The ballot box doesn't matter for these initiatives. Either party will continue these programs. This doesn't and shouldn't depend on elections to be changed. I guess the only thing would be protest, but it's difficult to get people worked up enough about this to reach the point of protest. Most people ask, "If you have nothing to hide, why do you need all this privacy?".
How do you answer that question satisfactorily for a Wrestlemania watcher (from your other post). On 15 November 2012 16:58, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "As long as we have FISA, the Patriot Act, the NDAA and other similar > laws; there > will be no real reform in that sector. They legislate in secrecy and > behind > closed doors, and they carry out their actions in the same way." > > Welcome to Post-Constitutional America. > > The American people have used the ballot box to affirm these actions. > Secret surveillance is here to stay and the majority don't care. > > J > > - > > Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we > accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory > identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost > a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, > revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither > maintain nor deserve freedom for long. - Ron Paul > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358371 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
