What are your feelings on President Bush looking at EVERYONE'S phone call records since 9-11?
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Unconstitutional is all. Of course disregarding the constitution has never been a problem for Bush. He has broken both domestic and international law and I hope that someday he has to answer for it.
509959
I also think in terms of... what is America founded on... and how to maintain these freedoms that we hold so dear... some of the things this administration has done (wiretapping, CIA leak) verge on un-American... and this is the president, the man elected to represent America... it's just sad...\n\nI also fear that a future president may take Bush's interpretation of the constitution and stretch it even more... in other words, Bush is  undermining the constitution and that could have horrible effects down the road if future presidents continue to undermine it...
39528
There is outrage, but there needs to be even more. Bush DID break the law, which states that the government must show proof of the likelihood of obtaining significant information relating to the commission (or leading to the commission) of a crime to a court and obtain a warrant to conduct surveilance actions. Instead, he simply wraps himself in the flag and chants his mantra of national security ... yet in what are reported to be thousands (if not millions) of wiretaped conversations and emails, the government can not point out ONE instance in which they obtained any information that actually had an effect on our national security.\nAnd as for torture and holding of prisoners, he wants to have it both ways. He says they are being held as ememy combatants, so they are not under the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. But that would put them under the jurisdiction of the Geneva Conventions, of which we were signatories the last time I checked. And those rules are pretty specific in terms of how prisoners can be held and that they can't be tortured. Violating that is an international war crime, which is the same things we (through the Iraqi's) are currently charging Saddam with.\nWouldn't it be interesting to see how the world court would deal with these infractions ... because you can bet that if we weren't the world power we are, old George W. would be called to the Hague for a trial.
1172123
Yes I think it's a matter of record now... nobody in the Bush administration wants to talk about it though... thank God for the freedom of information act.
212267
As others have said, I believe that he was a scapegoat or sacrificial lamb.\n\nWe are talking about terrorists.  From my standpoint, they have NO rights, and we need to do whatever it takes to get information from them.  I could not care less if they are tortured, humiliated, maligned or disgraced, as long as we get the information we need to stop another 9/11 from happening.  \n\nBottom line, it's us or them. I salute Sgt. Michael J. Smith.
806141
I feel that Bush is doing a fine job. Lets see any of you have to make the kind of hard decisions he has had to. And a war for nothing?! Please, do you think that we should allow people to come onto our soil, kill our citizens and get away with it?! You people are despicable! If you don't like the war then go over to a third world country for a few months and then come back. You will be happy to live here. Go to a country that isn't free and then come home and see if you aren't blessed to live here. Freedom IS NOT FREE!! It has cost many men and women's blood to pay for your freedom. Yes, we are still fighting when the leaders are imprisoned but they still have supporters out there. If our government and military does not stay over there and help them to become a self sufficient country then 9/11 will happen all over again. And as far as the pres keeping things from us, sometimes it is better that way. Sometimes you don't need to know things. It is just like being a parent. You don't tell your children of all the horrible things out there in the world bc you don't want to frighten them, you want them to venture out and make a wonderful life for themselves. That is what ALL presidents have done for us. Give him a break and stop complaining about Bush. If you don't love America then revoke your citizenship and move somewhere else!
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I dont have an opinion of him. I do think he has surrounded himself with people that are way to close to him which has hurt thier ability to offer him un-biased insight. i.e George Tenet, Dick Cheney, Harriet Myers, Karl Rove. It would be like if you got elected president and you made all your Fraternity Brothers and all your High School buddies your top advisers, I mean how much do you think is really gonna get done? I have heard that he will not fire anyone he is to afraid of what they might think of him. It goes all the way back to his days as a Texas oil tycoon. His heart is in the right place, he thinks what he is doing is the right thing and once he makes up his mind your are not changing in it cause he thinks hes right, you gotta respect that whether or not you agree with him it is an admirable quality. But the bottom line............you cant impeach someone for being a dumb@ss thats the only crime hes guilty of.\n\n\nIm pretty much Independent when it comes to politics but i am so sick of hearing the Left WIng Loons talk about impeachment and what a horrible job the President has done and how Iraq is a mess. Maybe those things are true but they havent brought one positive idea to the table...........not one. Whats the Democrats plan? I havent heard one except wave the white flag and run home and impeach the president...........I mean come on is that the best you can do, what are we paying these people for?\n\n\nAs far as the Wiretapping goes. There are 2 kinds of people in this world now. You either live in a pre-9-11 mentality or a post 9-11 mentality. Quit listening to the bleeding heart media and open your eyes. There are people who want to destroy us and if running some wiretaps and some other clandestine stuff is gonna keep me alive and not speaking Arabic, then im all for it. Bush is trying to keep us safe.........I dont really like him i think hes kinda of an idiot myself, but hes trying cut the man some slack. He got dealt a raw deal by being in the chair when 9-11 happend and hes responding the best way he knows how.
