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The bandwagon hysteria of post 9.11 insanity & cowardice, sold to Americans through incessant Rovian propaganda via the media, is epitomized by wbgonne (who no doubt believes he came to his "realistic, practical" views completely on his own, and not by media manipulation and brainwashing).
One the biggest post 9.11 lies was that it was the “worst catastrophe in US history!”, and presented "the worst, most unpredictable threat we’ve ever faced!” The likes of which no one could have ever imagined!!! Accordingly, it should lay waste to all the quaint laws written previously, even laws written when America faced MUCH, MUCH worse threats than 9.11 and a street gang with box cutters.
I’m sure the people who lived through the civil war would be interested to know that the killing of 23,000 people in one day on US soil (Battle of Antietam) was nothing compared to the 3,000 killed on 9.11
All perspective was lost when gutless, weenie, cowards like Bush, Cheney, Rove, et.al, decided to act like their refusal to take terrorist threats seriously prior to 9.11 should result in a complete dismantling of our Constitutional liberties, while (surprise, surprise) empowering them with near dictatorial authority.
