seatbelt and smoking laws equal encroaching police state?
=Now= who's the paranoid conspiracy nut...

Look goins, I'm not berating BushCo. on this one. I think the US Government is a emminently corruptible place, and we need to keep it in check. Sounds like were on the same page there.

However, under the BushCheney regime we've seen (1) more classified documents than ever before, (2) more rule effected by "Executive Orders" than all other presidents combined, (3) a major terrorist attack on our land, (4) and a reduction of civil liberties, now allowing the State to keep a person captive w/o a trial for as long as they want.

#4 is fucking mideval. And yes, Congress is totally to blame for this, as they are the ones putting a fucking rubber stamp on it. Harry Reid (Democract for what it's worth) bargained away the Dems right to filibuster this piece of shit law in order to attempt to tack on some lame amendments.

I hope you write your Congresscritters regularly goins. I really hope you do.

Btw, the smoking thing? Where is my right to breathe non-smoky air? I thought my liberties ended where your nose begins... and if I smoke, then my liberties go right up your nose. Doesn't sound exactly fair to me. Sounds selfish.