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2006-12-13 Home Front: Politix

Leaky Leahy vows to guard privacy rights: Declares "Peace on Terror"

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2006-12-13 09:24|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Precious Patrick, Maroon-VT

Posted by Phineter Thraviger 2006-12-13 11:35|| 2006-12-13 11:35|| Front Page Top

#2 "Peace on Terror"
???! I'm getting the feeling that the country would be better off if Flight 93 made it to Capitol Hill.

Posted by ed 2006-12-13 12:51|| 2006-12-13 12:51|| Front Page Top

#3 the Republican president's warrantless domestic spying program

And by 'domestic' call, we mean a call with one end overseas.

Posted by SteveS 2006-12-13 12:57|| 2006-12-13 12:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually, Leahy may be on to something here. That is, the democrats cannot out-do the republicans as far as security goes; but the trouble is that they try, by embracing security programs that are wrong.

So, in truth, they might actually gain political advantage by going *against* greater security.

Think about it, if they went whole-hog, and offered to go back to even before the 1990s in domestic security, how many people would be very interested? For example:

1) Airline security. Abolish the TSA. Allow people to board flights with just a picture ID. Travel to Mexico and Canada with just State ID.

2) Pass a federal law severely restricting the use of security cameras.

3) Outlaw non-medical, non-research DNA databases except by the FBI, and then only for felony convicts and crime evidence.

4) Abolish a national ID card. If you need one, a passport is sufficient.

5) Prohibit the CIA, the Pentagon, and other federal agencies from conducting domestic spying operations; which will be solely FBI jurisdiction.

Stuff like this.

NOW, I DID NOT SAY ANY OF IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, JUST THAT THE PUBLIC MIGHT LIKE IT.

So objectively, even if it is a really bad idea, do you think the democrats could make political hay out of it?

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-13 14:57|| 2006-12-13 14:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Leahys prepared comments were pretty much as expected. Investigate the BushCo-Military-Industrial complex, NSA = McCarthyism, Illegals deserve amnesty cause their just like dear ole granpappy, and the Administration will have to felate the Dems if they want any movement on new judicial appointments. However, the Vermont Senator also announced he is establishing the completely new Senate Select Sub-Committee on Human Rights. One can only imagine how this catch-all Committee will attempt to give credence for every bitch, moan, and hand ringing ACLU-type issue ever to come down the pike

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-12-13 15:08|| 2006-12-13 15:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Dubya correctly interpreted 9-11 as that either America rules the world, or America will be destroyed. Radical Islam = Osama can't complain becuz of their late 18990's, pre-9-11 FATWAS declared agz AMerica; + ditto for the US-INternational Left's unilateral reservation of its right TO USE FORCE + VIOLENCE, ANY MEANS NECESSARY, IFF AMERICA DOES NOT ADOPT OWG + SOCIALISM btwn Year 2015-2020.

IT WAS RADICAL ISLAM + ANTI-US LEFTS THAT DECLARED WAR AGZ AMERICA, AND IS THE TRUE
"BULLY" HERE. "FORTRESS AMERICA = AMERIKA" IN ANY FORM will NOT work as long as we continue to elect Waffle-ist = Potemkinist, PYWAR leaders whom argue "USSA, NOT USSR, ergo USSA is the One AND ONLY ONE whom has to surrender". ALL YOU'RE GONNA END UP WITH IS A OWG = is a GLOBAL ARMY- MILITARY STATE THAT IS ALSO A GLOBAL ANARCHY/MAFIA/CRIMINAL/NEPOTIST/CANTON-IST STATE, one that history + human behavior suggests may inevitably devolve into GLOBAL WARRING STATE(S), e.g ancient China = Asian Steppes. GOING BACKWARD, NOT FORWARD. Switzerland at present may be a "specialist/
niche" Euro-power, full of mountains, beauty, and Banking, but it is just one one Euro-State/Power among many and no way is it the econ-mil-pol strongest - iff Canton-centric Switzerland does NOT dominate either Europe or Eurasia or any Region at present, what makes one believe a GLOBAL, "SWITZERLAND"-style OWG WILL???
SECULAR OR ISLAMIST, THE RADICS ARE FIGHTING FOR TOTALITARIAN CENTRALISM + GOVT-ISM + UNIVERS STRATIFICATION.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-13 20:35|| 2006-12-13 20:35|| Front Page Top

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