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02/22/2008
Ministry of Fear Releases New Video
According to the GOP, the country is in danger and it's the Democrats fault because they're trying to protect its citizens against unwarranted surveillance...check out the new video.
Posted 8:34 AM EST by Andy Towle in News, Republican Party | Permalink
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That's completely Orwellian.
Just give up all your civil liberties and in return your government will shield you from the terrorists!?
Trust us, when we read your mail, monitor your email and tap your phones we'll be discreet about it?!
Surrender your personal liberty for safety? That's the option?
Posted by: FASTLAD | Feb 22, 2008 8:51:54 AM
I didn't know Michael Bay was directing commercials now.
AWESOME!
Posted by: Daniel | Feb 22, 2008 8:56:16 AM
This is what we call security theater. Like checking IDs at the airport it doesn't do a damn to protect anyone but damn it looks good doesn't it?
Posted by: yoshi | Feb 22, 2008 9:30:28 AM
scare mongering worked for the repugs for eight years, and they're going to hang on to that empty rhetoric until it is pried from their cold, dead fingers (to paraphrase that senile relic).
Posted by: nic | Feb 22, 2008 9:51:48 AM
I can't believe no one has quoted Benjamin Franklin on this issue yet, so I'll be the first to do so. "A person who would sacrifice their civil liberties for a measure of safety, deserves neither liberty nor safety."
Pretty clear, wasn't he? This clear attempt at an abuse of power by the administration and its Congressional supporters is nauseating.
Posted by: abracadaver | Feb 22, 2008 9:52:26 AM
Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning, the repubs seem to have read it as a how to manuel.
Posted by: Jimmyboyo | Feb 22, 2008 9:55:41 AM
What are we going to do?
It is like the "Day After Tomorrow."
America will be destroyed; to save us to make us safe all you have to do is "wire tap".
Finally, the Democrats got off their asses and actually did something that is inline with the party!!
Posted by: Charles | Feb 22, 2008 10:09:07 AM
Havent any of you googled Zeitgeist yet? This is propaganda. We have been giving our rights away in this country for decades. This is just one more step. Fear is a control tactic, and its as old as civilization.
Posted by: Michael | Feb 22, 2008 12:12:27 PM
this is the ben franklin quote you twit, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Look it up.
Posted by: Tom | Feb 22, 2008 8:54:47 PM
Good Lord, you do realize of course that if Hitler & the rest of the Nazi's were as good at propaganda as the bible thumping Republican Nazis we've got know, we'd all be speaking German. Thank the almighty, most Americans have full awoken from their seven-year sleep & realize what a mess we've got on our hands
Posted by: Randall | Feb 23, 2008 12:22:11 AM
Why can't the Dems relay one simple fact?
FISA still exists. The gov't can still go around and wiretap anyone they choose and they have 72 hours from the start to actually apply for a warrant.
The act just exempted the feds from asking for a warrant when they're tapping a foreign communication.
As for the FISA court, out of thousands of warranty that have been applied for, only a handful (less than 15) were denied.
Posted by: theo | Feb 23, 2008 12:41:02 AM