Stand
So. Now we are openly spying on American citizens without a warrant. Not even a secret warrant from the super-secret panel that assigns secret warrants. This is not America. This is what America fought against. This is what America proclaims to fight against today in other countries. On the bright side, this is an issue that every American can agree on.
This is not a Democratic issue, it’s not a Republican issue. This is an American issue. This is government gone bad. This is the true definition of "Big Government." When government invades your life and has no restrictions, that is the Biggest, Baddest Government possible.
We stand on a very precarious ledge today. Will Americans stand up and stop the abuse of power that this Administration has pursued, and now that they have admitted to it’s existence, stated that they will keep doing it so shut up and stop helping the terrorists? If people do not, we will never return to a life where we truly had a right to privacy.
If you want an idea of how far this concept of privacy and liberty go back, one of my favorite historical quotes was by Benjamin Franklin:
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."
Step 1: Call your Congressperson and tell them how completely offended and insensed you are.
Step 2: Call your Senator and tell them how completely offended and insensed you are.
Step 3: Call you Governor and tell them how completely offended and insensed you are.
Step 4: Tell people who did not watch the President on TV this weekend or read the papers over the weekend what has happened and have a copy of the article to give them.
Step 5: Tell them to call their Congressperson, Senator, and Governor.
Step 6: Don’t let the media move away from this story. If people don’t react, they will drop it. Write letters to the editor, call in to talk shows (especially those that defend this practice and tell them just how Un-American they are), send email, post on blogs, call your family; become that person. Because this time it means more than any other time in our lives.
Stand up America. Be counted.
