I wonder how many people - especially conservatives - that are saying that Bush's admittance of spying on Americans would care if the CIA or NSA were parked out in the street in front of their house using high powered telescopes and cameras to watch what goes on in your house. Or, hey...why not just let them come up to your window and look inside, for the good of the fight against terrorism? No big deal, right? They intercept phone calls and listen in, when the calls are being made in your home. That's ok, right? I mean, you don't even have to speak to someone in another country anymore...just have ever spoken to someone who has.
I assume it would be ok with you guys, because if you extrapolate out the behavior that most of us that post on this board, then most of us could be construed as helping terrorists. Some of these sportsbooks are in countries that harbor terrorists. We've been told by this administration and other legislators that offshore gambling interests are havens for terrorists and money laundering. So, when you use the Internet to place a wager, or use your phone or cell phone, then I would assume - using the stated logic of this administration - that you should be monitored quite closely. Considering your activities - they are helping terrorists, remember - then they should be able to protect America from people like you, and use whatever methods are necessary to protect our country.
To move into the future...think down the road when say, Hillary Clinton is the President. Most likely the democrats will regain a majority in congress and in the Senate. History shows this to be probable at some point. So, I guess you guys don't care if the CIA and NSA spies on Republican party members, lobbyists and donators without having to report that. You don't care that you won't know what they are doing, because there is no way to know or monitor it. Like things are now. It's ok now, right? So, I assume you are cool with it later, when you are not in power.
And, since it's apparently ok now for this President (the first one ever, thanks to Alito's plan for increased Presidential authority) to add signing statements to any legislation, to give him a "legal" way around any law he doesn't like, that it will be ok for Hillary to do that too. Make it up as she goes along, and have the power to go around the laws made by congress and the Senate by adding a statement.
I'd really like to hear some thoughts on this. If you Conservatives can honestly tell me that you don't care if these things go on in the future, then you might have some credibility. You'd be constitutionally wrong and probably not being truthful, in my opinion, but you would have some credibility on these issues.
Interested to see some responses.
