good points, and, to be honest...yes...I don't like filing income tax. Yes, it was wrong for FDR to read and censor the mail. Yes, prosecutors probably should pull medical records. But you and I are ordinary citizens...interested in contributing to our country. Not criminals. Not suspects. Not terrorists.
Is it really a defense of NSA intrusions into our homes--and make no mistake about it...when the records are this vast, it includes us, too, you and me--is it really a defense that a democratic president who founded the massive welfare state also abused his power? How can that possibly justify this? How do we stop more government invasions into our lives if we give in to them just because we know government already invades our lives?
Maybe you're right...maybe we just have to accept it for what it is, in this day and age. But can you imagine where we'd be if the resources spent on compiling records on millions of average Americans actually were devoted to finding bin Laden? He's the ONE person we know who isn't calling the U.S. on his cell.
Yes, you can know that about yourself. How do you know that about me, or anyone on this site or others? You don't and neither does the Gov't.
How do we stop more government invasions into our lives if we give in to them just because we know government already invades our lives?
We might consider winning this war. The letter-reading done by FDR stopped when the war ended, did it not? Or we can just appease terrorist and give up some of our rights slowly in PC ways. After all, no one really needs to see cartoons of the prophet (bless his holy blah blah) especially since so many are offended. We must understand their culture. Maybe it should be a hate crime to print his picture. /sarc. - Just another "right" given up. Some will give up rights "not to make them mad". I will give up some rights to defeat them.
But can you imagine where we'd be if the resources spent on compiling records on millions of average Americans actually were devoted to finding bin Laden? He's the ONE person we know who isn't calling the U.S. on his cell. He's the ONE person we know who isn't calling the U.S. on his cell.
Nope it isn't just about one guy...that's the Democrat strategy du jour. It's about a terrorist network that hides in many countries and uses technology to stay in contact with each other. How do you know he's not calling this country? How do you know he's not living in this country? If not him others? And of course the more we make a big deal about this, the more blind we become to their tactics, techniques and procedures.
How do you think those charged with defending the nation can "connect the dots" better? Are you willing to help?