FC: The ugly truth about Republican "conservatives," by Kevin Tuma

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.libertyforall.net/2002/archive/sept29/ugly-truth.html

   The Ugly Truth About the
   Republican Party:
   The Myth of GOP Conservatism
   by Kevin Tuma
   
   As a paleoconservative, I find myself these days looking back at the
   Clinton Administration with a sort of warm, golden nostalgia. Much has
   changed since those days...and not for the better.
   To anyone with even a basic understanding and respect for the Bill of
   Rights, the United States, since September 11, 2001, has begun a
   nightmarish descent. To put it simply, the Bush White House has put
   the Constitution on the chopping block in ways the Clintons would have
   never dared to attempt.
   
   The US public---naive and obedient as always--blithely sucked up the
   maudlin flag-waving and crocodile tears that accompanied the passage
   of the Patriot Act and the Office of Homeland Security. Authorities
   can now invade homes without warrants, arrest people without charges,
   and jail people without trials.
   
   The Feds have declared Posse Comitatus obsolete, and they are creating
   hordes of military police to be unleashed upon the country. A new
   branch of the military is now on the drawing board, to deal with
   "domestic threats"--i.e., common American citizens. Despite the fact
   that we are not at war, the government continues to hold hundreds of
   military prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and apparently will deal
   with them using military tribunals. People in the Press continue their
   ongoing demonstration that there's no lie the Federal government can
   tell that they are willing to expose, and no usurpation of power that
   they will ever find objectionable. Even the United States' 'shadow
   government' has been openly discussed--and no one dares to criticize
   the concept. Orwellian newspeak abounds.

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