Here is the “lesson” of 9/11: Never forget that the top priority of any government is to keep its citizens safe from harm. For years the conservatives have understood this lesson and embraced it, not as a matter of policy, but as a political slogan. The truth is, conservatives have devastated our national security, while in true Orwellian fashion wrapping themselves in the cloak of 9/11. Here's how progressives should talk about security.
nytimes.com — Washington - A federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the "exclusive" means for the president to eavesdrop on Americans, and he rejected the government's claim that the president's constitutional authority as commander in chief trumped that law.
globalresearch.ca — During the month of June the Democratic-controlled Congress in the U.S. voted to fund the Iraq war deep into next year, to support a compromise version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that endangers civil liberties, and, in effect, eliminated the possibility of impeaching President George W. Bush.
Why are progressives and the left not particularly surprised? Because it is consistent with the timidity, compromise, and opportunism that has come to characterize many of the actions and inactions of the Democratic Congress since it took power in January 2007. This is especially the case regarding the question of ending the Iraq War, the raison d'etre for its victory in the elections of November 2006.
alternet.org — During a national emergency, an illegal surveillance program may classify up to 8 million Americans as "enemies of the state."
”There exists a database of Americans, who, often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated."
US policy priorities should be reevaluated when traveling millions of miles to Mars is more important than a short trip 25 miles into earth's crust. Space travel is essentially accomplished and this particular trip is of direct consequence to a very small group of people, whereas proving that geothermal energy can be harvested anywhere on earth's surface would demonstrate a global solution to our energy problems and as side benefits show how to halt greenhouse gas emissions and to reverse global warming.
Here is the “lesson” of 9/11: Never forget that the top priority of any government is to keep its citizens safe from harm. For years the conservatives have understood this lesson and embraced it, not as a matter of policy, but as a political slogan. The truth is, conservatives have devastated our national security, while in true Orwellian fashion wrapping themselves in the cloak of 9/11. Here's how progressives should talk about security.
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