Uncivil Rights
13th Nov 2006, 23:26 GMT
But the Democrats are in power now so that's sure to change, isn't it?. Yeah, right. And my Cubs will win the World Series next year. MANHATTAN -- Judith Miller, a former New York Times investigative reporter who went to jail to protect a confidential source, said the balance between national security and civil liberties has been tipped, allowing the Bush administration to become secretive about its decisions, intrusive into public lives and reluctant to share information the public has a right to know. Miller said many Americans don't understand how their access to information and the freedom of the press have been affected in the past few years. "We are less free and less safe," she said, explaining that there is a "growing secrecy in the name of national security." More here. You were warned back in March: My America is not the America of tortured prisoners, tenuous civil rights, fractious tolerance, an America where women may lose the right to their bodies and gays are a gimmick for something in style. My America doesn’t care if you compare a president to a tyrant, a king to a leper, a nun to a whore. My America doesn’t take umbrage to things that offend it, or impose itself on the world. My America admits a lifetime of wrongs and celebrates a lifetime of successes. My America doesn’t spy on itself for selfish reasons.
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