Comments on: Most Americans Live In the “Constitution-Free” Zone http://libertymaven.com/2008/11/02/most-americans-live-in-the-constitution-free-zone/2949/ For Liberty, One Individual At A Time Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:41:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: TimK http://libertymaven.com/2008/11/02/most-americans-live-in-the-constitution-free-zone/2949/comment-page-1/#comment-1670 TimK Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:51:01 +0000 http://libertymaven.com/?p=2949#comment-1670 Yeah, but I'm sure they won't actually start stopping people at random and asking them for their papers. After all, we don't live in a police state, right? And the administration assured us that they'd only use their powers to go after bona-fide, suspected terrorists, right? [insert deep, evil laugh here] I seem to recall Bob Barr also saying something to that effect, in regret. Something like: they assured us they'd only use these powers narrowly, to investigate suspected terrorists. But I guess we're all suspected terrorists now. Sorry about the negativity, Mike. I'm not as much a cynic as I sometimes appear. But I read the ACLU's press release when it first came out, and then when the Advocates reiterated it, and now on your blog. Unfortunately, it just goes to prove that indeed, a police force powerful enough to allay all our fears is destined to become our most distressing terror. -TimK Yeah, but I’m sure they won’t actually start stopping people at random and asking them for their papers. After all, we don’t live in a police state, right? And the administration assured us that they’d only use their powers to go after bona-fide, suspected terrorists, right? [insert deep, evil laugh here]

I seem to recall Bob Barr also saying something to that effect, in regret. Something like: they assured us they’d only use these powers narrowly, to investigate suspected terrorists. But I guess we’re all suspected terrorists now.

Sorry about the negativity, Mike. I’m not as much a cynic as I sometimes appear. But I read the ACLU’s press release when it first came out, and then when the Advocates reiterated it, and now on your blog. Unfortunately, it just goes to prove that indeed, a police force powerful enough to allay all our fears is destined to become our most distressing terror.

-TimK

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