As the left continues to fume about the electronic surveillance techniques of the National Security Agency, they omit the fact that Presidents Carter and Clinton authorized the same. Those presidents were correct in doing so as is any president trying to defend our nation. The left also omits the most important fact of all. It is the left that is trying to quietly steal our civil liberties one by one.
As an American citizen who is not committing treason, terrorism, or even sedition, I have never had my civil liberties infringed upon by the Republican Party or by anyone on the right. Hopefully, non-citizens, illegal aliens, traitors, terrorists or those committing sedition HAVE had their civil liberties infringed upon…because they have no right to any civil liberties.
On the other hand, I have had my civil liberties infringed upon by the left…every day! I have outlined the ways this has happened several times on this blog. Property rights, smoking rights, helmet usage, lighting in the city, religious freedom…the list goes on and on and, unfortunately, it is growing. As the left decries the Patriot Act and the use of electronic surveillance by the NSA, they are empowering the enemy and those who have committed the CRIME of illegally entering this country while they are quietly restricting our rights as American citizens.
The left will go to any lengths to cover its tracks. For example, in a letter to the editor (Minneapolis StarTribune, 12/30/05), Mark Johnson wrote that “In this time of reconsideration of the Patriot Act, I think it is beneficial to consider the wisdom of former President James Madison:
‘I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.’”
The writer relates the brilliant words of President Madison to the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act has nothing to do with “the people” (i.e., the good guys). It has to do with the bad guys and being able to catch them, much as a similar act (i.e., Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) has been used to catch gangsters and other criminals working as conspirators to hurt the rest of us.
As if through prescience, President James Madison presaged the event of our time. His words do not relate in any way to the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act is not usurping any of the rights of those of us who are not terrorists. The left, on the other hand, is quietly working to take away our freedoms and our civil liberties…every day.
We cannot let leftist redirection and subterfuge work on us. We have to rid ourselves of the hypnotic effect that the left seems to have on us and end the deceit and the control.
And we need to do this quickly, before the terrorists take over our nation.
