Ed, you shouldn't be surprised by this. After 9/11, all good democratic governments went into defense mode. They said 'Let's protect ourselves from the terrorists.'
The U.S. created Homeland Security. It has absolute power to go into anyone's lives. There was no sunset clause on the creation of it. Everybody in the U.S. and those who go to visit are in fear of it. It has created a wall around the U.S. and shut the rest of the world out. Look at the clamp down on border security between the U.S. and Canada. They want to finger print, iris scan and photographer every person entering the U.S. They want fly lists of airline passengers that fly over the U.S. even if the plane doesn't land in the U.S. In Canada, we had terrorist legislation passed after 9/11. At least it had a 5 year sunset clause. When it came up for renewal, the government, police and security people insisted it had to be renewed to keep terrorists out of Canada. Thankfully and probably more to political maneuvering, it didn't get renewed. Still police and security personnel in Canada have more powers of arrest, search and seizure than they have ever had. The American authorities would be jealous. They have a right to seize the vehicle you are driving too fast and take away your licence for a minimum of 7 days. No recourse. None of this innocent until you are proven guilty stuff. You better known the law and abide by it. So you are right, Ed, the terrorists have won and they are still out there. And we continue to allow them to win. I'm beginning to think that the 4 years my father spent fighting for freedom in World War II was for naught. As a result of the terrorists winning, today I find that there are fewer people that trust you and I'm doing everything to make sure those people who trust me are my friends. At least, I'll have some chance of defeating the terrorists if I keep increasing that circle of friends. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:45 PM > To: ProFox Mailing List > Subject: [OT] The terrorists have beaten Mitt Romney > > Romney admits that terrorists have caused him to decide to suspend > his campaign: "In this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be > a part of aiding a surrender to terror." > > Isn't it great that we are now letting terrorists control who can > and > can't run for office in this country! > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
