Matt Bors for December 30, 2011
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Scientist: Do you have trouble separating your feelings about Obama from reality? Man: So he signed indefinite detention into law...HE MEANS WELL! You are one of millions suffering from PARTISAN CIVIL LIBERTIES DISORDER Man: AAAHH! I can't be consistent! Scientist: But there's a cure! Just apply the rule of law evenly to any administration. We The People Man: HEY - if President McCain blew up a U.S. citizen with a predator drone, I'd be OUTRAGED! Side Effects May Include Depression. Man: @#*?! SELLOUT! But they make pills for that.
The bill originated from the republicans. It was allowed to slide under the mat by democrats, Suffice to say as a Canadian I can see why the united states may have an affinity to libertarians.
What shocks me the most is how quiet your entire political system was about it, even the newspapers seem to avoid it. In Canada we had the war measures bill when buildings were being destroyed and people held hostage on a frequent basis by the front de liberation du QuebecEven then the bill was massively controversial