> On 2009-06-08 13:49:10 -0400, shuurai11@gmail.com said:
>
>> What freedoms, specifically, have you lost?
>
> Its what we ALL have lost.
>
> Those who believe that the Bush administration was truly trying to
> protect American freedoms are either ignorant or deluded. The fact is,
> we have lost more liberties since G.W. Bush became president than
> during any administration since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
>
> The Associated Press provided the following list of some of the
> fundamental liberties that have been lost under Bush:
>
> FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION: Government may monitor religious and political
> institutions without suspecting criminal activity to assist terror
> investigations.
>
> FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: Government has closed once-public immigration
> hearings, has secretly detained hundreds of people without charges, and
> has encouraged bureaucrats to resist public records questions.
>
> FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Government may prosecute librarians or keepers of
> any other records if they tell anyone that the government subpoenaed
> information related to a terror investigation.
>
> RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION: Government may monitor federal prison
> jailhouse conversations between attorneys and clients, and deny lawyers
> to Americans accused of crimes.
>
> FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES: Government may search and seize
> Americans' papers and effects without probable cause to assist terror
> investigation.
>
> RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL: Government may jail Americans
> indefinitely without a trial.
>
> RIGHT TO LIBERTY: Americans may be jailed without being charged or
> being able to confront witnesses against them.
>
Oh, go on with you, you big crybaby. Clearly you don't watch enough
Fox News, otherwise you'd decide otherwise.
Take my advice, turn your tv on to Fox news, leave it on. Night and
day, 24 hours a day. See the pretty girl news readers? They're so
pretty, and so soft and I bet they smell real good. Would they ever
lie to you? You bet your socks, they never would lie to you. And the
manly men male hosts, clear-eyed, strong jawed, firmly fixed in their
place on the issues. Would they ever lie to you? Them? Perish the
thought.
You will be allowed bathroom breaks but only during local commercials.
There will be a test, and you won't even know it.
--
Let us be thankful we have commerce. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy. And
be happy.
>
>> What freedoms, specifically, have you lost?
>
> Its what we ALL have lost.
>
> Those who believe that the Bush administration was truly trying to
> protect American freedoms are either ignorant or deluded. The fact is,
> we have lost more liberties since G.W. Bush became president than
> during any administration since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
>
> The Associated Press provided the following list of some of the
> fundamental liberties that have been lost under Bush:
>
> FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION: Government may monitor religious and political
> institutions without suspecting criminal activity to assist terror
> investigations.
>
> FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: Government has closed once-public immigration
> hearings, has secretly detained hundreds of people without charges, and
> has encouraged bureaucrats to resist public records questions.
>
> FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Government may prosecute librarians or keepers of
> any other records if they tell anyone that the government subpoenaed
> information related to a terror investigation.
>
> RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION: Government may monitor federal prison
> jailhouse conversations between attorneys and clients, and deny lawyers
> to Americans accused of crimes.
>
> FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES: Government may search and seize
> Americans' papers and effects without probable cause to assist terror
> investigation.
>
> RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL: Government may jail Americans
> indefinitely without a trial.
>
> RIGHT TO LIBERTY: Americans may be jailed without being charged or
> being able to confront witnesses against them.
>