Doltish down under
Before I get into another one of my high-quality rants, I'd like to thank everyone for posting comments. One of the main reasons I blog each day is because I like the idea of firing up ideas and getting people to talk. I also like proving idiots wrong, which is why it's time to call out one of friendly commentators.It seems as though my blog has inherited some Crocodile Dundee flavor with a reader from down under. This individual is a former resident of the U.S. and claims to have moved to Australia for "real freedom." And while I appreciate this Aussie reader and his opinions, he's fired off some really stupid comments to others responding to my blog. I know you all will love this, so let's dissect some of his verbage...
- And SF GOP Guy -- does that stand for San Francisco? I used to live there. But my wife and I left the country and moved to Australia in March. Because we LUUUUUUV freedom. And you're losing it in the USA. Government spying on your phone records, e-mails, finances, searching your home without a warrant, torturing people to death, making them disappear into foreign prisons without trial... The modern U.S. is becoming no different to the old USSR. Australia is SO much freer!
Clearly this cat has no clue what freedom is or the price we generally have to pay for freedom. Liberals throw around the concept of "losing our freedom" because they want you to believe George Bush is somehow intruding into your lives. News flash kids, it's not true. Unless you are a terrorist and operating on an international level, you have not lost any freedoms.
Our Aussie friend likes to use NSA programs as examples, probably because the New York Times has set a quota for exposing counter-terrorism programs and presenting them as domestic operations. But not one of the anti-terror programs leaked by the Times was domestic. In fact, the data-mining of phone records was on international calls to and from known terror suspects. The wire tapping was of international calls to and from known terror suspects. The e-mail tracking was to and from known terror suspects. And the financial tracking was on international accounts linked to terrorist organizations. Not one of these programs had anything to do with ordinary American citizens. I realize Bukko and liberals generally hate America, but trying to lump ordinary citizens with terrorists is a bit much don't you think guys?
But what you won't hear from these liberals is any disdain for their former Comrade Clinton and his government surveillance program, Echelon. You see, Bukko says something about searching your home without a warrant. While this has never been done by the Bush administration, Mr. Clinton made it the centerpiece of his domestic spying program. Yes, you read that correctly, his domestic spying program. Of course most haven't heard of this because the New York Times and Democrats didn't seem to take issue with a Clinton government spying on ordinary citizens. But now that Bush is trying to track and stop international terrorists...stop the presses!!!
Our Aussie friend also steps into the eggshell world of torture and tribunals. Another false statement by liberals and terrorists alike is the big bad USA is torturing prisoners of war. Aside from the rare case of the Abu Grab prisoner humiliation situation, not one case of American torture has been proven. Of course a terror suspect is going to claim torture. They fly planes into buildings and kill innocent people, do you expect anything less? Much less believe them? But Bukko and Democrats would rather spend their time indicting the U.S. instead of demanding action against real cases of torture like the two U.S. Soldiers who were kidnapped, tortured, and barbarically killed by insurgents. How many days has Abu Grab and Gitmo been on the front pages...and how many days did the MSM report on the torture and death of these two soldiers? Nuff said!
Another ode' to the terrorists move by liberals is this insistence that terrorists detained at Gitmo deserve the same rights as American citizens. They seem to do this comparison quite well, eh! As U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) said today in a release after the Hamdan ruling..."It is inappropriate to try terrorists in civilian courts."
The ACLU and Democrats are celebrating today because the Supreme Court ruled in their favor. But this just proves my point that nuts like Bukko and liberal leaders are determined to bring you and me to the same level as a ruthless terrorist. And as a Real Republican I just don't see it that way. I have enough sense to understand the difference between ordinary and terrorist, international and domestic, and ultimately smart and stupid. Unfortunately bloggers like Bukko do not.