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And you have a very interesting posting record, too. Should I assume from your numerous posts on Mormons that you're trying to alienate one of the few states that still has favorable views of this adminstration? Should I assume that what you wrote in this post means that you'd spread disinformation if given the chance? (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630097/posts?page=10#10) Should I assume you've already done so?

I don't. I assume you've written honestly and with the best intentions for this country. If you can't assume that about me, I won't try to persuade you. It's an impossible task.

So, yes, data mine away through my few posts. Fire away at me for not posting as much as most people here. Suspect me for finally being critical of an administration that in my opinion in this case is trashing Conservative ideals and American traditions. And then ask yourself why O'Reilly, Scarborough, and others have been critical of this administration, too--if not always on this issue, then others. Are they leftwing plants? Or is it possible that being a real Conservative isn't always the same thing as being pro-administration? Is it possible we should fear what the next president will do, if it isn't one of our guys, after what we do when we're in power? Is it possible we should expect more of our leaders for the very reason that they're OUR leaders with good intentions and not just some power-hungry leftists? Is it possible this all could prompt a longtime reader of this site to finally post?

Thanks, I'm glad you're still here. I live in Utah and I am an inactive, apostate Mormon. I think that is clear when you read the history of my posts.

My post about planting information is also an action that I might take in order to expose someone whose intention might be to harm me. I will defend anything I've posted here on FreeRepublic...it is public record is it not?

Feel free to read my posts. I want you to, and that's why I post here...for others to read. When I use my cell phone, I am very aware that a record is made and kept about who I call, the time and location that I'm calling from. When I use my credit card, I am aware that a record is being made of my purchases.

When I stop my car at a red light and pick my nose, I'm aware that a record is being made, one that includes my license plate number, time and date, and shows where I was located and with whom. If a bomb detonated near that intersection within minutes of my passing, I would expect that the government would look at the record to see all those who had been in the vicinity of the bombing. I might even expect a phone call from the police.

If I were to make international calls to known terrorists, I would expect those records to be scrutinized, If I were to call known terrorist cells within the US, I would think someone would know about it. If I am not a terrorist, and called one of those terroritst phone numbers accidentally, I think my calling records would bear that out and prove my innocence, and I wouldn't fear my government looking at those records even if it was Hitlery.

I suggest we need to understand how, and why, and to what end these records were used. If they were used in an appropriate way in order to find patterns of calls made to and from terrorists in a WAR, I and most Americans have no problem with it.

OTOH if the government used my income tax records in order to slime me and "shut me up," I WOULD have a problem with that. That is exactly what the Clintons did....why do we not hear the outrage from the left?