Poll: Do you trust the Bush Administration?
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interesting... will the same people who trust him for this agency trust the next administration with this agency?
Moral? If you're talking about not "having relations" with an intern in the Oval Office, then you might have a point.
How does a President's sexual conduct, though, have anything to do with how well he leads the nation?
it should be pointed out that this is _not_ a reality yet and it would be several years away from implementation. the hubbub is coming about because $10 million is being spent to study its possible large scale use.
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I dunno. Maybe I've watched too many X-Files episodes and conspiracy theories, but who says that the president has much control over a lot of this? And, how do we know that it's not already being done to some extent, and this is just making it "acceptable"?
Why should a database like this even be considered? Do you honestly believe that a database of all American consumer purchases will do a fucking thing to prevent terrorism?
BoberFett
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No politician can ever be trusted. The fact that they've made a CAREER out of telling us how we should all live our lives disturbs me.
We need single term limits for all public servants. There should never be the chance for a person to "learn how the system works" because that means they'll just use it to their advantage.
We need single term limits for all public servants. There should never be the chance for a person to "learn how the system works" because that means they'll just use it to their advantage.
No. Anyone who would appoint John Poindexter as the head of some Orwellian goverment agency in the name of security falls in my "Things that I would trust less than a venomous serpant" category. I didn't trust the last administration either, but at least it was harmless.
Easy, Clinton was able to kill Osama but he hesitated with his orders. Basically, he was getting "special kisses" and didn't want to be bothered...
Hayabusa Rider
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Clinton got a hummer.
I didnt like it
Clinton may have used the FBI to gather information on a few hundred
I didn't like it
Now under Bush's watch, something like this is being contemplated.
No sir, I like it a lot less than both of the above.
The President's policies create this. If the administration was one where heads would roll for this kind of thinking, this would not happen. Bad as Clinton was morally, this is another kind of thing entirely. According to this site this department was not created while Bill was getting pleased by Monica. No, I am no longer at ease with this administration if they allow this kind of thinking.
I didnt like it
Clinton may have used the FBI to gather information on a few hundred
I didn't like it
Now under Bush's watch, something like this is being contemplated.
No sir, I like it a lot less than both of the above.
The President's policies create this. If the administration was one where heads would roll for this kind of thinking, this would not happen. Bad as Clinton was morally, this is another kind of thing entirely. According to this site this department was not created while Bill was getting pleased by Monica. No, I am no longer at ease with this administration if they allow this kind of thinking.
I never said it should.
Just pointing out something that the alarmists seems to be glossing over.Clinton took illegal(?) campaign contributions from Chinese nationals. Clinton rolled over and gave the Chinese secret rocket and communications technology. Clinton blew up an aspirin factory in "retaliation" for the attack on the USS Cole. Clinton took no real action against a clear and credible terrorist threat.
In spite of all of that, in spite of how much I despise that POS, I trusted his administration much more than the current one (though at the time I never would have thought it possible). Such is the sad state of American affairs.
I don't think it is alarmist to make a big deal out of Poindexter's plans. The simple fact that they are even being considered steps way over the line.Originally posted by: Lucky
I never said it should.
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Translation:
Terrorist steals your identity from one of many ways and gets a credit card in your name, with your address on it.
100 hours in a flight simulator - $12,000
Receives wire transfer of $50,000 from known terrorist to your account
Cost of one way plane ticket from Atlanta to Boston - $150
The look on your face when a full swat team surrounds your home - Priceless.
vi_edit said it quite well.
I have no faith whatsoever in the current administration. I am just holding on to a glimmer of hope that, in 2004, the Democrats will be able to make people aware of what is happening and put a stop to it before it's too late.
Plan B of course, is already in motion. I've been looking at real estate in Canada pretty much ever since the spy plane in China thing. No way I'm staying on THIS sinking ship! :Q
I have no faith whatsoever in the current administration. I am just holding on to a glimmer of hope that, in 2004, the Democrats will be able to make people aware of what is happening and put a stop to it before it's too late.
Plan B of course, is already in motion. I've been looking at real estate in Canada pretty much ever since the spy plane in China thing. No way I'm staying on THIS sinking ship! :Q
Though clinton got a little more than he shoud, he is a good president judging by what he did to the country. Bush is just a liar with no shame whatsoever.
Nowhere did that post say anything about sexual conduct. You, sir, made that distinction.
There are the sales of secrets to the Chinese, Cabinet members that were indited and/or resigned for being sleazes, cutting our military forces to the bone, half-hearted attempts to rid the planet of Islamic terrorists, ad nauseam.
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