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2006-01-22 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by .com 2006-01-22 02:23|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ironically, while such programs are very important in capable and honest hands, they would be horrific in the hands of those who are dishonest, dishonorable, treacherous, and seek only political advantage. Such as democrats.

This is why I am all in favor of what Al Gore is doing. I hope he is successful in convincing as much of the left as possible that such tools are wrong, evil, and must be outlawed. In fact I hope he expands on his idea to encompass a very liberal view of all civil liberties.

I hope he expands on this idea to include the abolition of the RICO statutes along with the confiscation of assets without trial and giving a 10% "cut" of seizures to local law enforcement--corrupting them too.

He should get democrats ranting against all forms of espionage and secret courts against US citizens. He should demand congressional oversight of all intelligence operations.

He should call for the creation of a Public Accountability Office to investigate abuse of power claims against appointed government officials.

He should start the ball rolling for a Constitutional Supremacy Amendment to the constitution, that says the constitution is superior to any foreign treaty.

Elimination of all federal laws redundant with, and usurping State laws, and not specifically authorized in the constitution.

Prohibition of public identity checks without due cause. Prohibition of a national identity card. Prohibition of sharing medical records between a health care provider, insurance companies, government agencies, or other outside companies without a court order.

Restoration of the "whistleblower" acts, with special provision for extra-organizational review of classified information (so CIA does not investigate CIA, etc.)

And finally, creation of a National Personal Information Database Registration Act. All databases containing above a certain threshold of personal information about citizens must be registered with the government. Except for law enforcement, some information cannot be held by a private entity without the express, written permission of the person.

The bottom line is that, while it is unwise to have thieves guarding the bank, it can be very useful indeed to have thieves demanding that bank security be increased, and pointing out why.

That is why I am hoping that Al Gore convinces many democrats that civil liberties are far more important that using the law to oppress the civil liberties of others, as Wm J. Clinton did.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-01-22 09:44|| 2006-01-22 09:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Do Mr. Gore and congressional critics want the NSA to be unable to locate a secret al Qaeda operative in the U.S.?

In a word: YES!

Gore and the Left don't care about Al-Qaeda operatives in the US, or the deaths of innocent american civilians as long as they can ride the coattails of the deaths into power.

The democrats find themselves in a position where America must be defeated so that they can claim power. And I think (by looking at the acts of Gore, Clinton (less so), Carter, Murtha, Kerry, and Kennedy) that they are knowing trying to tie our hands behind our back so we can get the sh*t kicked out of us (like, according to them, we deserve). They hate everything to do with America and anyone (especially Bush) who would defend her.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-01-22 10:43|| 2006-01-22 10:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Like business, marriage, parenting, etc. there is a certain amount of trust has to be put into succesful relationships them to make them work. The same is true with our government. If a leader is or becomes corrupt and abuses the system, it is the balance of powers that allows us to go through the purposely difficult process of ridding ourselves of the bum.

The terrorists are using the our strengths as our weaknesses and if they succeed (looking at France and Britain and Spain and The Netherlands and Australia, it's easy to see that they might) you won't have to worry about any of those rights that Al Gore claims he seeks to protect. I say seeks, because CF nailed it, Al is about power, not protection.

Pretending that we need to fear our leaders, even Hillary or Al Gore, more than we do terrorists wishing to create mass destruction and genocide within our borders is nothing short of insane. Al and Hillary are constrained by the checks and balances of our government - Ahmadinejad and bin Laden are not. We need to rid ourselves of this terrorist threat and we will need to give up some of our liberties to do it, or we won't have any liberties to protect.

Think of it like WalMart. Lower prices to run your competition out of business and then raise them back up when its gone.

Posted by 2b 2006-01-22 11:29|| 2006-01-22 11:29|| Front Page Top

#4 he's got that Monica pose going, doesn't he?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-22 12:29|| 2006-01-22 12:29|| Front Page Top

#5 As Stassen's replacement in the eternal prez run...
He will over print Stassen's old buttons

Student's For ~~Stassen~~Gore for Peace

Stassen had so many that he could reuse the same buttons election after election. Now Gore will save the enviornment and the world by continuing their use.

Posted by 3dc 2006-01-23 00:01|| 2006-01-23 00:01|| Front Page Top

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