we were bitching about this years ago, and the right didn't care - but NOW they're outraged - meh
those of us who had to live thru crap like this are very familiar with the outrage already
"To those ... who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America's enemies and pause to America's friends." (Attorney General John Ashcroft, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, December 6, 2001.)
side note - this quote is from the excellent dkosopedia at http://www.dkosopedia.com/...
Yes...we were outraged when peaceful anti-war groups were infiltrated by FBI agents pretending to be violent agitators and trying to incite them - we were offended when racial profiling became necessary for homeland security - we were outraged - now that it's happening to the average American Right-Wing slob, I have a hard time caring - I sorta used up my "give a damn" years ago -
should I be outraged - probably - should I be offended? Maybe - (I'm not worried about them eavesdropping on my calls though cause man, my verizon calls have always sucked in quality) -
I'm sure someday I'll regret what we became and be unhappy - maybe we can get some bipartisan rollback of some of the more outrageous stuff - but no one listened 10 years ago and I have no interest in being overly concerned now
RB