Comments on: US Congress ratifies transition from republic to fascist dictatorship http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/07/10/us-congress-ratifies-transition-from-republic-to-fascist-dictatorship/ Enjoy worrying in the new year Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:15:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/07/10/us-congress-ratifies-transition-from-republic-to-fascist-dictatorship/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Chris Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:09:38 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=275#comment-838 Ian, I'm not so naive to think warrantless surveillance hasn't been going on even during the original era of FISA and before Bush became President. But before, invading our privacy carried heavy penalties if you were caught, even if it was unlikely. Now there is NO remedy for what you might consider an unjust invasion of your privacy. You lost some of your rights yesterday. Ian,
I’m not so naive to think warrantless surveillance hasn’t been going on even during the original era of FISA and before Bush became President. But before, invading our privacy carried heavy penalties if you were caught, even if it was unlikely.

Now there is NO remedy for what you might consider an unjust invasion of your privacy. You lost some of your rights yesterday.

]]> By: Ian http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/07/10/us-congress-ratifies-transition-from-republic-to-fascist-dictatorship/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Ian Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:31:31 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=275#comment-837 I wonder if we have all just been naive and that the executive has had too much power all along. As pointed out previously on this blog, the FISA court really just gave the executive the power to do whatever it wanted anyways. It wasn't like wiretaps were any more justified before Bush started bypassing FISA. Also, it isn't like corporations haven't been influencing our government since the first big ones were formed. I guess before this politicians still tried to pretend they weren't bought and sold. Now they just flaunt it in our faces. I wonder if we have all just been naive and that the executive has had too much power all along. As pointed out previously on this blog, the FISA court really just gave the executive the power to do whatever it wanted anyways. It wasn’t like wiretaps were any more justified before Bush started bypassing FISA. Also, it isn’t like corporations haven’t been influencing our government since the first big ones were formed. I guess before this politicians still tried to pretend they weren’t bought and sold. Now they just flaunt it in our faces.

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