REDWAVE
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Yesterday, Bush signed the "Homeland Security" bill into law, putting another nail in the coffin of our freedom.
Coming on the heels of last year's "Patriot" Act, this new repressive legislation amounts to the de facto establishment of an authoritarian police state. Democracy in America was always a sham and a farce, but now it is completely dead.
This horrendous new law:
(1) Vastly increases the government's power to spy on people's computer use, and virtually eliminates online privacy. It greatly increases the FBI's ability to demand information on people from their ISP's (Internet Service Providers). It also allows surveillance without a court order, merely on a finding by the executive branch that a threat to national security exists.
(2) Guts the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) and allows the government to operate in the shadows, while spying on us. It also contains numerous exemptions from public meetings and hearings.
(3) Busts government unions representing federal employees in the new department.
Nor can you count on the spineless Democrats to oppose Bush's police state drive. Significantly, Nancy Pelosi, the Dems' new leader in the House, voted FOR this horrid law.
Kiss your freedom goodbye!
Coming on the heels of last year's "Patriot" Act, this new repressive legislation amounts to the de facto establishment of an authoritarian police state. Democracy in America was always a sham and a farce, but now it is completely dead.
This horrendous new law:
(1) Vastly increases the government's power to spy on people's computer use, and virtually eliminates online privacy. It greatly increases the FBI's ability to demand information on people from their ISP's (Internet Service Providers). It also allows surveillance without a court order, merely on a finding by the executive branch that a threat to national security exists.
(2) Guts the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) and allows the government to operate in the shadows, while spying on us. It also contains numerous exemptions from public meetings and hearings.
(3) Busts government unions representing federal employees in the new department.
Nor can you count on the spineless Democrats to oppose Bush's police state drive. Significantly, Nancy Pelosi, the Dems' new leader in the House, voted FOR this horrid law.
Kiss your freedom goodbye!