[Paul Atreides]

50,000 of whom joined after the attacks

There are that many Muslims in the U.S.?

[rockfish59]

Patriots or @$$hole, Lying, Commie Usurpers?

[pabianice]

I joined. For $10/year you get an early-warning system of the Liberals' next attacks on the USA. Cheap insurance.

[Cicero]

The ACLU does a useful job when it sticks to it's primary purpose, defending individual freedom against state tyranny. The problem is that the ACLU has been getting further and further to the left with every passing year, and 9/11 still didn't change that. They still are preoccupied with getting religion out of the schools, the Ten Commandments out of courthouses, and the Christmas creche out of town parks.

But if the police beat up non-violent pro-lifers and break their arms while arresting them, you will invariably find the ACLU on the other side, arguing for longer jail terms for people praying on the sidewalks. The ACLU has been hand in hand with NARAL and NOW bringing RICO suits against people for praying on the sidewalks.

Once every five years or so they will defend a token Nazi. But if you are a conservative who wants to speak freely, don't expect the ACLU to help you.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

The ACLU is pro gun control. It has a very lame argument you can read here.

http://archive.aclu.org/library/aaguns.html

[IronJack]

"Larger numbers of American people have realized that the ACLU is fundamentally a patriotic organization."

Hogwash. The day America needs "patriots" like these Commie front men, we can hang wrap our dead hopes in the Star-Spangled Banner and bury them in the Tomb of the Unknowns.

[raised by wolves]

The difference between normal defense lawyers, and ACLU defense lawyers, is that normal defense lawyers defend their guilty clients skillfully, but ACLU lawyers defend the most guilty clients with the most enthusiasm. It's the orgasmic joy that ACLU lawyers get from freeing a traitor, a murderer, or a rapist that ticks me off.

[archy]

There are now 330,000 dues-paying members, 50,000 of whom joined after the attacks.

Make a note: 50,000 more spaces needed in the resettlement camps on the old military bases. We got all their names yet?

-archy-/-

[Timesink]

There are now 330,000 dues-paying members, 50,000 of whom joined after the attacks.

That's an increase of 15%. A nice little jump, but hardly a "surge." And, of course, we're taking their word for it. A lot of these organizations - NOW is by far the worst - just flat-out lie about the number of dues-paying members they have.