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More and more people are disbelieving Bush's war against terror.  I listen to Republic Broadcasting Network, www.rbnlive.com, and they say Bush knew about 911 and used it to start his fake war.  I believe them....
21797
Bush is not spying on people he's spying on suspected terrorists.  Truely no one in their right mind would want our security forces to ignore a call from Osama directly into the USA?  \n\nDemocrats need to suspend their hate of all things republican and pretent for the moment that the president is Clinton.  If you would be ok with clinton securing your borders by investigating terrorists then pls drop the sky is falling attitude.
177523
I have been strongly disliking that man (and his party) for so long that I just don't have the energy for it anymore. If I turn on the tv in the morning and he's on there trying to justify selling our ports to the arabs, or outsourcing something to china, or some other stupid idea, I just turn off the TV and go back to bed for the rest of the day.\n\nseriously. I'm over him! I just hope the dems are smart about who they put up to run in '08... i know we can't erase a decade of bad decisions in one term but we really have our work cut out for us.\n\nTo the people above who claim that we are safer from "terrorists" because of bush... we are LESS safe, because the world at large is becoming very unhappy with us. In case you didn't notice, Bin Laden (a 70 year old man on a respirator) was never apprehended either, Iraq has never attacked us on OUR soil, Bush p'd off the UN, and there were never any weapons of MASS distruction! I do not get my information from Michael Moore alone (although he is a gutsy and brilliant documentary film maker who has less than a 10th of the Bush fortune, I'm sure) I actually look up the information. You can see it on any website that ends in .gov!!!!\n\nTalk to anyone outside of a square state and you'll see what's really going on.\n\nWhew... I feel a little better...
483581
This question is on the vague side, if it is a question at all, it appears to be more of a statement. The 9/11 hijackings and the aftermath have been documented. There is no debate in my mind and perhaps in those of other Americans minds. \n\nIt's done. One perpetrator has been brought to justice and we need to move so that this doesn't happen again for the sake of our children and grandchildren.\n\nI lost friends that I had gone through training with, it's still very hard to see and comprehend. I don't think that I ever will, when I do, I have become to callous for this world.
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I have never met PRESIDENT Bush, so I can't say whether I like him or not.  I'm not intellectually challenged or DEFICIENT (that's the correct spelling, answerman), and actually, I'm not even a Republican.\nHowever, I don't think many people could have led our country better the last six years, except maybe me, lol.  J/K.  I do wish we could raise FDR from the dead though, he would have been awesome right about now!  And, oh yeah, he was a Democrat, not that it matters...\nSo here's why I approve of PRESIDENT Bush as President:\nHe hasn't defended himself on Hurricane Katrina.  Everyone wants to blame him, but really, Louisiana is NOT the only state that was heavily damaged by the hurricane.  What about Mississippi?  Oh, that's right, their STATE government took care of them...and they asked for federal aid immediately.  In New Orleans, it was announced by the mayor, the senator, and the governor that they did not need federal aid the day after the hurricane.  Yet after all hell broke loose, the National Guard was sent in...and quickly.\nThe wire-tapping was a great idea.  Too bad the media got ahold of it.  Why was it a great idea?  Because it allowed the government to listen in on calls placed from known Al Qaida operatives to the US.  They were NOT listening in on Joe Schmoe telling his best friend how much p***y he got the other night, or Jane Doe telling her sister how much pot she smoked.  So, nice job media, ruining that one.  \nThe so-called "leak", which was in fact the disclosure of DECLASSIFIED information.  The CIA agent that was "outed" hadn't been a covert agent for over five years.  Yet President Bush isn't defending himself on that either.\nHe's been accused of "lying" about the WMD's, and yet hasn't defended himself.  I really wish people would get over that one, because no matter how many times they're told that the Democrats "lied", and the soldiers over there (and who were there in the last three years) that have found evidence that there HAD been WMD's also "lied"...they won't listen.\nI could say much more on how he's NOT a bad president, but I'm not going to waste my time.  