Bush’s little obstacle
San Francisco Chronicle
by Jon Carroll
02/18/08
Let’s talk about police states. That’s always fun. We do not currently have a police state in the United States, in my view (although others may, and do, differ), but we have a tendency. We have an urge. I believe that the urge to adopt a police state can be cured, perhaps through re-education camps and prayer. The imperial presidency of G.W. Bush has long claimed the authority to do pretty much anything it wants, usually in the name of national security. It has also claimed the authority not to tell anybody what it’s doing, also in the name of national security. When you have a government that can do anything and not tell its citizens about it, you have a police state...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jon+Carroll
by Jon Carroll
02/18/08
Let’s talk about police states. That’s always fun. We do not currently have a police state in the United States, in my view (although others may, and do, differ), but we have a tendency. We have an urge. I believe that the urge to adopt a police state can be cured, perhaps through re-education camps and prayer. The imperial presidency of G.W. Bush has long claimed the authority to do pretty much anything it wants, usually in the name of national security. It has also claimed the authority not to tell anybody what it’s doing, also in the name of national security. When you have a government that can do anything and not tell its citizens about it, you have a police state...
http://tinyurl.com/2yjmwf
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=police+state
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=imperial
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=national+security
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jon+Carroll
rudkla - 19. Feb, 10:02
