Kaye Grogan
So what else is new . . . about eavesdropping?
By Kaye Grogan
The government has been eavesdropping on the American people for years. So what else is new? Naturally, the liberal news media gave it their best shot to try and make it appear as if the authorization by President Bush to wiretap and spy on certain citizens is an isolated case. Boy, talk about grasping for straws!
This spying business has a lot of people all shook up. Could it be there is a lot to hide for some people? I don't care if every single American, is spied on, including myself, if it will prevent another devastating 911 — terrorist attack from happening. And if someone is attempting to board a plane with hidden weapons — it's too late if the privacy of all passengers was not invaded for the safety and protection of all concerned.
While cell phones are convenient and probably one of the most popular gadgets ever invented, they too have their downside. When terrorists can detonate bombs by a secret code programmed into a cell phone, by the pushing of a button/buttons to blow everything in its pathway to smithereens — well, we have an obvious monster on our hands.
So, the only alternative is to try and monitor cell phone conversations. And if this helps to thwart planned attacks on the United States, then I am all for it . . . and full steam ahead! Let those opposed to the spying techniques gripe all they want to about an invasion of privacy.
With plans brewing by terrorists to carry out Osama bin Laden's plot to kill at least four million Americans in the next attack — it is ludicrous to concentrate on protecting privacy above the safety of U.S. citizens. How many more skyscrapers have to be leveled to the ground before people realize the ominous danger is more than just a figment of someone's imagination?
I wonder if the editors of the "New York Times" who seem to be reaching exhilarating highs by writing and publishing anti-Bush articles actually believe their offices are the only ones that will escape the wrath of terrorists? It would be to their best interest to try and assist the president in uncovering potential dangers above concentrating on always being so negative about the mission in Iraq.
Before the terrorists carry out their destructive plans, I can assure you they could care less who is inside their targeted areas. Be it children, dignitaries, Democrats, Republicans, blacks or whites — you are going to join the death statistics, and you won't be around to protest strategic schemes to promote safety, if the plan to use nuclear weapons is carried out.
So, it would be to your best interest to encourage the president to do everything he can to foil the plans of our enemies, instead of putting him down for caring enough to do everything in his power to shelter you from another senseless onslaught by terrorists, who have no respect for human life period.
How do you think so many attacks on the United States have been avoided? The answer is simple: Through eavesdropping the next plans of the terrorists have been averted and resulted in the capture and arrest of some of the most dangerous al-Qaida operatives, before their demonic goals could be carried out.
As far back as when the telephone lines hooked several customers on party lines — people have been listening to phone conversations and enjoying every minute of it. But if an ordinary citizen resorts to taping the phone conversation they are listening to, well this is when it becomes complicated and can result in criminal charges.
Before too many people try to capitalize on portraying President Bush as a "snooper" they need to go back and review the Clinton and Carter Administrations.
It is totally ridiculous to preconceive that alleged terrorists may have had their "right to privacy" infringed upon by the National Security Agency monitoring their preplanned plot to carry out attacks on the United States, by listening to their phone conversations.
Personally, I don't care how the president, the FBI or Homeland Security operatives thwart potential destructive attacks by al-Qaida — just as long as they protect us. We are living in a time when security should take precedence over everything else.
After all . . . our very lives are hanging and dangling in the balance.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
The government has been eavesdropping on the American people for years. So what else is new? Naturally, the liberal news media gave it their best shot to try and make it appear as if the authorization by President Bush to wiretap and spy on certain citizens is an isolated case. Boy, talk about grasping for straws!
This spying business has a lot of people all shook up. Could it be there is a lot to hide for some people? I don't care if every single American, is spied on, including myself, if it will prevent another devastating 911 — terrorist attack from happening. And if someone is attempting to board a plane with hidden weapons — it's too late if the privacy of all passengers was not invaded for the safety and protection of all concerned.
While cell phones are convenient and probably one of the most popular gadgets ever invented, they too have their downside. When terrorists can detonate bombs by a secret code programmed into a cell phone, by the pushing of a button/buttons to blow everything in its pathway to smithereens — well, we have an obvious monster on our hands.
So, the only alternative is to try and monitor cell phone conversations. And if this helps to thwart planned attacks on the United States, then I am all for it . . . and full steam ahead! Let those opposed to the spying techniques gripe all they want to about an invasion of privacy.
With plans brewing by terrorists to carry out Osama bin Laden's plot to kill at least four million Americans in the next attack — it is ludicrous to concentrate on protecting privacy above the safety of U.S. citizens. How many more skyscrapers have to be leveled to the ground before people realize the ominous danger is more than just a figment of someone's imagination?
I wonder if the editors of the "New York Times" who seem to be reaching exhilarating highs by writing and publishing anti-Bush articles actually believe their offices are the only ones that will escape the wrath of terrorists? It would be to their best interest to try and assist the president in uncovering potential dangers above concentrating on always being so negative about the mission in Iraq.
Before the terrorists carry out their destructive plans, I can assure you they could care less who is inside their targeted areas. Be it children, dignitaries, Democrats, Republicans, blacks or whites — you are going to join the death statistics, and you won't be around to protest strategic schemes to promote safety, if the plan to use nuclear weapons is carried out.
So, it would be to your best interest to encourage the president to do everything he can to foil the plans of our enemies, instead of putting him down for caring enough to do everything in his power to shelter you from another senseless onslaught by terrorists, who have no respect for human life period.
How do you think so many attacks on the United States have been avoided? The answer is simple: Through eavesdropping the next plans of the terrorists have been averted and resulted in the capture and arrest of some of the most dangerous al-Qaida operatives, before their demonic goals could be carried out.
As far back as when the telephone lines hooked several customers on party lines — people have been listening to phone conversations and enjoying every minute of it. But if an ordinary citizen resorts to taping the phone conversation they are listening to, well this is when it becomes complicated and can result in criminal charges.
Before too many people try to capitalize on portraying President Bush as a "snooper" they need to go back and review the Clinton and Carter Administrations.
It is totally ridiculous to preconceive that alleged terrorists may have had their "right to privacy" infringed upon by the National Security Agency monitoring their preplanned plot to carry out attacks on the United States, by listening to their phone conversations.
Personally, I don't care how the president, the FBI or Homeland Security operatives thwart potential destructive attacks by al-Qaida — just as long as they protect us. We are living in a time when security should take precedence over everything else.
After all . . . our very lives are hanging and dangling in the balance.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
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