I agree with YOU, barth, and I get SICK of people denigrating our veterans AND I am also tired of Truism IMPLYING that ANY AMERICAN who feels like being SPIED ON IS WRONG means that they have something to HIDE. I have a REAL PROBLEM with THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SPYING ON ME and I have NEVER, GET THAT, Truism, NEVER broken a law EXCEPT FOR SPEEDING here and there. I have a problem with a lying, secretive administration spying on Americans that DISAGREE with their policy. When you look at the statistics of how many people this administration has ARRESTED on so-called terrorist-related charges, held them without the benefit of counsel AND WITHOUT CHARGING them with a crime for MONTHS and then you look at the NUMBER THAT THEY HAVE convicted and I believe they have only convicted ONE PERSON, then you better worry about WHY those people were arrested. COULD IT BE that they DISAGREED with this administration.
I still think about the one young man--a LAWYER--who they arrested and put in jail for several months because they SAID THEY FOUND HIS FINGERPRINTS on a paper bag in SPAIN near where the train bombing occurred. The poor man swore he had never BEEN to Spain and they STILL kept him locked up until, FINALLY, the SPANISH GOVERNMENT said they were not his fingerprints. I had just gotten back from Europe myself at just about the same time and I was thinking that MY FINGERPRINTS could have been on paper bags all over EUROPE and what in the HELL kind of reason was THAT to LOCK SOMEONE UP FOR MONTHS???
I also think about the man that they HARRASSED for over a year and called a "person of interest" in the anthrax case. They literally DESTROYED THE MAN'S LIFE yet were NEVER ABLE TO PROVE he did it and he CONTINUOUSLY DENIED it. It was AWFUL.
SO, NO. I DO NOT TRUST THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO SPY ON AMERICAN CITIZENS WITHOUT BENEFIT OF A WARRANT and it sure as hell is NOT BECAUSE I have EVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG IN MY LIFE. OR, that I have ANYTHING TO HIDE.
I understand how you feel, barth. The Viet Nam vets have gotten a BUM RAP for all of these years and it is truly a disgrace.
And, Truism--this is a deplorable attitude. WHY would you refuse to help someone because they were not "mentally sound"??? How can they help THAT??? I agree with you about giving money to some wino and I wouldn't do that either but I would sure buy them a meal.Quote:
But because so many are liars and not mentally sound.