] The Founding Fathers would have found [the USA PATRIOT ACT]  ] to be despotism in spades. And they would have hanged  ] anybody who tried to get this through the Constitutional ] Convention in Philadelphia. Hanged. Gore Vidal discusses the Bush administration, patriot act, eVoting... This is entertaining, but my regular litmus for lefties is Afghanistan. If you oppose Afghanistan I can't take you seriously.  |