A perfect example of what goes around comes around. Nice to see that the extreme right wing is as hypocritical as ever. With any luck they'll finish the implosion of the current version of the Republican party and let saner heads reconstitute it as it was originally intended.
>Oh, man too funny. For 7 years Republicans have been lobbying for a >surveillance state and now they're whining because SURPRISE! turns out >that actually empowers government. > >What a crew of morons. >---------------- > >Right-wing polemicists today are shrieking in self-pitying protest >over a new report from the Department of Homeland Security sent to >local police forces which warns of growing "right-wing extremist >activity." The report (.pdf) identifies attributes of these >right-wing extremists, warning that a growing domestic threat of >violence and terrorism "may include groups and individuals that are >dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or >immigration" and "groups that reject federal authority in favor of >state or local authority." > >http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/14/surveillance/ > >When you cheer on a Surveillance State, you have no grounds to >complain when it turns its eyes on you. If you create a massive and >wildly empowered domestic surveillance apparatus, it's going to >monitor and investigate domestic political activity. That's its >nature. I'd love to know how many of the participants in today's >right-wing self-victim orgy uttered a peep of protest about any of >this, from 2005: > > F.B.I. Watched Activist Groups, New Files Show ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:295073 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
