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RE: this inflames me... (no OtR)

<dialing...>

<ring>
<....>

<ring>
<....>

<ring>
<....>

A: "Hello?"

B: "Hi, this is Agent Dr345ew from the Cincinnati region."

A: "Yes."

B: "I think you need to send a 'cable guy' over to 897 Ledro. The resident
is spreading subversive, anti-American sentiment."

A: "A cable guy? Are you sure we need a cable guy? I mean, perhaps the
'mailman' would be enough, in the grand scheme of things. You know, wrinkle
his mail, tear his magazines?"

B: "Well, he did mention that he was born in Nigeria."
<long pause>

A: "A 'Cable guy' it is, then. Thanks for reporting this. You're a good
American. Here's a cookie."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Temmesfeld [mailto:dtemm at yahoo_com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 8:18 AM
> To: OtR
> Subject: this inflames me... (no OtR)
> 
> 
> 
> i'm not a political person.  i haven't voted since
> 1994.  it's not my thing.  partly because i am just
> fairly apathetic about most individuals that try to
> govern a population of any size (whether it be in
> politics, religion, corporate culture).  perhaps it's
> my insubordinate nature, whatever.  or perhaps it's
> due to being a 3rd grader and learning that i could
> never be President of the United States due to where
> i was born.  that a stunningly sad thing to learn at
> that age.  not like i'd ever be President (i'm far
> too shy), but the *FACT* that i could never be
> President due to being born in Nigeria was a harsh
> reality at 3rd grade.  anyway... i digress...
> 
> that being said, i was talking with my fiancee last
> night, and she was disturbed about something put
> into law last fall called the USA PATRIOT Act.
> 
> i didn't think that it could be nearly as bad as she
> was making it out to be.  wrong.  it is.
> 
> http://www.ccr-ny.org/whatsnew/usa_patriot_act.asp
> 
> basically, the majority of it tramples many of our
> rights established in the bill of rights.  
> 
> i can say that i'm fortunate, lucky, providentially
> happy that i have been raised in a country that i
> have many freedoms that many in other countries do
> not have.
> 
> this new USA PATRIOT Act, which i gather is in effect
> NOW, makes it lawful for the government to detain
> immigrants for no real substantial reason, for no
> real substantial amount of time.  they can hold some
> one for how ever long they want, without charging
> them with any crime.
> 
> this part is ridiculous, and it's racist and pre-
> judiced in nature.  sure, what happened on 9/11/01
> was a sever tragedy.  but that shouldn't give us the
> right to lock someone up just because they are of
> a certain race/religion.  we stole this land in the
> first place... we should at least make it so it is a
> free land for anyone to live in.
> 
> the part about the new USA PATRIOT Act that inflames
> me is the part about warrantless search.  basically
> someone in the government could come in a search my
> house, with no warrant.  *and* they don't even have
> to tell me that they searched.
> 
> it's true.  the Act states those powers.  read it
> yourself:
> 
http://www.ccr-ny.org/whatsnew/usa_patriot_act.asp

it's bullshit.  Orwell warned about this crap.  it's
blatantly NOT RIGHT.  it's a step in the absolute
wrong direction for a democratic republic.  i guess
we can thank King George.

other than gas prices being outrageous, maybe Canada
is not such a bad place to raise a family.

weighing options,
Dan

np: incubus - morning view


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