Dear law makers,
Criminals do not obey laws,
The end.
Why is our government afraid of us?
I really want to know.
Per various reports regarding the various scandals, many of those in Washington have known about the activities for months in some cases and for years in other cases.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner’s actions seem more at feigned indignation.
Various senate and house committees have known about the programs for a long time.
The horse is already out of the barn.
And then, when they disobey and get caught, nothing is done about it.
Definition of insanity.
If you have an Obama phone should you expect any privacy?
Wrong answer.
We’ve had nearly a decade of the patriot act and I fail to see any real justification of it even in its earliest form. Its morphed into a massive domestic spy tool with even less justification and it carries the added burden of being available to be used by anyone with access in any way they choose.
Its got to be eliminated.
Dear Congress: I don’t want this “fixed” or “tweaked” or “reigned in”. I want it GONE.
Parse that one folks. As Obie sez, "No one is 'listening' to your phone calls."
However we do have a monstrously huge facility in Utah which is capable of transcribing, sorting and cataloguing everything you say and do. But of course, we would never use it. Wink, wink. Nod, nod.
'When I use a word,' Humpty O'Bumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'
Impeach the Regime for treason, then hang them.
Nothing else will be effective.
I think I speak for most FReepers when I say anything is worth giving up to be safe from TERROR. I think I speak for most FReepers and real, true, America-first conservatives when I say that TERROR is the worst threat to us all above anything the government could ever do. Anything they do pales in comparison to terror.
I think I speak for most FReepers when I say a rectally-inserted sensor that reads my thoughts wouldn’t be too much to keep me safe from TERROR.
I love America first and I do what the government says and fear who the government tells me to fear.
If you aren’t doing anything wrong, what are you worried about?
Love the government, because they love you and keep you safe.
FEAR TERROR - give the government more power to keep us all safe!
And Congress will enforce these changes with the power of its armed forces...Oh wait, that won’t work.
OK, they’ll use the power of the purse...Oh, wait, that would require strength of character. Won’t fly.
Anyway, Obama would just order the Fed to raise the amount of printed money each month to fund the agencies doing his bidding. Just a little from here, a little from there, and voila! Everything goes on as before, and Congress look like obstructionists. And the emperor’s grip tightens.
Don’t see a smooth exit from our present predicament.