This American Refuses to Live in Fear!

We keep hearing from the pro-war folk that the terrorists hate us "because of our freedom." I think that's just a lame slogan, but if that's true why has the Bush Klan taken away some of those "freedoms", such as; habeas corpus. Habeas corpus "is a writ which requires a person detained by the authorities be brought before a court of law so that the legality of the detention may be examined." It was the rule of law that goes back to 1215. Yet because of Bush's claim that he has to protect the American people he has taken away "a suspect's right to challenge his detention in court," that applies to Americans as well.

Bush has also taken away our right to privacy with his wiretapping and domestic spying program. Lawyers have said if he needed to spy he could have gone to the courts and requested warrants. He would have received them within hours. The majority of the requests were granted.

If we willfully give up our Constitutional rights... The terrorists have won. The goal of terrorists is not only to kill people, but to instill fear in them, and make them change their way of life...by all accounts Bin Laden has succeeded in doing this. We had people running around buying duct tape, toothpaste being thrown out at airports and people sitting in front of the TV waiting to see what color the "terror alert" is for the day. I for one REFUSE to live in fear, I refuse to give up my constitutional rights. I want to be vigilant, but not paranoid, patriotic, but still question my government.

Folks, the choice is yours. We can choose to live in fear and continue to let this corrupt administration chip away at the Constitution in the name of protecting us Or we can live up to the principles of "the land of the brave and the home of the free ." Once we lose those principles the terrorist have indeed won.