Why did Bush insist on this bill in the Homeland Security Act?
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Most intelligent people read Kennedy's investigative report on autisim and thimerosal.  As a parent, I paid attention.  While it is good to know what and how the USG is bilking and raping its citizens, we are getting too entrenched in the details.  Just like the Democraps, Repukelicans will take advantage as much as possible, especially when they sense the "tide is turning".  With the onslaught of their scandals amongst other reasons, the Repukelicans sensed their time was numbered, so they made the "hail mary" play and put as much "pork" into all bills as they could.  To pretend there is a difference between the two corrupted parties is bad enough.....to question why their greed and corruption has become so rampant, is to ignore the face looking at you in the mirror.  We allowed these scumbags to place their interests over those of America.  May your chosen diety have mecy on us all.  A response to the guy who won't sue in case of medical mistake:  while I wouldn't sue if my cast itched too much, I'd sue if they set the bone wrong, or put the cast on the wrong arm....The rights and welfare of the many does not outweigh the rights and welfare of the few....for securing individual rights inevitably secure the rights of society.
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Dude, calm down.\nFirst of all, the Constitution and its amendments are not laws.  If something contradicts the constitution it is deemed unconstitutional.  Not illegal.\nSecond.  Bush can't write a bill let alone pass a bill.  Did you ever hear that School House Rock song "I'm Only A Bill". . .Only Congress can pass law and write bills.  The president can either sign it, veto it, or ignore it.  Learn some civics.  What you are referring to is Executive Order 13198 (and a handful of others subsequent to this one) executed on January 29, 2001.  And before you go jumping off a bridge, read them carefully.  They don't say what you apparently think.\nThird.  You are incorrect about your interpretation of the Supreme Court rulings regarding whatever specific faith based initiative you are stuck on.  If the Supreme Court has ruled and it exists, you must be wrong.  QED.\nFourth.  Saying that you don't mind as long as ALL religions are represented is a very cute way of avoiding saying what's really in your heart.  If we represent ALL then we really are representing NONE.\nLast.  There are numerous things that are better done by religious and other community organizations (as opposed to the government).  For example, the Catholic Church does a wonderful job providing adoption services for disabled orphans.  A better job than the government.  The church avoids some of the thornier issues regarding church/state by separating its adoption services from its core purpose (to grossly paraphrase, a requirement for receiving federal money).\nBut really dude, calm down.
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there is none \nit is just a bill that allows government sponsored spying on decent american citizens, and should have never been allowed to pass
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This is one of the big issues that conservatives DO have with President Bush and the GOP Congress. Their lavish and unconstitutional spending. "No Child Left Behind" and the Mediscam prescription giveaway and the undisciplined earmarking are all issue that conservatives have with the GOP and Bush.\n\nSame with the Senate bill for clemency and amnest for illegals.\nSame with Congress' failure to make the tax cuts permanent.\nSame with Contress' failure to implement Bush's sensible Social Security reforms.\nEtc.\n\nThose are not the actions of conservatives.
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The Patriot Act is a pile of crap and there is nothing patriotic about it. It is a way to remove rights guaranteed by the Constitution and is a violation of the Constitution as well.\n\nAlthough some consider it a great and necessary tool to fight terrorism, that's strictly hype by bush and his handlers. Americans are being manipulated by that ignorant, AWOL, son of a bush who has delusions of empororship.\n\nThe founders of our country never intended for such a thing to happen and warned us against it. They also warned us about men like bush, but folks seemed to have had their eyes closed when they put him in office. \n\nThat clown can't even communicate past simple, confused and mixed up sentences, unless some script writer puts words in his mouth.\n\nHaving said that, I think that act ought to be flushed down the toilet.\n\nADDITION: P.S. King georgie dosn't need the act anyway. He just ignores the law and does exactly what he wants, because he's president and that makes him the boss. He said so himself.
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Bush isn't going a good job on anything, let along border security.  Did you know the Oregon boarder is protected by all of three state troopers?  I met one last summer when I was camping.  And keeping Mexicans out isn't 'border' protection, neither is locking up Canada.  Its being a jerk and trying to push another issue.  He's doing much less than what the media and he shows to the public when it comes to actual homeland security.
