Peg:

I am sorry if I did not make my statements in the context that suits you. If "giving" is not exactly the same as passing, I don't think it implies that there was anything other than the votes were adequate to pass the bill. The meaning was that the bill that was passed by congress "gave" him the authority.

The UN resolution referred to is 1441. Does this change what I said?

People bitch and moan about the constitution getting trashed. It reminds me of the rantings of those Militia Men extremists that spawned Tim McVeigh.

Then there is a group of demonstrators that want to take all the guns away regardless of what the Constitution says.

I don't see it. For example: now the CIA or FBI can go into a public meeting to see if there is any intelligence about terrorist activities to be gained there, whereas they were previously blocked by some bill passed some time ago.

That makes good sense to me.

I am not sitting here cowering in fear of the black helicopters. If the FBI or CIA want to scrutinize me, I don't care. Let them read my mail, look in my garbage, listen to my phone calls, whatever. I am not doing anything wrong so I don't have anything to worry about.

The onlything that worries me is the possibility of a terrorist attack. The government is trying its best to prevent that and at the same time they are being criticized by protestors.

Let the chickens come home to roost and let the voting begin in Iraq.


Old Guy