[billybudd]

Why would Americans be afraid of conservatives, if, as this article points out, the vast majority of Republicans are supporting the Homeland Security idea? Only Paul is against it. Anyway, you're not the slightest bit concerned about the consolidation of power over all domestic security into a single agency? What makes you think that a larger monolithic agency will do a better job than specialized agencies? Remember, what we're talking about is not just increasing communication between the FBI and CIA - that could easily be accomplished without a new agency. What we're talking about is the total absorption of previously independent agencies into the hand of the Presidency. We are slowly building an Executive-oriented State, and nobody seems to give a damn.

[Demidog]

We are slowly building an Executive-oriented State, and nobody seems to give a damn.

We live under a military dictatorship. Through wars without congressional approval and executive orders ("stroke of the pen, law of the land") the President can make law and direct the military at his whim (not to mention the thousands of armed federal agents he has control over).

The republic has been replaced by the revolving dictatorship.

[christine]

We are slowly building an Executive-oriented State, and nobody seems to give a damn.

they'll give a damn when it's a democrat president in power!

if this were clinton/gore, republicans would be ballistic!