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Hm that is an interesting idea.\n\nWell I think Washington would approve of Bush trying to increase Homeland Security and such.  I think that Washington, however, may be mad with Bush's use of the troops or at least how he treats the troops.  (How there wasn't enough armour both on soldiers and on vehicles)\n\nThat's just my opinion about another's opinion.  I like seeing that you like asking unbiased questions.  That's good to see.
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President Bush is a conservative with religious incentives.  \n\nWhile I understand what he is attempting, I do not agree with all of his methods.  He is mandated to protect the United States which justifies entering the war on terrorism as a response to the multiple terrorist attacks which have occurred within the United States.  However, the Patriot act has aspects which are at odds with the Constitution.\n\nAt the same time the economy is doing far better than most people understand.  This is countered by the increasing federal budget deficit.
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it doesnt, its a contract restriciting the power of those we 'trust' with it.\nhttp://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_transcript.html
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Bush had nothing to do with it. FEMA has its own regulations for declaring emergencies and they determined that the damage was not severe enough to warrant federal aid. The state should be able to handle it.
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Library of Congress, All legislation is a mater of public record, but you sure have your work cut out for you. Pork spending is a day by day thing. The Senate passed a really fat bill today that President Bush has said he will veto. I hope he does. He sure hasn't done that yet. This time I hope he gets it right.
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no and it is not the united states government that allowed this it was the american people who allowed the patriot act. if u think about it the people vote for the people who make these laws. when we stop caring it just allows it i remember signing the petition to stop the patriot act there wa this guy who was standing on the corner of the street trying to inform people about it but every one did not care they just kept walking like it did not matter. the funny thing is now millions of people were crying about it. the american people are in a deep sleep. they have become puppets to corporate american going to work for their paychecks that barley give them nough money to support themselves. it is the new breed of slavory. until the american people wake up this will not go away.
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Without knowing who you are and what exactly your purposes are, I am afraid(literally!) that I cannot comply with your request.\nNot in the current political climate, under the present so-called "homeland" security lockdown on formerly protected civil rights.\nSorry.
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Bush insisted on this bill to protect Eli Lily for one of his best buds Mitch Daniels, who is now the governor of Indiana. Daniels is a sell out. Mitch, decided to save Eli Lily millions by cutting pensions for those who earned those funds fair and square. \nSince taking office in 2004, Daniels passed the Major Moves agenda. He got his buddies in the State House to pass the time change. Now some of us are on Eastern Time, and some of us are on Central Time. Stupid. The whole state ought to be on one or the other not both. Stupid.\nThe Stupidity didn't stop there, no, Mitchie boy, decided he wanted to sell the Toll Road to foriegners. \nBush probably promised that he would help Eli Lily cut their losses, by phasing out their responsibility for their oversight, neglegence. The Bush administration has done the same thing for asbestos claims as well, and hard telling how many others that we haven't heard about. \nThe only reason, and it's totally amoral, is that it's going to cost those companies a lot of money! It all boils down to the cost. \nRepublicans generallu aren't honest at all, let alone enough to admit wrongdoing.\nDitch Mitch!\nDitch Bush and all his cronies!\n\nBTW. What does Homeland Security Act have to do with all these companies being protected from litigation, responsibility anyway?Seems big corporations have more protection, power than the citizens of the United States. This is all sick and twisted.
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because bush told him to
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This is one of the fundamental protections in a civilized society. We are now reduced to the level of a police state. I don't blame Bush for asking for this power; I blame a cowardly congress for granting it. That's one reason the nation rejected the GOP.\n\nTo answer the previous post, the President can declare ANYONE, not just foreigners, a "person who might be aiding terrorists", and then hold them indefinitely at an undisclosed location. Effectively, this has entirely negated habeas corpus. \n\nThe President is not required to explain to a court why he believes someone has aided terrorists, so he could literally choose anyone, and no-one, not even the Supreme Court could require him to produce that person ever again - people can now just 'disappear' - as happens in facist dictatorships.
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Because he has a weapon of mass destraction, its called "fear" just watch whenever bush needs a distraction all he has to do is mention some terrorist plot that his homeland security has stopped, or mention some possible threat to rally up the patriotic idiots.