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Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/ap_on_go_pr_wh/terrorist_surveillance

"Bush signs new rules on government wiretapping

By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer 5 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases.

He called it "landmark legislation that is vital to the security of our people.""

I guess this indicates what our future is to hold... freedom of privacy is to be no longer???

What do you think about this? ... to me what can be used to justify tapping one group can be subsequently used to justify tapping all the people once such precedence is set.

Answer 1

Yes, I read about that today too.  Ugh.  More of our liberties lost!  Of course, there are the regular sheeple Bush supporters who can see no harm in this.  WAKE UP, People!

Answer 2

It's such a shame that some of these answers actually support this bill. They will never understand those ignorant idiots...

America=Fascist nation.

Let me prove it to you... Look at the State of the Union Address. There's the president standing and behind him in the American flag. Now look at both sides of the flag and you see an ax called "Fesces". That ax represents fascism, googly up fascist symbol and it matches.

Strange thing too is that the Goddess of the Underworld sits on top of the capitol building when in fact it was first meant to be the Virgin Mary.

I'M ASHAMED OF OBAMA TOO FOR SIGNING IT! HE JUST LOST MY VOTE!!

America WAS the land of the free... the novel 1984 is America's bible.

Answer 3

Gee... Thanks Liberals.  The NeoCons Stole your ball and ran with it.  Now they're ignoring the Constitution when it's politically convenient for them too.

Once Upon a time Republicans had integrity.  I'm glad I quit.

Answer 4

What are you hiding that you are so worried about this? This is a great bill for America. It will further keep us safe from terrorism. Any American citizen would agree with that.

Answer 5

Communism.....No Totalitarianism....Yes  American Fascism will not look like German or Italian it will be unique American.

Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed

to the government's policies or actions.

9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

Answer 6

In case you hadn't noticed we are at war girl...come on this is the big boys club...

Answer 7

This is yet another blow to our freedoms in the name of false security,   All the right wing idiots in the world should take notice this bill will do nothing to protect anyone it is merely a way for bush to spy on those who oppose him politically

Answer 8

I bet none of you people criticizing the bill have ever bothered to read it.

And even more apparent is the fact that none of you are even aware of the issues involved.

How about this: can any of you tell you how Al Queda took advantage of the security hole that this bill was intended to patch?

Answer 9

since the moment he singed this bill,i knew it was just another way to take away one of our freedoms-PRIVACY