tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post3887379338308525956..comments2024-03-24T21:06:57.039-07:00Comments on FOUSESQUAWK: The FISA VoteGary Fousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-46049624217158789952008-02-14T08:41:00.000-08:002008-02-14T08:41:00.000-08:00Lance,I respect your point of view on this one, bu...Lance,<BR/><BR/>I respect your point of view on this one, but I think I have expressed my own already in the posting.<BR/><BR/>I also am wary of increased government power, but I am thinking in terms of all the regulations, taxes and programs. To me, the primary duty of government is to protect the nation from foreign dangers and protect the people from crime + maintain the infrastructure. In those areas, I am ok with govt power.<BR/><BR/>As for Ben Franklin's quote, you are on to something; it is a tired old quotation.Gary Fousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-14990273379137133262008-02-14T06:45:00.000-08:002008-02-14T06:45:00.000-08:00As somebody who opposes the wiretapping, my reason...As somebody who opposes the wiretapping, my reasons are twofold:<BR/><BR/>1. I don't have as much faith that the government is only targetting terrorists as you do. And by "government" I don't mean Republicans. There could be a member of the Whig party in office for all I care, and I'd still feel the same.<BR/><BR/>2. I believe in Ben Franklin's point of view when he said, "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither." (I'm sure that the blogs you speak of are probably quoting that one ad nauseum though.)<BR/><BR/>I know too much about history to know what can happen when the people willingly let the government increase its powers. Sure, it's happened in this country before (even under Lincoln during the Civil War) but that doesn't mean that we should allow it to continue to happen.Lance Christian Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662783824480475026noreply@blogger.com