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anon5c6c@nyx10.nyx.net (Name withheld by request) wrote:

>    I believe that George W. Bush re-invented himself and his Texas record
>    in order to gain the presidency.

This is true.  Shrub can't even tell a lie properly, let alone run a
company.  I haven't seen anyone so stupid in office since Ronald
Reagan.

>    I believe that the United States Supreme Court selected our president
>    in 2000 through partisan prejudices and personal interests. They
>    stated that their decision had no precedent and could not be used as a
>    precedent in the future.

Indeed this is true.  First off, it wasn't even the Supreme Court's
role to select the president.  That matter falls to Congress.  But the
Bush team bullied the American public into accepting a Supreme Court
decision by a court filled with Bush cronies.

>    I believe that George W. Bush meant what he said about wishing he were
>    a dictator and Congress makes it easier for him to behave like one.

Indeed.  For anyone who's read 1984 recently, the comparisons to the
Shrub presidency are appalling.

>    I believe that Congress is complicit in knee-jerk reactions to the
>    attacks of 9/11 that have given too much power and authority to the
>    president and the justice department. 

The Congress rolls over and plays dead because (1) most
Congresscritters are too stupid to know how much power they have, and
(2) most Americans are too stupid to see the implications of Bush's
actions.

>    The Patriot Act is a threat to
>    our civil liberties. The Joint Resolution enacted by Congress on Sept.
>    15, 2001 allows Bush to determine which nations, organizations, or
>    individuals are connected to the 9/11 attacks and also determine what
>    is the necessary force to use against them.

And Republicans of ALL people should be screaming bloody murder about
this.  The Republicans are supposed to be all about civil liberties,
at least according to their own propaganda.

>    I believe that while a new cabinet level department for homeland
>    security may be necessary, it is much more critical to uncover and
>    correct shortcomings of the CIA, the FBI, and the NSA.

This is why those 3 agencies are being left OUT of the Homeland
Security department.

>    I believe that the proposed TIPS program is fascist and insane. There
>    are too many wacko right-wingers who would turn in dissenting
>    Americans as traitors. 

One thing people failed to see is that this TIPS program would
DEPUTIZE ordinary citizens with police powers.  It's not just a matter
of phoning in tips to an 800 number, but the creation of an actual
police state.