[Mulder]

There's a difference, we are currently at war.

So that justifies anything the federal gov't did?

By the same token, during the Cold War, would it have been appropriate for the gov't to attempt to suspend the Bill of Rights?

On a side note, it will be interesting to see how many people here still use the "we're at war" retort to justify the actions of the government when someone with a "D" by their name is president.

[BigSkyFreeper]

So, you'd rather the Government just ignore the war on terror just like all those Democrats running for president are currently? They spent years expanding government for no reason at all. Before 9/11 there wasn't all this babble out in the heartland of America about the expansion of Government. I'm not trying to minimize the horrible atrocities that happend on that fateful morning of 9/11/01 either, I'm just showing the glaring inconsistencies on the Democratic side, at the expense of political expediency. This time however is different. There is a reason the government has expanded, and make no mistake about it, Democrats today want to expand it even further.