[PsyOp]

I do not agree with most of the things that have been done in the name of home-land security. But as long as those laws are fastened with rigid sunset clauses to prevent them from becoming permanent, like the Homeland security bill was, then I'll go along with it for the time being.

During the Civil War, rights like Habeous Corpus and others were suspended by Lincoln. Critics said it was the end of Democracy. They were wrong.

During the Second World War, the same thing. The critics said the same thing. They were wrong.

Nothing as drastic as occurred then is going on now and the critics are bringing the curtain down on Democracy once again. I'm willing to bet they're wrong, again. And if I'm wrong, well I still have my guns. And there's still the ACLU. They're idiots, but they can be useful idiots.

"People like myself" have not rolled over to expose our necks to the boot of totalitarianism. But neither are we running around like chickens with our heads cut off proclaiming the end of the world. Reports of the Republics demise are a bit premature at this point.

[My2Cents]

Interesting you mention habeus corpus. If one wants to generate as much self-righteous clap-trap as these Bushbashing threads generate, try posting an article praising Abraham Lincoln. The same folks who think Bush is a socialist think Lincoln was a totalitarian.