Posted on 05/16/2006 10:44:15 AM PDT by blitzgig
There's little comfort in the latest polls on the revelation that the National Security Agency, on orders from George W. Bush, is compiling a permanent record of Americans' telephone calls. True, the new surveys by Newsweek and USA Today-Gallup are more encouraging than the Post-ABC News poll last week in which 63 percent said sure, no problem, go ahead and rummage through my life. But even the new polls say that four out of every 10 citizens are ready to surrender privacy and due process without so much as a whimper of protest.
That is just stunning. What the hell is going on?
After all, this is a nation that has always balked at the idea of any kind of national identification card, which other countries don't mind at all. This is a nation that refuses to require meaningful controls on firearms, accepting more than 30,000 deaths a year as the price we have to pay for privacy and freedom. You'd think news that the government is keeping track of all of our phone conversations would spark thundering outrage from sea to shining sea.
But it hasn't, and I think the reason is that the normally sunny, optimistic American mood has been adulterated by alien emotions that we don't handle very well -- fear, insecurity, resentment. It's as if the whole nation needs to be on Xanax. Or already is.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Liberals like this writer are so clueless about the threats we face. Robinson doesn't even address them in this article. He just rants mindlessly and self-righteously, and laments how we ignorant and paranoid Americans don't share his immaculate views.
He just rants mindlessly and self-righteously, and laments how we ignorant and paranoid Americans don't share his immaculate views.
Pretty much standard OP for him.
That, and he's a racist, to boot.
Pure projection. The ignorant one here is the Wash Poop Author. He doesn't even know what the program actually does but spends all his time ranting at us who DO know what is going on for being "too stupid" to embrace his mindless political hysteria
What's going on is that unlike WaPo opinionmakers, the rest of us don't live in gated communities, or work in offices with round-the-clock security, or move in circles where people have security guards and limos.
What's going on is the terrorists strike the unguarded, those who don't spend their days sitting comfortably under the protection of our military while denouncing them daily, and we are the true targets, not those who rub shoulders with congresscritters and others who are protected around the clock.
What's going on is that we understand, like our President, that we are in a war, not just a political scuffle meant to make the other guy look bad because of his views on abortion.
What's going on is...we don't care what you people think anymore, we can get information and draw our own conclusions, thanks.
Someone tell these idiots to 'get real'. . .- these fools who would if they could no doubt. . .
Bottom line. . .the government is far less invasive than 'world marketing'. . .and has better reasons to 'look'. . .
No mention of Echelon?
No mention of Carnivore?
What a COMPLETE ASSCLOWN.
Eugene is a nitwit, on his best day.
. . .if you lie down with dogs. . .you get fleas. . .
There are consequences to fraternizing with an enemy. . .this check/verify program offers no more/no less. . .
This idiot wants a National ID card. What a hypocrite and a phony.
I know exactly what he meant. Spinning it into any meaning that suits your needs at any given point in time is what makes the Constitution "a living document".
We already have one, don't we?
It's called a Social Security Card.
BUMP
-PJ
Good catch!
Thanks for the ping.
It's always helpful to see inside the twisted mind of a typical journalist.
Democrats were okay with Eschelon and Carnivore which captured every phone call, every e-mail, every baby monitor (!), every ATM transaction and more, and that program is okay, pre war on terror, but this program isn't okay.
Eschelon and Carnivore information:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543118/posts?page=1#1
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542838/posts
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543318/posts
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21387
Oops - Clinton's NSA spying program accidentally (ahem) captured a Republican's phone calls.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1553101/posts?page=1
And just for kicks, the Commies insisted on FISA:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21453
Flashback: Gore planned to bug America:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1559386/posts
NYT called domestic surveillance a necessity when Clinton was president:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556815/posts
This is the December 2005 NYT article which says what today's USA Today article says regarding NSA collecting phone numbers.
Clearly, Democrats (and some RINOs) have manufactured their outrage over this already reported on program. LOL
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/24spy.html?ei=5090&en=016edb46b79bde83&ex=1293080400&pagewanted=print
Passports serve the same purpose quite nicely. Nobody's ever questioned mine.
Many citizens (particularly in the old-media elite) say sure, no problem, go ahead and set up yahr-pehpahs-pliz check points for the disarmed peasants.
That is just stunning. What the hell is going on?
Please tell me of the liberties given up.
Are you referring to Ben Franklin or someone else?
Not anymore.
I find it a bit ironic that this column appears in the Washington Post's online edition. In order to access the column, you have to register. Just for giggles, I read through the privacy policy for gems such as this: "When you are on an area of washingtonpost.com and are asked for personally identifiable information, you are providing that information to The Washington Post Company, its divisions or affiliates, or vendors providing contractual services for washingtonpost.com (such as hosting vendors and list managers)." So the horror at the invasion of privacy seems a bit hypocritical.
. . .no question re the hypocrisy. . .which informs us that privacy is not the 'dog they are really hunting' here.
Waiting, waiting for some astute interviewer to bring this to a Libs attention. . .WaPo being a perfect example and from their 'own house' so to speak.
Perhaps Hannity could ask a Lib when he attacks Bush over this issue, if they happen to subscribe to ANY of those in-house discount cards/plastic keys etc. that customers have, which in turn gives them the additional discount at their grocery. . .book store. . .movie theater. . .gas station; by which their life, is thus recorded for marketing purposes. . .
. . .and since many are designed to be attached to key chain. . .perhaps just on a 'bet'. . .ask to see their 'key chain'. . .
. . .or just quote how many millions of American's do subscribe to these offerings. . .thus sacrificing more privacy than anything NSA is doing on their behalf.
In any event, surely a LOL on those who protest too much. . .and who do take issue where real privacy is being 'given up' for a discount card. . .and as well the fact that their mortgage/credit history/legal history can be located in a few moments on the internet. . .and as well, a fine satellite image of their home and back yard. . .all wih just a few clicks. . .
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