I am OK with warrantless wiretaps as long as they were not abused. But since actual humans would be involved, the chance of it not being abused becomes nil. So, I am not for them. Humans seem to fuck up most shit.
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > TheScout wrote: > > Funny as hell. Oh Barrack supports this program, must be good, even > though > > we bitched under Bush. > > > > Whoa, hold up there Scout; I never said I agreed with this. > > As explicitly as I possible: I don't support warrantless wiretaps. I > don't care who the President is. > > And now let me zoom out to the 50,000 foot level. Our government > processes have become broken in that it USED to be that Congress > legislated and the President executed. That's why it's called the > "executive" branch. > > We've totally lost that concept. > > Certainly Bush, through legal activism, is the greatest modern day > proponent, but it's broken at all levels as it's almost as if the > Judicial branch has become a deFacto rubber stamp on the executive. > Certainly that's Chief Justice Robert's track record. (not to mention > Scalia and Thomas) > > That's how things like warrantless wiretap happen: you get a bunch of > authoritarians like Robert who love government power and the next > thing you know the Executive branch has become a stick. > > It's time to nip that stick in the bud > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290479 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
