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67. I think we are by-passing the need for such an Act. nm

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Tue Jun 11, 2013, 09:59 AM

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They are attempting to normalize the step-by-step elimination of the Constitution. [View all] Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 OP

Thank you to the DUer who pointed out and awoke some of this within me. n/t Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #1

The neo cons have royally fucked this country up. mick063 Jun 2013 #2

Agree. KICK Th1onein Jun 2013 #3

Huge, huge K&R woo me with science Jun 2013 #4

The terror meme is very productive and they've stepped up the pace. snappyturtle Jun 2013 #5

Perfectly and beautifully stated. Thank you! K&R n/t markpkessinger Jun 2013 #6

And yet, when asked what is the most important issue on the minds of Americans sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #7

I know that you know that TERRA! is a superb distraction from jobs, and this: Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #8

Good point Sabrina. It's not a democracy if you choose to live under total authoritarian rule. rhett o rick Jun 2013 #11

Keep an eye out for them. Challenge them. Point out that they are supporting the gutting of our very Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #40

I have tried but it is hopeless. Their need for the comfort that authoritarian rule gives them rhett o rick Jun 2013 #47

NONE ARE MORE HOPELESSLY ENSLAVED THAN THOSE WHO FALSELY BELIEVE THEY ARE FREE. lunasun Jun 2013 #63

They don't need to get rid of the whole thing... Javaman Jun 2013 #9

Actually, Bush called it "a G**d**ned piece of paper," the good Christian patriot that he is. WinkyDink Jun 2013 #12

Yes... DissidentVoice Jun 2013 #46

Does the 1st really exist anymore?... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2013 #50

Good point. nt Javaman Jun 2013 #66

This sounds an awful lot like 2nd amendment fundamentalism ucrdem Jun 2013 #10

I honestly don't think so although you could be correct. I think it's Neocon driven and is byeya Jun 2013 #14

That's more or less what I mean. ucrdem Jun 2013 #15

Our Constitutional rights ARE fundamental to this democracy. How odd that you would sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #17

I repeated no such defense you're making things up as usual. ucrdem Jun 2013 #19

So, why are Liberal Democrats who expect their representatives to abide by the oath they took sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #21

I agree with you and thanks for setting me straight. I will say this: I think ther middle east byeya Jun 2013 #18

Thanks and it's funny you mention it because that's exactly what's going on. ucrdem Jun 2013 #22

Yes, the President could easily have taken the bait by now and it's to his credit that he has not byeya Jun 2013 #23

I'm an Occupier. Fuck the neocons (if you didn't see that in my OP), fuck Israel's government. Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #38

Keep up the good fight! Occupy! -nt- b.durruti Jun 2013 #60

I'm an Occupier, not a militia man, but thanks for validating the Chomsky quote and the point of my Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #35

And that is why this is so scary nineteen50 Jun 2013 #59

A little "Minority Report"-ish, eh? As Woo Me With Science mentioned elsewhere, Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #61

It was early in the Reagan administration when the words terror and terrorists were pushed by Ron byeya Jun 2013 #13

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #16

knr forestpath Jun 2013 #20

kick woo me with science Jun 2013 #24

The war on terror is really a war on American citizens. Initech Jun 2013 #25

terror? WTF undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #26

ENOUGH. Resist with all your passion and knowledge, those who would burn the founding documents of o clarice Jun 2013 #27

Keep in mind that the feds consider Occupy to be a terrorist organization. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #28

+1 woo me with science Jun 2013 #33

Absolutely. As Woo Me With Science pointed out in another thread, Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #36

The 4th Amendment is darned inconvenient to your local totalitarian. Laelth Jun 2013 #29

I rec'c this, and went to bed. You've said so well what I have been thinking. Gregorian Jun 2013 #30

What NAZI Germany and Imperial Japan together couldn't accomplish... Octafish Jun 2013 #31

Exactly and well said TakeALeftTurn Jun 2013 #32

The Enabling Act. Germany 1933 formercia Jun 2013 #34

I think we are by-passing the need for such an Act. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #67

Who is Terror. Phlem Jun 2013 #37

K&R. nt DLevine Jun 2013 #39

Kick because I have been paying attention since 2000, and particular attention since 2004. nt silvershadow Jun 2013 #41

Highly recommended DU link: Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #42

This is what happens when you run "government like a business" - haele Jun 2013 #43

Point Taken matt819 Jun 2013 #44

And to vilify and discredit each other based Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #45

Kick. rhett o rick Jun 2013 #48

Big K & R Lifelong Protester Jun 2013 #49

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed AtheistCrusader Jun 2013 #51

K&R MotherPetrie Jun 2013 #52

The Constitution was hand-written on paper. That's why the NSA is unaware of it. tclambert Jun 2013 #53

Perhaps we should start all future phone conversations by reading the Fouth Amendment... n/t Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #57

All these "war on -----" have common threads WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2013 #54

It's like Pterodactyl spray. Can't prove it is or isn't DirkGently Jun 2013 #55

We're all Germans now. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #56

FUCK the neocons indeed! ~nt~ b.durruti Jun 2013 #58

NDAA seemed not to raise the outrage it deserved by most lunasun Jun 2013 #62

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2013 #64

+1 uppityperson Jun 2013 #65

K&R ReRe Jun 2013 #68