The Pursuit of LIFE, liberty and Happiness! Note LIFE being first! There is no pursuit of liberty or happiness without the first!
Ya know it's funny how some people say that these necessary measures to battle terrorism, are taking away from our civil libertys....The United Kingdom has law that without question allows her to fight terrorism better then the United States...The UK has a little thing called, Probable suspicion, instead of probable cause...Meanings if Joe is associating with Tim, and Tim is a known extremist, that suspicion is grounds for warrant and investigation...Does this make the UK a "big brother" police state? I dont think so...I really dont think their quality of life is any different then ours... Maybe it is that the Brit's understand that evil cannot exist in the world, and are willing to bend for the best interest of their own lives, and the national security of their state....
It also really ticks me off when people accuse the NSA agent's of illegally listening into calls, or just intruding on your personal life...In my opinion it's no different then slapping a solder in the face...These NSA interceptors may not be a on the physical front lines in Iraq or Afghanistan, but there roll in the war on terrorism is as large as any other...Ya see, just like the military, for the most part you dont get people joining the NSA, or any government agency for that matter unless they want to be there...Unless they believe in the cause...And even more so then the military, you dont get to the NSA without being extremely qualified...Maybe to some of you libs, you may say I have too much faith in my government...But I believe that in a post 9/11 world, these NSA agents, are to professional, and care to much about their mission, to do anything but find anomoly's and correlation's between #'s that may be related to terrorism...Anything else is rubish...I'm sorry 68, and all you conspiracy theory loons...The Government doesnt care what you had for diner...