NOTE: That's the question the Republicans would be asking, if a Democrat was spying and compiling a database. So, it's time to turn the tables on them. But, wow, this post has inspired lots of emails, so I thought I'd
explain something to everyone. This is about the 2nd Amendment, which is part
of our heritage; by “our” I mean the United States of America. The fact
is that our Founding Fathers wrote the 2nd Amendment because of fears that a George
W. Bush would one day threaten our freedoms. That day is here. So, it seems to
me it's time Republicans and other gun owners who support the NRA, which I don't,
people who don't want background checks, which I do, or anything else to stand
in the way of freely obtaining guns, should be considering Bush's power grab and
the privacy invasion as a real threat, which it is. If a Democratic president
was illegally wiretapping tens of millions of Americans and compiling some huge
database of data that could later be mined, Republicans would be waving the 2nd
Amendment threat in front of our faces, because the NRA would demand it. It's
the way they play politics. Democrats can play that game, too.
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Bush is placing his last chip on Hayden, because the president wants this fight
over his “terrorist surveillance program.” His base thinks he's a
bumbling big spender with incompetence issues. That's because he is. This fight
is Bush's only hope. He's at 29% approval, with his only strong suit that of
fighting terrorism. It's paid off so far, because Bush and Rove got the news
they expected this morning. The poll out today supports the president's illegal
wiretapping plan. With 63% of Americans saying they aren't bothered by the illegal
domestic surveillance taking place, Bush thinks he's got a winning issue. He
doesn't, but we're not going to win this argument if Democrats don't stand up
to his fear card. Keeping America safe means collecting our phone calls? Dismantling
the Fourth Amendment and ignoring the Constitution is the only way to keep us
safe? Senator Pat Roberts used it yesterday on Lou Dobbs' show. However, if
the government is collecting phone calls today, what's next? A gun database
recording everyone's firearms? Don't look now, but Bush just sold out the rest of his base. People who own firearms across this country. You don't have to be a firearm owner to appreciate
where else this could lead.
As I've talked about before, we're gun owners. I've always enjoyed going to
the range and shooting weapons, though I don't do it very often. My husband
used to collect fine firearms. Beautiful works of art, military firearms, which
required serious registration. Not long ago he chose to get rid of his most
prized pistols, including a gorgeous sniper rifle. Today I bet he's glad he
did.
Snooping into our homes, into our phone calls is just one step away from snooping
into what kinds of firearms you have, which goes to a freedom that many people
in this country hold very dear. The Second Amendment is just one order away.
That is, if Bush hasn't started it already. It's yet another point of privacy
in addition to the Fourth Amendment that separates my life from big government
knowing things about me that I believe they have no right to know. After all, if terrorists can talk on phones they can certainly get ahold of illegal weapons. Wouldn't knowing who has weapons keep us safer? It's the same lame Bush rationale he used for the illegal wiretaps, which threatens my freedoms a lot more than any phantom terrorist from which Bush is trying to protect us all.
The Second and Fourth Amendments are not for sale, not for any price, at any time.
Jonathan Turley said on Keith Olbermann's show last night that there is no
law that allows Bush to continue to collect tens of millions of Americans' phone
calls. In fact, it's against
the law. Then there's the other problem. Bush's
illegal spying program doesn't work. It's another brainchild compliments
of Bush's incompetence that gives people a false sense of security, spending
money and resources that put on a show of strength and safety, but is actually
premised on Bush's weakness, because he has to keep the people in fear to show he's doing his job. Protecting American by dismantling it one right at a time and like sheep the American people are falling for it. Not this American.
A majority of Americans initially support a controversial National Security
Agency program to collect information on telephone calls made in the United
States in an effort to identify and investigate potential terrorist threats,
according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.The new survey found that 63 percent of Americans said they found
the NSA program to be an acceptable way to investigate terrorism,
including 44 percent who strongly endorsed the effort. Another 35 percent
said the program was unacceptable, which included 24 percent who strongly
objected to it.A slightly larger majority–66 percent–said they would not be bothered
if NSA collected records of personal calls they had made, the poll found.Underlying those views is the belief that the need to investigate terrorism
outweighs privacy concerns. According to the poll, 65 percent of those interviewed
said it was more important to investigate potential terrorist threats “even
if it intrudes on privacy.” Three in 10–31 percent–said it was more
important for the federal government not to intrude on personal privacy, even
if that limits its ability to investigate possible terrorist threats.Half–51 percent–approved of the way President Bush was handling
privacy matters.
This isn't the only illegal
spying program we've got either. Remember CIFA? But who have we caught with it? To get the job done Bush even had to coerce big business telcos to break the law and support his illegal wiretapping or
else. Only one company, Qwest, stood up to the president, and they were threatened
with the loss of government contracts. It's yet the latest case of only
Bush supporters needs apply.
Information collection doesn't make us safe. Allowing the president to break
the law and subvert the Constitution doesn't make America safe. Bush is so weak
he's willing to hand the terrorists a victory by changing this country from
within. We can't let him do it.
First our phone calls are collected, just in case.
Next, is Bush going to start collecting who owns what guns and put that in
a database? It's anti-American.
What's next?
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