In response to your signature, I love my country and everything it's SUPPOSED to stand for. I have my country for what it IS.

They can do pretty much what ever they want in the name of your safety. http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/02/29/the-tsa-is-coming-to-a-highway-near-you/

Not to say I'm 100% for this, or that I don't see potential downsides. Why don't we declare the gangs and cartels the terrorist orginizations they are and go after them with the full force of the NG and the police? Obviously the active duty Military can't be involved here, but the problem is getting so bad that something drastic needs to be done. No one should feel like they need to join a gang to stay safe.

Of course he won. The basic idea of what he (OSAMA) did was to force us to change our way of life. I'd say he was more effective at forcing America to change it's policies than any special interest group or movement, peaceful or other wise. America as we believe it to exist has been dead since the moment the first plane hit the towers. We just have realized it yet.