WHOA,WHOA, whoa ...... Bush (W) no only overseas intercepts, Clinton?, not likely, Reagan? NO WAY!
I have been a supporter of the patriot act...UNTIL NOW!
The moral depravity our country has fallen into means that laws like the Patriot Act can no longer be allowed. The camel's nose has become a rhino's horn. Camels, while they can be cantankerous, don't have anything close to the disposition of a rhino (”The animal's nearsightedness seems to urge the rhino to charge first and investigate later.”)
Not to minimize the severity of this revelation, but it's analogous. I'm fine with the sick and the elderly getting a good parking spot. BUT, we can't do the right thing anymore because there is no moral restraint anymore and EVERYONE wants a HC parking permit, and are getting them. “I have a hangnail and need, no DESERVE a HC parking permit.” I expected to see an elderly or handicapped (YES I MEANT HANDICAPPED!, see jungle, bum, etc.) person exit their vehicle, typically with help, and get into a wheelchair. Now, we see people exit their SUV (or monster truck) and RUN into the store.
I thought our government (because of our constitutional restraints) could be trusted with the Patriot Act to investigate only national security threats. I was WRONG! I should say stupidly naïve.
AGAIN, another example of the vision and providence of our founding fathers to include Article II, Section1, Clause 5 of the Constitution that only Natural Born Citizens can be president. They wanted the president to be “AMERICAN”. They were afraid of foreign influences by close family or cultural ties.
A man born in Kenya, living his formative years in a Muslim foreign country, whose parents and step father were Communists and radical anti-colonialists. Even when living in the United States as a youth, he lived in a state that had only been a state for a few years, hardly Iowa or New York.
“Love of country” for Obama that means “Love of Muslim countries” not America.
I'd like to believe that but there is really no way we can know until we hear the immortal words of the MSM: "Bush did it". And of course we won't know even then if it's true.
Nevertheless ...
The The Bush Did It Countdown begins: 100, 99, 98, 97 ...
This was point those of us against the Patriot Act was making.
So fine, Bush would use it responsibly. It’s THE NEXT GUY that might abuse it.
And he did.
No one listened and just asked “What are you afraid if you aren’t doing anything wrong?”