In all the news coverage of the war on Iraq, and the protests of it, virtually no one mentions the War on Americans. Where are the protesters in the streets? Where is the fair and balanced news broadcast which even mentions this war? Does no one even care that American freedom is being destroyed, and that Americans will forever be subjected to carrying their "papers", and being stopped at "checkpoints" where they must be "commanded" like slaves while staring down the barrels of loaded guns?
This current War on Americans goes far beyond "terrorism"; the laws such as Patriot I and II which are supposed to combat terrorism are being used for many other purposes. But few protest, and few news media cover it.
I sometimes wonder who is really more free, we or the Iraqis. Saddam Hussein and his brutal regime have killed many people, while we "humanely" imprison more people than any other country in the world. I wonder whether I would rather be shot on the spot for smoking a joint, or whether I would rather spend a period of time in one of our "humane" prisons, after having my door battered down in a no knock search, and facing masked men with assault rifles who might shoot me.
The US congress passed an appropriation today, for the war in Iraq. That same bill included 4.2 billion for the war on us. The States want much more for "first responders", and sadly they'll probably get it.
The states and cities have always had first responders. They maintain forces for earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, major fires, epidemics, car wrecks, etc. etc. etc. The national government is not a money tree which refills automatically. Your choice as a citizen (slave) is to pay $1.00 in taxes for these "services", or eventually pay $2.00 to have the same money filtered through Washington, D.C.
Life is not "safe". Never was, never will be. California for instance has known for years that they might have an earthquake with much more damage than 9/11. And they have hopefully maintained "first responders" up to that task.
So why does one terrorist attack require that we spend additional billions? With a B. The only new item is more opression and slavery. More guns to point at the citizens. (slaves).