another rant extraordinare .....
as i'm sure most of you know (if you pay attention at all to the world around you) that the patriot act has been modified to allow the government to wire tap whoever they want whenever they want, without warrants. now, a lot of people are upset by this, but it's amazing how many people aren't. i woke up this morning and found out this news and during my car ride to work, i listened to nothing but people on the radio spouting things like "if you have nothing to hide you shouldn't be worried" THIS IS BULLSHIT!! the bill of rights and the constitution don't exist simply for the current administration to wipe their asses with it. This war on terrorism is supposedly to protect our rights and freedoms...how is that possible if they start taking our rights and freedoms away? whats next? in five years are we going to be living in a permanent state of marshal law, where we aren't allowed out of our houses past midnight, because its easier to track terrorists? This is just a starting point of corruption that is going to take our country down a path that leads to being no better than these countries we are fighting with.
Now i'm not naive, i know the govt has been doing illegal wiretaps and such since the telephone was implemented, buts its really not about that. its about us as citizens allowing the govt into scaring us into giving up our rights. there wasn't even a vote by the people for this bill to be passed. it was simply a decision made by congress and the president. What happened to "for the people, by the people"? this whole ordeal has had me in such outrage today i don't even know what to do with my self. if any of you feel the same way, repost this or add on to it. THIS CAN NOT STAND!!
as i'm sure most of you know (if you pay attention at all to the world around you) that the patriot act has been modified to allow the government to wire tap whoever they want whenever they want, without warrants. now, a lot of people are upset by this, but it's amazing how many people aren't. i woke up this morning and found out this news and during my car ride to work, i listened to nothing but people on the radio spouting things like "if you have nothing to hide you shouldn't be worried" THIS IS BULLSHIT!! the bill of rights and the constitution don't exist simply for the current administration to wipe their asses with it. This war on terrorism is supposedly to protect our rights and freedoms...how is that possible if they start taking our rights and freedoms away? whats next? in five years are we going to be living in a permanent state of marshal law, where we aren't allowed out of our houses past midnight, because its easier to track terrorists? This is just a starting point of corruption that is going to take our country down a path that leads to being no better than these countries we are fighting with.
Now i'm not naive, i know the govt has been doing illegal wiretaps and such since the telephone was implemented, buts its really not about that. its about us as citizens allowing the govt into scaring us into giving up our rights. there wasn't even a vote by the people for this bill to be passed. it was simply a decision made by congress and the president. What happened to "for the people, by the people"? this whole ordeal has had me in such outrage today i don't even know what to do with my self. if any of you feel the same way, repost this or add on to it. THIS CAN NOT STAND!!
DW