'Cmon, Dougie. Protecting the Constitution from being trampled by self-serving would-be tyrants is one area where the died-hard conservatives and the raging liberals can agree. The so-called Patriot Act clearly violates at least 4 constitutional amendments, and Ashcroft would love to get rid of more of those inconvenient liberties. I'm sure the courts will toss it out eventually, but how many innocents will suffer in the meantime?

I'd love to toss Ascroft in a prison camp on the grounds that HE'S a threat to our national interests and see how quickly he whines about his rights being violated.

A well-intentioned dictator is still a dictator, and they're notoriously hard to get rid of once they've wiggled out a secure spot for themselves. What's next, martial law?

I don't have a hard time imagining that Dubya & Co. would cancel the next election on the premise that it was bad for the "war" if he thought he could get away with it. What do you think, catters -- would Americans revolt against such a move, or would the only reaction be a lot of whining and newspaper editorials?