Comments on: Understatement http://gailatlarge.com/blog/2006/12/07/2977 love, loss, and life through my lens Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Chris http://gailatlarge.com/blog/2006/12/07/2977#comment-34543 Chris Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:00:56 +0000 http://gailatlarge.com/blog/2006/12/07/2977#comment-34543 It's fun travelling to the USA these days; you get questioned at the airport at the departing country, get your fingerprint and picture taken at immigration, and have to answer a question if you have ever been a member of the Nazi party. Do they actually thing that this will prevent the psychos from entering the country? How many cross the Mexican border or land on rafts from Cuba each year? What's in a name? How many of the world's countries that have the name 'democratic' in it are actually democratic? It’s fun travelling to the USA these days; you get questioned at the airport at the departing country, get your fingerprint and picture taken at immigration, and have to answer a question if you have ever been a member of the Nazi party.

Do they actually thing that this will prevent the psychos from entering the country?
How many cross the Mexican border or land on rafts from Cuba each year?

What’s in a name? How many of the world’s countries that have the name ‘democratic’ in it are actually democratic?

]]> By: Tanya http://gailatlarge.com/blog/2006/12/07/2977#comment-34408 Tanya Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:54:41 +0000 http://gailatlarge.com/blog/2006/12/07/2977#comment-34408 It's insane. INSANE! It’s insane. INSANE!

]]> By: Gail http://gailatlarge.com/blog/2006/12/07/2977#comment-34047 Gail Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:52:21 +0000 http://gailatlarge.com/blog/2006/12/07/2977#comment-34047 Item of note: (someone at) the U.S. Department of Justice read this post this morning. We'll see if anything comes of it. They should at least sign the guestbook, don't you think? Item of note: (someone at) the U.S. Department of Justice read this post this morning. We’ll see if anything comes of it. They should at least sign the guestbook, don’t you think?

]]> By: Alex Valentine http://gailatlarge.com/blog/2006/12/07/2977#comment-34045 Alex Valentine Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:15:26 +0000 http://gailatlarge.com/blog/2006/12/07/2977#comment-34045 Some light reading: http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html There are certainly sections of the Patriot Act that are perfectly legitimate, but 90% of it should be discarded. The fact is, from 2001-2003, the US congress would vote for anything that had anything to do with "security," irregardless of the long term effects. The very name of the act itself acts a measure to discourage dissent. A politician up for election in 2002 would have committed political suicide not voting for the "Patriot Act." Some light reading:

http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html

There are certainly sections of the Patriot Act that are perfectly legitimate, but 90% of it should be discarded. The fact is, from 2001-2003, the US congress would vote for anything that had anything to do with “security,” irregardless of the long term effects. The very name of the act itself acts a measure to discourage dissent. A politician up for election in 2002 would have committed political suicide not voting for the “Patriot Act.”

]]> By: Krisanne http://gailatlarge.com/blog/2006/12/07/2977#comment-34042 Krisanne Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:34:13 +0000 http://gailatlarge.com/blog/2006/12/07/2977#comment-34042 Safer? Hell no, it scares the piss out of me! Safer? Hell no, it scares the piss out of me!

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