As a Republican and a citizen of the US I took a interest in the electronic evesdropping controversy that is going on in the public debates on the internet... This is an issue I feel strongly about.. I know once a right is lost , it may never be brought back.
I feel this is giving the Europeans a view of what's going on that may not be accurate. I know that Europeans have serious questions concerning the US's policies and I can fully understand that. But a few things must be clarified..... This is about electronic evesdropping and not about the other policies which would be a new thread.
And as the Euro's read the internet blogs and forums they must feel as if Bush is just running rampant over American civil rights.
But let's look at this a little closer.
I must make a comment here also . If you Euro's think the public in America thinks the same way as the majority of bloggers do , consider this. Most bloggers are young. Most bloggers are college students with the laptop and time to blog. And the thing about most students is they happen to think they have all the answers. That they have inside knowledge to the way the world thinks and works. They feel as if they are above it all. But they have very little experience and their insight usually comes from a university professor who is biased and presents his arguments in a way that is slanted to his particular views. So with this limited knowledge they sit down at the coffee shop and try to inform the world of their vast knowledge.
Back to "Illegal wire tapping of the Nazi Bush." What I have figured out is this .... The liberals leave out some basic truths about the subject of evesdropping. They want the world to think Bush came up with this all on his own.....
... Let's look closer.
What is the difference between what Jimmy Carter did on May 23, 1979 when he signed EO 12139 and what is going on now?
What is EO 12139?
It is an authorization that gives the right for "the Attorney General to approve electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information without a court order".
And that administration used it .......
I want to clear up another point about Jimmy Carter. Several of you Euro's have made the comment that Jimmy Carter is respected in your country. Jimmy Carter's presidency was so destructive to the American economy that all Democrats distance themselves from him. At many Democratic Party Headquarters they are instructed never to bring Carters name up in speeches in order not to remind the public that they were Jimmy Carters Party. The only positive comments made about Jimmy Carter in this country are from the young who most were not even alive during his Presidency. But they know he was a good President because he builds houses for the poor.....
Back to electronic evesdropping. Let's jump to the next Democratic President ..... Bill Clinton. On Febuary 9,1995 he signed EO12949 that goes by the title "Intelligence Physical Searches" and does this ..... "...the Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order, to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year".
And his administration used it.
So why is everyone up in arms about this now? Could it be it's an election year? Or could it be that the people ragging on it don't really understand what it is all about?
Granted, we must be careful when using these bills. But foreign nationals do not have the protection of the bill of rights that Americans do. Not when it comes to national security. Look at the security that European countries employ. They take care of themselves and rightly so ........
But one difference between the electronic evesdropping now and then is this ..... 9/11 changed the way America has to think. We know now we can be a target in our own country.
So as you read the forum and think that most Americans agree with the posters that are always screaming things about civil rights concerning electronic evesdropping........ consider the source.
I feel this is giving the Europeans a view of what's going on that may not be accurate. I know that Europeans have serious questions concerning the US's policies and I can fully understand that. But a few things must be clarified..... This is about electronic evesdropping and not about the other policies which would be a new thread.
And as the Euro's read the internet blogs and forums they must feel as if Bush is just running rampant over American civil rights.
But let's look at this a little closer.
I must make a comment here also . If you Euro's think the public in America thinks the same way as the majority of bloggers do , consider this. Most bloggers are young. Most bloggers are college students with the laptop and time to blog. And the thing about most students is they happen to think they have all the answers. That they have inside knowledge to the way the world thinks and works. They feel as if they are above it all. But they have very little experience and their insight usually comes from a university professor who is biased and presents his arguments in a way that is slanted to his particular views. So with this limited knowledge they sit down at the coffee shop and try to inform the world of their vast knowledge.
Back to "Illegal wire tapping of the Nazi Bush." What I have figured out is this .... The liberals leave out some basic truths about the subject of evesdropping. They want the world to think Bush came up with this all on his own.....
... Let's look closer.
What is the difference between what Jimmy Carter did on May 23, 1979 when he signed EO 12139 and what is going on now?
What is EO 12139?
It is an authorization that gives the right for "the Attorney General to approve electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information without a court order".
And that administration used it .......
I want to clear up another point about Jimmy Carter. Several of you Euro's have made the comment that Jimmy Carter is respected in your country. Jimmy Carter's presidency was so destructive to the American economy that all Democrats distance themselves from him. At many Democratic Party Headquarters they are instructed never to bring Carters name up in speeches in order not to remind the public that they were Jimmy Carters Party. The only positive comments made about Jimmy Carter in this country are from the young who most were not even alive during his Presidency. But they know he was a good President because he builds houses for the poor.....
Back to electronic evesdropping. Let's jump to the next Democratic President ..... Bill Clinton. On Febuary 9,1995 he signed EO12949 that goes by the title "Intelligence Physical Searches" and does this ..... "...the Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order, to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year".
And his administration used it.
So why is everyone up in arms about this now? Could it be it's an election year? Or could it be that the people ragging on it don't really understand what it is all about?
Granted, we must be careful when using these bills. But foreign nationals do not have the protection of the bill of rights that Americans do. Not when it comes to national security. Look at the security that European countries employ. They take care of themselves and rightly so ........
But one difference between the electronic evesdropping now and then is this ..... 9/11 changed the way America has to think. We know now we can be a target in our own country.
So as you read the forum and think that most Americans agree with the posters that are always screaming things about civil rights concerning electronic evesdropping........ consider the source.