A pointed article. My wife is from Peru and we have friends from all over South America. There are many parallels between what South America experienced and what we are seeing today in the United States. One step at a time.

If you see terrorists attack our country again you can be sure that more of our civil liberties will be lost in the name of Homeland Security, motherhood and apple pie!


>>>>>>How many do you need? One American Citizen is jailed without a hearing. Is considered guilty and has to prove his innocence. That is one too many. No matter how despicable the guy maybe, he must have his day in court. If he's found guilty, then fry him. But his rights, and mine and yours have to be protected under the Constitution. Right now they're not.
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>>>>>You know Alex, this thread reminds me of our own "por algo será"
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>>>>I'm not sure I follow. You mean Argentina in the late 70's?
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>>>Yes, I thought we were all familiar with that phrase!"
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>>Gotcha. Yes, we lived though those times. Not as harsh as Dragan's or other people from Eastern Europe but yes it sounds like it. The main reason why I emigrated. Lack of freedom. And a lot of people in the USA, most of whom have not lived through repression, would easily give up their freedom for so called "security".
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>>Maybe they should re-read the Constitution.
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>Alex,
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>I googled +"por algo sera" +dictator and found this interesting ( barring what Verbistky says, I hate his guts :) ) article
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>http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_45/b3756011.htm