Posted on 06/23/2013 8:20:04 PM PDT by Beave Meister
Under President Obama, the United States is “a nation governed by fear,” the American Civil Liberties Union says in an open letter that echoes the criticisms Obama has made of George W. Bush’s national security policies.
“[W]e say as Americans that we are tired of seeing liberty sacrificed on the altar of security and having a handful of lawmakers decide what we should and should not know,” the ACLU writes in a statement circulated to grassroots supporters and addressed to Obama. “We are tired of living in a nation governed by fear instead of the principles of freedom and liberty that made this nation great.”
It’s strange to read in light of Obama’s disavowal of Bush. “[T]oo often — our government made decisions based upon fear rather than foresight, and all too often trimmed facts and evidence to fit ideological predispositions,” Obama said in 2009. “Instead of strategically applying our power and our principles, we too often set those principles aside as luxuries that we could no longer afford. And in this season of fear, too many of us — Democrats and Republicans; politicians, journalists and citizens — fell silent.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
“Their hypocrisy is exceeded only by their ignorance”
Well, at least on this one issue they have seen the light. We should encourage that, while realizing they usually do more harm than good. The enemy of our enemy is our friend, at least for the moment.
Incredible post! Thank you.
Hey, ACLU...what took you so long?
“Welcome to the party, pal.”.......John McClane, Die Hard
very good post.
I would add one thing that I find kind of interesting relative to your Nazi example.
hitler used his beloved sa to bring him to power, once there he killed his best friend and sa leader and made the ss the supreme police force.
ok, so there are a lot of things you can say about the aclu, stupid not being one of them. maybe they see the parallels we do, and they don’t want to be obamas sa.
Call for Soebarkah’s impeachment and then maybe I’ll take the ACLU seriously...
Yes, Obama’s USEFUL IDIOTS should think Ernst Rohm at some point!
Yes, Obama’s USEFUL IDIOTS should think Ernst Rohm at some point!
TYVM. Please share as moved to do so while it’s still legal (sort of).
TYVM. Please share as moved to do so while it’s still legal (sort of).
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