I mentioned this on another thread which another catter dismissed by saying there are posotion papers on just about nay subject.

I think what makes this one stand out from the others is that it was prepared *for* Jeb Bush and Donald Rumsfield.

The more that I see of the ways things are unfolding with the Bush Administration, the greater fears that I have that, "We ain't seen nothing yet!" This stuff just plays out as overlapping nightmares anbd bad scripts after another. The manner in which they *react* to situations is pretty darned scarey.

Oh sure, it's real easy to say, "Well, if you're not a terrorist, then you don't have to worry about you civil liberties being enfringed upon. But, just knowing that everything we say here on the web is now archieved, scrutanized for content, opens up a door for something not unlike the McCarthy days. Sure, if the governemnt suspects someone of a crime, then fine, wire tap or get some teenager to hack into his computer but to monitor citizens exercizing constitutional rights of descent and discussion which are the cornerstones of democracy is going too far. Just the talk of it, as we have heard from members of the Bush administration, sends out a very clear message to "shut up". Hmmmmmmmm?

At least in the past, with the exception of some of the country's saddest chapters (Japanese enternment, McCarthy, the Civil War, etc.), the other side was willing to argue back. This one, nah. Just "shut up", or we'll demonize you and if we gotta we'll put your butt in jain without due process and you can just stay there.

Yeah, this may sound like paranoid thinking, but it ain't paranoia if they rerally are out to get ya'. Ask Tom Dascle, who was brutally labeled a demon by the Bush regime. He's now goosesteeping.

Bush must go either thru impeachment or the in 2004, but he is a very dangerous man who represents some folks who would just like to call off Jefferson's little expiement.

And democracy must be resurrected.

Bobert