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this is yet another example of our free nation gone police state.there are literally hundreds of satellites,doing nothing more,than spying on our citizens.the wire taps were present,long before the patriot act,and an estimated 16,000 citizens are being watched for little or no reason from the clark belt.i understand security,but the realm outside of our border,seems to have more reason for scrutiny than natural born citizens.imagine how much safer and effective our troops would be,if the satellites were watching their locations,rather than spying on"potheads"who get their weed from mexico.i'm sure one doesn't need to have a loved one on active-duty,to agree with watching the location of our troops,but the simple solutions to problems doesn't leave adequate opportunity for corruption.the use of scare-mongering,to take rights away from us,is being perfected.few people are actually looking into the policies that have been proposed,as of late,and most would would be quite angry if the big picture were even visible.most think we still have the right to free speech.the truth is,groups like the national rifle association,can face severe penalties in civil court for speaking to the public during an election year.this ruling has been in place for quite some time.in january,2007(this year),a bill almost passed that would force private lobbying groups to submit all their information to the government,and get permission or a denial to pass that information along to other private citizens.at present we have hr984,a bill that would place anyone who writes their representatives,on a list classifying them as potential"domestic terrorist's".one of the most important articles,of our constitution has been removed,along with 2 other articles.article 10 gave direct responsibility to our president,to protect the document that is our constitution,before any other duty.where there were 10 articles,we now have only 7,this is a great question but our fate is set.anyone reading this and open to what our forefathers truly intended,should find a thesaurus and read the"federalist's papers",before they are removed from the library of congress.

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