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Re: Call Me A Liberal

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From: SMITH29
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 02:54
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David Kaye wrote:
> 
> 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.

xxxx
I just turned you in for shootin your mouth off.
Now lets see what happens.
Keep in touch.

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