"How Would A Patriot Act?"

Sarurday, June 24, 2006

Having just finished Glenn Greenwald's fine book, "How Would A Patriot Act?", I find myself in greater disbelief regarding this administration and George Bush than had previously been the case.

As Mr. Greenwald observes, this is neither a Democratic nor a Republican issue; neither a left nor a right concern. The platitudes enumerated by many that no civil liberties exist when you are dead belies the degree to which some of these individuals lack an understanding of constitutional law.

Our founding father vehemently wished to avoid monarchical control by any branch of government, even though they did give to the "people's branch', the legislature, a certain amount of precedence, particularly regarding the passing of laws. Separation between the three branches of government was part of the genius these founders used to create a new form of government that was designed to withstand the vicissitudes of time. The current administration has essentially usurped monarchical powers and undermined that genius.

We, as citizens of this country, have, for the most part, been willing to allow their power grab in the name of security. The truth is, however, that security is not the issue. It has been a ploy used to cow Americans into buying the administration's power grab and is based upon fear mongering. Such action is not only deplorable but ethically bankrupt and the shame our leaders should feel is rationalized away through outright lies.

The lastest addition to the laundry list of laws broken by the Bush administration is the scrutiinzing of bank records without a court order. Add to this the wanton tapping of telephone, email and other communications sans warrants, the suspension of habeus corpus, the vigilante persecution of whistle blowers and the deconstruction of the Bill of Rights, just to name a few, and the picture we are left with is downright scary. It is unacceptable.


The Bush presidency has been clearly marked by a refusal to accept responsibility for ANYTHING while maintaining their innocence and good intentions. The "uniter" has been anything but! The daily throwing of partisan epithets at administration critics is despicable and smacks of a deeper guilt that this vitriol is designed to cover up.


As dissentors to this hijacked government, we who dissent are the true patriots, following in the footsteps of our founding fathers who risked everything to prevent a tyrannical despot, King George, from wielding total control over their lives. We must do the same! Our numbers will grow, as we see them consistently gaining strength. The character of America will rise up and retake our government and our values.

We will NOT allow this new King George the luxury of foisting his fear mongering upon presidency after presidency, generation upon generation.

NOW is the time to stand up and be counted!

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