[Lazamataz]

Okay, I'm ready - let the anti-Ashcroft hysteria begin.

Naw.

I'm all for the feds rooting out state and city corruption.

What I'm not for is Asscroft's sudden love of warrantless searches, declaring American citizens on American soil 'enemy combatants' so that they can be denied all rights, and holding people indefinitely without charges.

[CFC__VRWC]

But the lefties won't make that distinction. As far as they're concerned, everything Ashcroft does is part of the fascist Bush plot to destroy democracy in America.

[JohnnyZ]

declaring American citizens on American soil 'enemy combatants' so that they can be denied all rights

What if they are enemy combatants? You'd rather have them wandering the streets, attacking America? War is here, in America. Wake up!!! Or maybe we should just wait for another couple thousand people are killed, or maybe a million via biological attack, and then we'll have enough evidence to prove what we already knew.

[LenS]

On the local WB station's 10 O'Clock News, it was pointed out that the FBI launched several searches today around the city. They searched the offices of Keystone Information and Financial Services plus the Cheltenham home of the firm's VP -- Iman Shamsud-din Ali. Mr. Ali is the the founder and religious leader of the Philadelphia Masjid, one of the largest and most influential black mosques in the Philadelphia area. He's already being investigated for alleged fraud at an Islamic school he runs.

Maybe it's just corruption since Keystone got a no bid contract from the city. Similar to the contract that Mayor Street's brother got at the Airport from the city.

But I do wonder if perhaps there's more and maybe these no bid contracts have a connection.

[Once-Ler]

What I'm not for is Asscroft's sudden love of warrantless searches, declaring American citizens on American soil 'enemy combatants' so that they can be denied all rights, and holding people indefinitely without charges.

What I'm not for is tying the hands of Ashcroft so early in the War on Terrorism/Islam. These are people who are charged with preventing another 9-11.

I only hope when they come for the Asst Managers there is still someoneone left to speak out for me.

Then they came for the fry cooks
and I did not speak out
because I was not a fry cook.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Is this Howard Dean in disguise?