Land Of The Free (kinda) and Home Of The Cowards? (Score 1)

It amazes me how many of us Americans talk like we are the greatest country on earth, yet act like cry babies who got beat up too much in high school and now jump at every sound we hear.

National ID cards? What in God's name has happened to this country? Someone yells terrorist and we all line up and bend over, because we are so afraid of the boogie man that we are willingly to do anything, even sell out this country's core beleifs. I long for the day when both the war in Iraq and the war of terror (yes they are two separate things) are over, but it saddens me because these soldiers will come home to a country they do not recognize. We will look more like East Berlin in the early 70's than the United States of America, Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.

To educate those cowards who say things like "whats the big deal", "it will make us safer", "we need to make sure you are who you say you are", "if you haven't done anything wrong, then whats the problem", and other ignorant stuff like that.

• There is a reason why a cop can't simply walk in your house and start looking around (if you haven't done anything wrong, whats the problem).
• There is a reason why the government can't make you testify against yourself.
• There is a reason why the government can't take you DNA as a newborn and add it to a DNA database in case you do something wrong one day.
• There is a reason why the government cannot (or is not supposed to) torture people who have been arrested to get confessions.
• There is a reason why your right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are called out in the constitution.
• There is a reason why a presidents powers are spelled out and terms are limited.
• There is a reason why we elect officials and are not simply told who are representatives will be.
• There is a reason why people have the right to assemble and speak out against anything they have a urge to speak out against.
• THERE IS A REASON WHY OUR CONSTITUTION WAS CREATED.

The reason is abuse, abuse of power, abuse of trust. The brits abused power and trust during the colonial days and a revolt was the effect of that abuse. It is our job as Americans to stop our government from abusing its power and treating us like servants and peasants. THEY SERVE US, not vice versa. The president and any other elected official are glorified civil servants and at some point we forgot that and made them kings, queens, lords, and earls. Maybe we miss the good ole days before we could come and go as we pleased, before we could speak out against the government without fear of reprisals, before we could vote on things that affected us and not simply have it thrust upon us, before we could travel where we wanted in our own country without having to show 4 forms of id, the American flag you carry in your pocket, and yell out "hail bush", before when we were butt kissers instead of butt kickers.

Our government is abusing its power and will continue to do so as long as sniffling cowards sit around and say things like "they are doing it to help us". Our government is run by HUMANS, not gods. They have a lust for power, money, and control as it is the nature of the human animal when left unchecked and right now they are unchecked.

National Id cards? Can't wait for the required microchip implants to track anyone that has been arrested. How about a palm scan at the airport before you board? But, that would require we all give up our palm prints to build the database, but I am sure we have enough cowards who would sell their mother rather than be afraid, so getting something as unimportant as your fingerprints should not be a big deal.

At some point someone with some common sense will start suggesting security policies. Policies that are thought out and don't rip at the core of this country. I find it funny that the same people pushing for national id cards are against closing the loop hole for buying hand guns at gun shows. I guess a politicians position depends on who is paying for dinner, just like a whore.