A nation Under Attack
We are a nation under attack. No, I am not confused. I am not mixing us up with Iraq, which is systematically being attacked by the U.S. government. I mean we, a nation of American citizens who are systematically being attacked by the U.S. government. No bombs have been dropped yet but the soldiers have certainly been put on alert. I'm not sure if this was George W.'s plan all the time or if the light suddenly went on when he was granted the presidency by the Supreme Court, but somewhere along the line he decided the old rules of American government, including the built in checks and balance system of separate branches of government, were no longer needed and he would make up some new ones. And, boy, has he been busy. Since he took office, George W. has little by little beaten back our assumed, and always before guaranteed, civil rights. He has established what is known as "the Bush
At the time we considered this an attack on our very freedoms. Yes, I am still talking about America, land of democracy. After all, isn't it our job as Americans to make sure that the country our soldiers are away fighting to defend will still be worth defending when they get home? . I read most of the Bush Doctrine and never did find who gets to keep an eye on us, in case we develop into a threat--because right about now I'd say that country is either loading the missiles or asleep on the job. Well, two lines into this editorial I became a threat to the new regime. It has never been the job of the government to promote one religion, or faith, over and to the exclusion of others. Celebrities, who are citizens first, are being censored and threatened with financial repercussions if they speak out against the government. This is the new Bush America where his faith is the only faith. Finally, it appears our very freedom of speech is being dismantled. He has signed into law the Patriot Act, which gives the government the right to arrest without charge and hold indefinitely anyone the government labels a threat. One of the reasons we broke from England in 1776 was that they were arresting people without charge and holding them indefinitely. People who speak out against the actions of the government are being censored, boycotted, and vilified. It says, in essence: he, the leader of the United States, will be ever vigilant looking for countries that may someday develop into a threat and, pre-emptively, declare war on them. Isn't that part of their job? You don't have to always agree with what's being said, but as an American who has so far enjoyed all the rights of citizenship, you must agree with the right to say it. As a Christian, he believes in rewarding Christian groups with his new faith based initiatives.
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