Yay!!! The STL Post-Dispatch Printed My LTTE!! [View All]

[Darkhawk32]

My first confirmed LTTE publication...

http://www.stltoday.com/news/editorial

Government spying: No more Big Brother

"Big Brother is watching." We've all heard that phrase when discussing our government, no matter who's in charge. But at that time, we could at least take solace in the knowledge that there were laws and restrictions that would protect the privacy of American citizens.

Unfortunately, that solace has been stripped away over the last five years. We recently learned that the Department of Defense has been infiltrating "terrorist" organizations within our borders. Such "terrorist" organizations include war protesters, peaceniks, civil rights activists and those absolutely menacing Quakers. Little old ladies in Florida baking cookies and talking about being against the war are now a "terrorist threat." And the National Security Agency was exposed for spying on people in this country without a warrant. Apparently, this order came directly from President George W. Bush. That's illegal. It flies in the face of our Constitution and is an impeachable offense. With our climate of fear and fear-mongering, we allow a president to act more like a czar to "protect us from terrorism." My definition of terrorism must differ from that of the White House.

We are going down a very dangerous path in this country. It's time that we end this culture of fear and take back our rights as Americans.

Dino Ricciotti
Columbia, Mo.