If some of these people REALLY wanted to know, they would watch FahrenHYPE 9/11 (which disproves much of Michael Moore's lovely\n"documentary"), stop watching Loose Change, and maybe take a look at truthorfiction.com, snopes.com, popularmechanics.com (and search for the story about debunking the 9/11 conspiracy myths), or www.strategypage.com (and search for the story on the War in Iraq).\nHere's what I like about President Bush:\nHe's true to his word, especially away from the cameras.  I've heard many stories about how he shows his respect for our Armed Forces members, has taken the time to pray with someone just because they asked him, given hugs and comfort to those who have lost loved ones in 9/11 and the War...\nOverall, he shows his integrity in private.  That's what matters most to me.  I couldn't care less about how well he speaks (or doesn't, as we all know is true), because that's his public face.\nI like the fact that he illegalized partial-birth abortion within his first few months in office, yet has left abortion alone other than that, even though he feels it's wrong.\nI love the fact that he doesn't listen to the war protesters, and instead listens to the soldiers on the ground.  Most of them say we CAN'T pull out...and we'd better not.  Also, many of them have said that even though they were injured, they would go again and again.  I saw that on, if I remember correctly, CBS news, which, as most conservatives know, leans to the left.  I've also talked to many soldiers myself, and most of them have told me the same thing.\nMost people that have met him say he's not the "bumbling idiot" many think he is.  He's actually ver
99286
You can all kiss my a$$.  I voted to re-elect him...and only wish I had been of age when it was time to vote him in at first.  I think that President Bush is doing a wonderful job.  All of those out there that are bashing him I have only one question for you...What the F*CK have you done in your life for this country.  Your precious Clinton had all the information need to take of Bin Laden while he was in office...but he just sat on his fat ass while being "serviced".  Nice to see who people look up to in this country.  Everyone loves talking about how President Bush lies....have y'all forgotten the "I have not had sexual relations with that woman" speech?
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Let's see Osama calls someone in America tells him to begin the operation to blank the blanks\n\nYour questin indicates you would have us ignore this call?  Then you ask why people are going against reason?   \n\nHelp me out but I've read the original bill of rights and frankly I can't find a single place in there that talks about the right to private un-monitored phone communications with our enemies.\n\nGet off your high horses and start doing what's right for the country if Bill Clinton had done this you'd be calling him a hero.  Bush scratches his nose and you think it's a triger to the terrorists to begin blowing up oil fields so bush's evil friends can raise our gas prices.
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Yes, he is for something only if it benefits him which shows how spineless and shallow he is. Only an opportunist. I do feel though that bush has not been criticized enough for his wiretaps, etc.\nI also feel replacing the word censured with criticized would have\nexpressed what you meant by the question. I have to give Credit to Bill for serving 8 years. Though his lies were blatant and terrible, I CENSURE the American public for reelecting him for the second term. Al Gore's reputation was destroyed simply by the president he served and not acts he committed himself.
218709
hell no,and i feel sorry for all my american brothers and sisters that are supporting this man and his adminastration evil ways and evil plans.there is now way you can call following this man patriotic.i am a real patriot however that is trying to fight for the greater good,the real battle,THE FIGHT FOR TRUTH.911 was an inside job and more and more people are starting to realize this.so if you do not already know,well here you go,click on this link to start the revolution in your mind.after watching just one of these videos i am now changed for ever.and freed from all the media brainwashing.god bless you man and i hope that you find out that we as americans must stop this madness.\nhttp://question911.com/links.php or\nhttp://www.wanttoknow.info/index.shtml
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If a terrorist is having contact with my neighbors or my local business man I would like to know.  We have had two 911 involved persons arrested in our area.  The safety of ALL Americans regardless of  color is the reason for collecting the phone records!!!!!!\n\nSo I say yes they are.\n\nJust for the record:  Our service persons deserve any and all ways of collecting information if it means they come home alive!!!!\n\nI didn't vote for either Bush....