I haven't yet come to a firm determination of whether that was the intended result.
Both of those men worked hard to push Agenda 21 forward, but this President has without any doubt, done more to get the program up and working full steam than both predecessors.
We have traded technology beyond the belief of all Americans with China, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and all the Eastern European countries.
We have accepted more uneducated aliens into America than in any other 12 years with the current program headed towards another 10 million per year.
We have allowed more liberty restraint laws on American citizens to be passed by Congress than any other time, including both World Wars.
You continue to believe that this is all for the security of America. I believe this is a truly false security with the intentions of reducing the liberty of our citizens. Eventually (within a decade) we will all have National ID Cards, our every move will be recorded electronically, our phone calls and electronic communications are all scanned right now.
You consider this to be security, I see it as an invasion of privacy. Because I am in wheel chair, I get searched everytime that I take a commercial flight. You have no idea whatsoever how much that gets under my skin, having a person, who speaks with an accent, helping me remain standing while some other alien searches the fabric of my wheelchair with a wand. I hate having to tolerate just the feel of their hands on my body.
If you want to know more about me just click on my name and you'll go to my 'about' page.
"All truth goes through three stages.
First it is ridiculed.
Then it is violently opposed.
Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
(Schopenhauer)
We have not suspended Habeas Corpus however. That would be telling and proof that something is indeed amiss.
I share your aggravation of flying. I no longer do it.
As to intent, I see no hidden motives as you do.
Most of the changes are sunsetted. I think that congress does not want to make them permanent either.
I could be wrong, so I always question my assumptions and reserve the right to change my mind, but I trust Bush to do the right thing.