That's a serious quexion. I doubt that any one of us has a good answer to that one.
The thing that disturbs me the most is tha the provisions of the Patriot Act have no sunset provions. I guess that we just trust in Congress to be eternally vigilant, in that they could recind portions, part and parcel or the entire Act in one fell swoop if somebody gets out of line, eh?
I believe that Jim Rob's lack of response would make the issue pretty much clear as to where things lie. If Jim Rob recieved NSL letters, he can not say.
The NSA can request from Jim Rob information pertaining to posts. However, depending on what Jim Rob tracks, he is compelled to sumbit the raw data for not just the single person the NSA is interested in, but the raw data for the thousands that this person may be part of class.
My question is and remains: do we need "conservatives" looking out for our best interests (security), or "liberals" looking out for our best interests (civil rights)?