Unfortunately, even here on FR.. there is no way we are returning to the Original Intent. The Patriot Act led them to the sudafed ID requirement.. and it just goes downhill from there. If conservatives on FR are supporting big government, we are truly lost. People cheered when the President said let’s assassinate a US citizen. I know the young man was fighting for the other side, it scares me that we are all too willing to shred The Constitution when it suits our needs. Now we are looking at indefinite detainment of US citizens, in foreign countries, of course. I see no end to it. The Founders were right, a two party system will not work, and governments are easily swayed by corporations.
To top it off, some folks are calling for revolution on both sides. Clearly, they have never risked their lives or lost someone in battle.
I'm sorry, but this is moronic.
The "young man" in question was a sworn enemy of the United States who said that it was the duty of all Muslims (yes, all 1 billion or so of them) to destroy our nation, and published a magazine designed to help Muslims in America and other Western countries to mount attacks inside our borders. Al-Arabiya called him the bin Laden of the Internet. Would you be weeping for bin Laden if his mama had birthed him here in the USA?
The fact that there are members of the Mumia wing ofthe GOP treating this like Lincoln had Robert E. Lee lynched right after Appomatox shows that you don't understand what's going on and probably don't want to. And it certainly makes people tune out when you make broader arguments about government power. It's like talking about Miranda procedures and DUI checkpoints after freaking out because a cop shot a serial killer. At that point, credibility is lost.