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Originally posted by Dionysus
My thoughts exactly. What bothers me most is the pride we have about ourselves and the apathy we have about others. I thought we would learn from 9/11, apparently a lot have not.
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Was I the only one to notice the following? (Dinos mention of 9/11 got me thinking)
Yeah, I'll say it, I was LESS THAN PLEASED to see what, 100,000 NYC liberals marching against the war on Terror 2 weekends ago in that STARTED IN THEIR DAMN BACKYARD. Ungratefuls. 9/11 $hit didnt happen in Houston, LA or Seattle, yet its OUR kids going off to war to eliminate saddam. Some of you might say "this war isnt about terror, its about oil." I am sure our govmt has proof of the WMD Iraq has and secondly,
Do you really think we'd even be fighting this war if 9/11 had never happened? Not only no, but hell no. we have now been prompted to clean up SOB's whos actions in their own country deliberately threaten ours. Its that simple.
Secondly for the Patriot act I, II or whatever, dood, my momma always taught me,
keep your damned nose clean and you have nothing to worry about. Example: Got an MIP at a party, well ya probably shouldnt have been there anyway. Not a terrorist or antigovernemnt? Ya have NOTHING to worry about. Or even better, you spend all your tiem worrying abou this, and I'll worry about what I am going to have for dinner. Would you also like to worry about my declining 401K too? Hows about what color I should pait my bedroom? Go ahead if ya like.
See the reason I am not all up in arms about this is not because I dont care, Its just that with a degree in political science I UNDERSTAND how our government works. 1) the likelyhood of this passing is marginal. I dont get emotional over marginal $hit. If so, Id be worked up over my chances of marginally getting laid this weekend. I also am not worked up over the chances of the sweet tea law passing in Georgia, either.
Secondly, again, understanding how our governement works, even if it did pass, it would so be completely challenged by a watchdog group liek the ACLU. It would work its way through the constitututionally provided channles of the court system and ultimately, if not stuch down before, be reviewed by the supreme court. And as any court watcher would agree, the curerent court, while conservative has generally been a protector of civil liberties,and not known for erioding them.
this will all work out, and most importanly, you'll prolly see the sun come up tomorrow morning, which is more than 25 of our service men can now say, who died defending our right to have this argument...