RossValoryRocks wrote:The_Noble_Cause wrote:Fact Finder wrote:I get the feeling that somehow when Bush did this is was BAD BAD BAD! GASP! O is following his lead, are heads going to explode?
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No, the Left is not happy about this.
And real Conservatives (i.e. Ron Paul types) are not either.
I'm fine with curbing civil liberties, but I'm not ok with it being done with zero debate, all under the fog of gov't secrecy.
I think the whole thing is being blown out of proportion by both sides. I think everyone knows that Obama's rhetoric during the campaign would be modified once he saw the intelligence and security briefings and fully understood what the President faces on a daily basis.
The left freaks out because it is a "left over" from Bush that the Obama people (Rightly I believe) have decided to keep because it absolutely makes sense.
The right is freaking out because the mainstream media doesn't jump all over Obama about it like the did Bush.
Everyone needs to step back and gain some perspective, put aside the labels and REALLY see what is going on. The wiretaps have not to date, been used against an American citizen without a warrant being issued, they HAVE been used against enemies in other countries who don't care if Bush, Obama, Carter, Ford, Nixon or Reagan is President, they just want us to DIE. All of US, and not just the United States EVERY western country because they have perverted a religion and have a bunch of downtrodden people (downtrodden by their own BTW) to recruit from and give some measure of hope to (70 vigrins anyone?). Die and go to heaven and get rewarded, as long as you send the enemy to hell.
I have no issue with the wiretaps they can bug my phone all day long, if they hear me talk about my day and how work sucks and how I really need a week of vacation, so be it, as long as they are listening to the Al Queda operative planning on walking into the mall to blow it up and stop him as a result.
That is just my opinion though.
Well said