[hole_n_one]

Pyle, you knucklehead!

[Captal de Buch]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz wha.. Did you say something???? Oh.. Just more of that liberal/libertarian propaganda designed to destroy the morale of the american people.. Let me know when you have something of substance to post ya friggin black helicopter loony. :^'

[mrfixit514]

Get a grip man. The good guys are in charge now. I know what you are going to say. What about later on when another Clinton is in office. Well we can't sacrifice doing what is right now for worrying about future things we have no control over. The administration is doing an excellent job. But some people just have to have something to gripe about don't they.

[Godfollow]

Handwringer!

[E=MC²]

our liberties are all but obliterated

I would refute you, but I'm just too busy fighting off the secret police at the moment, trying to recover my private property that has been confiscated, trying to recover my voting rights that have been obliterated, trying to get permission to drive my car to the grocery store, trying to get the goods I need on the black market...

[WayneH]

Are you expecting a pogrom? If so let us all know when ther US Government is going to kill all the opposition so that we can make sure that we are registered Republicans.

[RightWhale]

If there is a difference between the former USSR, and the U.S. today, I would like to have it pointed out.

For starters, in the old USSR this thread wouldn't last a minute. Of course it might not last two minutes on FR.

[Ridin' Shotgun]

Let us put an end to the charade, and call a spade a spade.

Too many people are using the spades to dig us a deep deep hole. The rest apparently don't know what a spade really is: a bloody shovel.

[chainsaw]

For starters we have to go back nine years...

[The Westerner]

Though I agree with George Washington, how his warning apply in this case? I believe the Patriot Act was voted upon in the House and Senate and signed into law by the President.

I agree with the sentiment of your post. I like the quote. It's helpful to review our wise Founding Father's words of caution.

[Hoosier Patriot]

C'mon Pyle, get with the program! Wassa matter with you anyhow!? Don't you know that you can't express concern over the deplorable lack of respect for the Constitution by our government? Hell, them's the old days son! A new day has dawned! It's war, man! Good Lord, don'tcha have a brain in that noggin 'o yours?! Hmmm?! C'mon and fly with the flock son, run with the pack! Don't worry 'bout any 'o them 'ol fashioned ideas! Constitution schmonstitution! That things just a piece o' paper, and an old yellered one at that. TERRORISM!! That's the name 'o the game now boy, you wanna die?! Hmmm?!

What's that you say? Someday the wars gonna be over? Someday there won't be a threat from terrorism anymore? Well, big fr!&&#n deal! We're all gonna die right now if we don't let them boys in Warshington do what rightly needs ta be done, and done NOW!

Hell, we'll worry about what kinda laws they've passed when the smoke clears. Hell, you think their out to get us or somethin'? Them's our boys up there, or have you fergot that? Right now, don't you question a dern thing their doin' son!!

You wanna be free, or you wanna be safe son?

[denydenydeny]

Private Pyle

saying GOLLLL-EEEE since January 19th, 2002

[fleur-de-lis]

Don't you think you are overreacting just a tad! I seem to recall a short but vigorous debate over the anti-terrorism bill which resulted in not all that Ashcroft wanted PLUS a sunset clause.

"our liberties are all but obliterated"

Just a tad overreacting?

P.S. Can someone tell me how much a "tad" is?

[b4its2late]

Relax Gomer.

[gore_sux]

You need to buy some heavy duty weaponry. Try it, it'll make you feel better.

[Cogadh na Sith]

If there is a difference between the former USSR, and the U.S. today, I would like to have it pointed out.

We gots waaaaaaay better toilet paper.

[powderhorn]

It's good to be wary of government, but things do get complicated sometimes. Please tell us how you would fight a war against terrorists.

[babylonian]

You'd have gotten a better reaction if you'd posted tonights wrestling card.

[snopercod]

Economic Terror by Ron Paul.

In the area of personal liberty, we face some real dangers. Throughout our history, starting with the Civil War, our liberties have been curtailed and the Constitution has been flaunted. Although our government continued to grow with each crisis, many of the liberties curtailed during wartime were restored. War was precise and declared, and when the war was over, there was a desire to return to normalcy. With the current war on terrorism, there is no end in sight and there is no precise enemy, and we've been forewarned that this fight will go on for a long time. This means that a return to normalcy after the sacrifices we are making with our freedoms is not likely. The implementation of a national ID card, pervasive surveillance, easy-to-get search warrants, and loss of financial and medical privacy will be permanent. If this trend continues, the Constitution will become a much weaker document.

[gorush]

"Every member of the legislature should be obliged to read and study Washington's Farewell Address which ought to have been made a part of the Constitution, ..."

It drives me nuts when liberals use the Constitution to support an arguement...over the years they have redefined enough words that the Constitution no longer mean "provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare", but "provide for the general welfare, promote the common defense". And then the South goes and loses the war which effectively repealed the 10th Amendment...