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Originally Posted by stevo
No, this is nothing more than something that has been going on for quite sometime. Something well within US Customs policy and procedure. This "case" in particular has nothing to do with military members' mail being censored by a CO. No one would have been upset 10 years ago if this happened. But oh no, big bad bush and co. are ready to strip away all our freedoms. Good thing they don't have the 3 more votes they need to suspend voting rights and repeal the 22nd amendment. Give me a break. I guess we'll have to wait until next week when the media creates some "news" about another "scandle" in a feigned attempt to re-create watergate.
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You seem to have stupidly confused me with some 'bush hater', but thats probably because i'm not 'lockstep' with the conservative agenda so i forgive you. FYI, had this happened during clintons, bush senior, reagan, or even as far back as JFK and FDR, I'd still be upset and concerned but I realize that for people like you, it's just one more thing that doesn't affect you directly. Will it be the same way for you if you receive a snail mail with that CBP green tape across a piece of your mail?
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Originally Posted by stevo
As cynthetic has pointed out, this doesn't hamper anyones freedom, nor does it change the way they go about their lives.
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you could not be more wrong. This impinges on the 4th amendment of the BoR as there is NO WARRANT to inspect a US citizens PAPERS/PROPERTY and is therefore an illegal search and siezure.
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Originally Posted by stevo
As for the war on terror, most on the left think it is some charade. Nothing but another name for a waste of lives and money. The thing about this war is that we don't see the immediate results of victory as we would see the immediate results of failure. If we were to fail, we would know it. It would be in the form of thousands of deaths and destruction akin to 9/11. Success we don't immediately see would be the terrorist plots that never materialized because they were prevented ahead of time. Just saying we're winning beacuse we haven't been attacked isn't going to cut it for many. I know the arguements. And listing the plots that were foiled ahead of time would not be wise as it would advertise who we've caught and our methods of surveillance. So, this is a war where much has to be taken on faith, and it is hard to have faith in government. But really, I don't see any other way, we either call it quits or we trust that the people we elected to the top are making the right decisions.
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As much as I support the WOT, I have to disagree with the total blackout of it all. You say you don't see any other way and that we have to have faith and trust in our elected reps....tell me, do you trust pelosi? do you trust harry reid? do you trust any democrat other than joe lieberman? I don't trust ANY of them any further than I can throw them because they have ALL shown me time and again that they can't be trusted. Why do you?