the madness of dictator

george .............................
and this from intervention magazine
George Bush is promising security and protection in exchange for our freedom and civil rights. By Michael Coblenz

Most Republicans have been curiously silent about the recent news
reports that President Bush has engaged in warrant-less eavesdropping on
American citizens. This is surprising given their general hostility towards
government power, and stands in stark contrast to their outrage over the Supreme
Court’s Kelo v. City of New London decision this past summer. That case held
that the government could take private property for use by other private
entities as long as the government determined that there was some public
benefit. After the Kelo ruling, prominent Republicans took to the floor of
Congress and demanded immediate action to prevent such an egregious usurpation
of individual rights. The contrast between the Republicans’ furor over the
Supreme Court’s eminent domain decision and their nonchalance towards President
Bush’s (possible) misuse of power is bizarre. It’s almost as if Republicans
believe that dictators rise to power and strip citizens of their rights through
zoning decisions. It's almost as if they never read any history.