ooge wrote:Night Strike wrote:ooge wrote:I really hope you folks who lean to the right are paying attention to who is in favor of this program and who is not.Also I may have this wrong But Dick Cheney this Sunday stated the program was great,but Barrack Obama should not be in charge of it.I as often the Case with Cheney do not understand his logic.
And how many on the left were outraged that Cheney might find out what books you checked out at the library but are silent when knowing that Obama could find out every single phone call and email you send or receive? It works both ways.
You missed the first part of what i posted,The republicans are not the ones who have a problem with this program its the Democrats/liberals. Seriously look at what the politicians are saying.ACLU a lefty group is suing the administration.
ACLU does actually have a track record of being somewhat objective. Remember they defended Rush Limbaugh when his medical records were leaked and some other things as well.
And I have seen more and more Liberals lately holding true to their principles, even with a Democrat president, but I still see a lot defending too/only attacking when Republicans do it. Even defending the IRS violating civil rights, simply because they don't like the people who were targeted. It was the exact same way when the targeting was raced based, like with the NAACP. Lot's of racists were like "we don't like them, so you can violate their civil rights and we won't say anything!" Those who support the IRS targeting Conservative groups are just as bad as those who supported targeting blacks in the 50's-60's.
If we don't stand for everyone's rights all the time, we lose them. It's hard to be consistent, and that goes for everyone. It's easy to jump on when it's your political enemy who is having their rights infringed. That's why we had to let the American Nazi party have a convention in America during WW2, that's why we have to tolerate the Black Panthers and the KKK and Planned Parenthood marches and speeches.
Everyone has the same rights, whether we like those people or not.