Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

the current administration? bush? you are telling me to wake up? do you need a history lesson on the USA? slavery, child labor, womens rights, civil wars, McCarthy hearings, J Edger Hoover, Cold War, Kennedy assisination(s), Vietnam, Civil Rights etc etc etc etc all while being touted world wide as the home of the free, land of the brave. all while droning on and on and on and on about the American Dream. ... all while reminding the world that the constitution and this democracy is the best in the world?

you hate bush. thats all. and thats all thats changed... a president got elected twice that you can't stand... pushing through ideas that you are opposed too... with the support of the people, which annoys you. i did not vote for bush and i think he's an idiot, but when it comes to security, there is a real problem here that you don't have to deal with while you hide from the world and the worlds real problems in costa rica.

i can't believe people (mostly non-citizens) would be saying the US has become a police state. what was the USA during the Cold War, vietnam eroa or McCarthy era and before? DisneyLand? this country is what it is... and it still is what it always was.