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Originally posted by wonton
I am trying to perserve America and its freedoms.
You are lazily and ignorantly alllowing it to slip away.
Who's the real bitch?
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I will read the material but not now as I am busy. I am sure that I will find parts that bother me, but over all I do not think that the government is about taking everyones rights away and becoming a dictatorship. What I do think is we are at war at this very moment against terrorists that would harm the country and its people. This war is just as real as any conflict that we have engaged in. The Administration stated from the beginning that the war could last years, as many as ten years. Just today I heard two Senators state that the war will last 20-30 years. I personally think that it may very well be forever. I personally believe that the government is trying to put in place tools that will help them prosecute the war on terrorists and are not about persecuting or prosecuting the American people per se. Will certain powers be abused, probably, but we have checks and balances that will smooth out the rough edges over time. It really does not make a lot of difference what is enacted by the Congress as the Supreme Court is the ultimate abritrator about what is constitutional and what is not. I am not alarmed and I do not believe the sky is falling.