Lie on the bed you made!

Great post Net. The problem is that you will be attacked because you are going after Geroge W. Bush, who is pretty much a "god" on here. When you attack their "god", they get really mad (but then they will tell you that they didn't support him, NO ONE on her supported Geroge W. Bush) and attack you. It is almost comical.

Agreed, we need to turn back the Patriot Acts and MEHPA. We also need to keep our current administration from further eroding our civil liberties. A two pronged attack is needed to give us back our rightful liberties.

Yup, I remember being caught up in the post 9/11 hyseria and much to my regret, I was willing to back Bush in pushing through legislation without taking time for debate and discussion. But fool me once, my fault, fool me twice, my fault. I learned my lesson from that experience. I learned that no legislation is so important that time can't be taken out for discussion and debate. I learned that it is a sign of corruption when politicians decide a bill is more important than our political system. Much of the acts you cite have been struck down as unconstitutional. Most of the fear mongering that occured never came to pass. Have there been any arrests for non compliance with evacuation orders for any natural disaster since the passing of these bills? I agreed with Bush and supported him most of the time, however, I also realized something about myself and our system at that time. I learned that it is important for those who oppose a politician to speak out against them, but it is also important for those who support them to speak out when we disagree with them. No politician, party, ideology, bill, or issue is so important that We the People need to be silenced so it can come to pass.

One has to be careful. The Patriot Act was passed for a specific situation, 9/11 and the threat from terrorists. So once the threat was over, it should have been repealed or only used in specific cases. I do not think MEHPA a good thing, but then I am a Canadian and we have our own health system. We do not have systems where if you belong to one system you cannot get, but then we do. The trouble with passing these laws is that there is someone who goes a little further. So why is the MEHPA bad and the Obama health care system good? Seems they are both out of the same basket.