Quote Originally Posted by CrossLOPER
I live in the US at this time, so I think I have some sort of say.
Well, I suppose...just this once.

Well, saying everything is nice and shiny and covering up anything remotely damaging is kinda... um... not good.
They are not covering up anything, merely getting their version across- free speech, you know.

You want to have trigger-happy soldiers hopping about your home whenever someone high up wills it?
No law allows that.

OK, but I called you cupcake. You just keep that in mind.
Okaaaaaaaaay.

You see one thing "leftists" do have that those who make up the right-wing echo-chamber lack, is empathy. blah blah blah I AM concerned for the well being of US citizens and it distresses me greatly to see their democracy being torn to shreads in what is supposedly an effort to "protect" it.

I am also concerned for the rest of the world. The last thing the world needs is a WMD armed rouge superpower headed by a dictatorial band of corporatists going around blowing up more people.

I believe I am right to worry and I will express my concerns. You don't like it, that's fine, don't read it then.
That's hilarious. I suppose your empathy is selective, if you opposed the invasion of Iraq.
It's also hilarious someone from Japan is criticizing US democracy and then goes on to call us a dictatorial band of corporatists.

We don't need other people exagerrating beyond reality the lastest thing 'bushitlerburton' has done to 'destroy the US';
That new law makes it possible for one man to call the military onto the streets to police the civilian population whenever he sees it nesecary. That's a pretty big jump towards despotism.



The military has more than ample opportunity to get their side of the story out - Pentagon press conferences, interviews, embedded reporters, spokemen. It shouldn't be allowed to manufacture news any more than it already does.
Guess what- the MSM decides what to print, not the Pentagon. They aren't manufacturing news, merely trying to get the MSM to report on some good things once and a while.

EDIT - Speaking of 1984 and doublespeak I just came across this; a wonderful example of 1984 style doublespeak.
Are you aware of the history of Camp Gitmo? It appears not.

Rabbit: an honest question for you, because I am truly puzzled that you of all people (meaning, non-extremist views, does research on posts, very much coherent and logical) are stating that all is pink in the land of the free. Please tell me, and I am not being sarcastic in this, do you truly believe that the American people have as many rights, and as much freedom as they had, say, 10 or 15 years ago ?
I don't think the situation is pink, and have grave concerns about some abuses of government power (ironically almost never brought up here); asset seizure and the 'war on drugs', especially the militarization of police.
But I don't think these laws are going to lead to President for Life Bush or any other nonsense.
As for rights- more than 10 years ago, less than 15. I'm basing this mainly on the dates of the assualt weapons ban. Though McCain-Feingold campagin finance reform (we must regulate the money in politics! And speech is worth money! Regulate speech! as it has come to pass in Washington state) tips the scale in favor of less rights. I dispise every idiot who signed that, including Pres Bush, and the constitution shredding Supreme Court that upheld a law banning people from running ads mentioning a candidate's name 30 days before the election.
All is not rosy, but neither is it the apocalypse.

CR