Quote:The NSA has been spying on you for more than 8 years. I'd check the history books before laying that at Obama's feet.


DWI checkpoints are a recent phenomenon?


Obama created the TSA too?


You should have thrown the outrage card well before he took office like I did when they passed the Patriot Act.


So.. You have the same basic rights you did before the bad man became president.

The NSA's bulk data collection started, at the earliest, during the Bush 44 regime. The facilities to enable bulk collection of phone calls, internet histories, etc. didn't exist yet prior to that.

 

DUI checkpoints are not a recent phenomenon. What is recent is the presence of a judge onsite to rubber stamp a pre-filled warrant that allows the cop to pull out his gun, tell you to step out of the car, then use whatever force he deems necessary to strap you to a chair and take your blood. No probable cause necessary, just a cop radioing your DL information over to a judge a few dozen feet away who fills out your name and signs it.

 

John Mica created the TSA. He has repeatedly lamented what Obama, yes, Obama turned it into.

 

I recognized what the Patriot Act was the day the bill became public. It wasn't about security. It was about the Bush regime using an event they turned a blind eye to to establish a whole new level of control over the US population.

 

Bush laid the foundation. Obama built a skyscraper on it. If Ted Cruz pledges to blow Obama's skyscraper to hell, he has my vote.

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