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Posted By: David Smith

Kenny,

Excellent post. I was thinking the same thing earlier tonight. Over the course of the history of this nation and even before, millions of people have given their lives and many millions more have been injured, in defense of the Constitution and OUR Rights. Yet, during Bush's term in Office, he has pretty much torn each and every one of those Rights down and deemed them insignificant in his Sociopathic quest to become King George.

What troubles me is, he has done ALL of these things and there STILL might be a terrorist attack on the US. One which is planned outside the country and which NO information can be gathered before hand using his domestic spying tactics and surveillance.

With all the information gathered by the Government, you SURELY don't think that they haven't also used those technics to gather info on business leaders and members of the opposite political party do you? I think so and if they haven't used it, members of the Democratic Party may feel they have it and will use it if they don't vote for what Bush wants.

The problem with this logic comes when another President is elected. The next President isn't going to have the same views as Bush, so they could use all these powers he has accumulared in a different way. I don't know what religion Mike Huckabee is but I do know he is an ordained Minister. What if he chooses to use these domestic spying programs to filter information and find out who the pro-abortion supporters are and go after them?

What if Hillary uses the info to go after Republicans or men? What if Obama uses it to go after women or white people? Once these powers are used and the Congress and Senate allow it to happen, then future Presidents will think they have the same rights to that power. That is why it MUST be stopped NOW.

That is why the domestic spying program must be scaled back and put under the control of people other than politicians. That is why the telephone companies should NOT get any amnesty for allowing the government to use them illegally. That is why waterboarding incidents should be investigated and thsoe responsible for them convicted, just like the United States convicted Japanese soldiers after WW II for doing it to American soldiers.

That is why the hypocrisy must stop.

David