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Old 12-30-2005, 09:01 PM
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Default Re: Do you support Bush?

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It is becoming increasingly apparent that the "war on terror" is a convenient excuse for a massive increase in presidential power and usurpation of civil liberties.

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What exactly does Bush have to gain from a "usurpation of civil liberties"? "Hey let's start a war so that I can run some wire taps and take away people's civil liberties!"

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Bush has asserted that the fact that we are "at war" (which, legally, we are not) trumps every conceivable check on his authority.

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What he has said about the wire taps is that their secrecy was essential for their effectiveness, hence not wanting to go through a court process. Whether or not you buy it, it's certainly conceiveable that his actions are intended for our protection; saying he's asserted that he can go unchecked whenever he wants is a big jump.

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The biggest threat to this country is not lurking in a Middle East desrt somewhere, he is sitting on th Oval Office.

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Then I guess democracy sucks.... why are you living here?? That was some A+ rhetoric though, well done.
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