DBBrinson1 wrote:
Um, no. It is about defeating those willing to harm the US before they do it? Are you afraid of the government looking in on what web sites you visit or fishing for "hot words"? If the US stops one terrorist attack and saves one life (it may be someone you care about), then it's worth it. I have nothing to hide. Do you?
That's another issue entirely. I was talking about our warfare. Since you brought it up though, I think Republicans have completely lost any legitimate claim to wanting smaller government ever since they created the Patriot Act. If a Democratic president signed that into law, you'd have impeached him.
I don't have anything to hide, but I'm not going to voice any support over having the government spy on me.
DBBrinson1 wrote:
Since when are the Dems more concerned with national security? They water down the Patriot Act, impose more restrictive gun laws, block the mexico/us wall, want to pardon all illegal emmigrants, all while leasing out conference rooms in the capitol to groups that are sympathetic to Al quaida and its cause. What the hell that about? OK. Lets disarm the US citizens while refusing to protect the borders, legalize the emigration invasion while letting assholes who want me&you (yes you too) dead hold meetings on how to fuck us all over -in our own Capitol. Brilliant! How the hell do you top that? I know who I want to vote for!
Watering down the Patriot Act isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's called due process.
I'm with you on the gun thing, because I am an ardent gun rights supporter.
As for illegal immigrants, get the companies to stop hiring them, and you solve half the problem right there. Another issue to resolve is to amend this citizenship by birth policy. Citizenship should be slightly harder to attain than the current laws make it.
I don't follow you on the Al Quida sympathizers thing. You'll have to elaborate on that one.
DBBrinson1 wrote:
More energy independence would be great, but it doesn't help when your posterboy manbearpig (and the rest of the liberal left elite) are jetting about everywhere on a private jets.
I agree that Al Gore is a hypocrite. I've moved away from the whole global warming thing to focus more on immediate concerns like how power plants and other industries can generate enough pollutants to cause respiratory illnesses in certain areas. My brother has chronic bronchitis largely because of my city's pollution. That's the kind of pollution issue we need to focus on -- keeping corporate negligence from getting people sick.