BAM! Just like that! "Can you hear me now?"

This is where the home truth lives!
President Bush defended his authorization of eavesdropping on private American citizens this weekend and on Saturday, 85% of those who answered the ABC online poll ("unscientific and strictly for entertainment purposes" of course!) think that that's a good thing. "Groovy" wasn't the wording used but I got all tingly when I read it. So I figure that may have been the overall implication. Although "hunky-dory" also came to mind.
When a person in the seat of power (of any country) decides that his/her particular opinion on any given issue justifies over riding existing constitutional statutes protecting citizen's rights and those people find it in any way acceptable; that country is truly heading down the garden path and into a heap o' trouble, Hoss.
It doesn't help at all that fear was the catalyst in that reasoning process.
It still smells bad.
History points to at least one European Chancellor of the late 30's that got away with this sort of arrogant, self deluded omnipotence condoned due to the ignorance or the need for law and order of that citizenry and well, the rest is some sorry, sorry history indeed.
Let's just hope that sometime between now and 2008, this guy doesn't decide that in the interest of our national security he should stay in office for another term or so, huh?
Sure that would be extreme. But extremes are met all the time.
Don't worry folks. It can't happen here.
Really??
I'm sure there was a Heinz or a Helga in the past who took comfort in that belief…for a little while, at any rate.