Wiretapping, Money and Power

We have never seen a Presidential administration abuse it’s authority in as many varied and intrusive ways as has occurred under President George W. Bush. In the name of terrorism, a misleading pursuit as we are the international terrorists, this administration has overstepped it’s boundaries in so many offensive ways, it is apparent that serious reform is the only option. Bush has recently signed into law an expansion onto the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which itself was in breach of the Constitution, which now gives our Government unprecedented power to tap into the phone line of any suspected foreign terrorist without the consent of a warrant. In effect, the President now has absolute authority to intrude on the privacy of whomever he deems a threat, with us citizens losing our basic freedom in the process.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/washington/06nsa.html?ei=5088&en=5e759f9bfd611cd7&ex=1344052800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1186757201-2XL1YkfLfJyY4qdZYYKNbQ

The true threat is that the United States is quickly turning into the police state so many Americans fear, the same fear that has been falsely associated with structured economies. Isn't that what the big knock on Socialism and Communism has always been in this country, through Capitalist backed propaganda, that Communist and Socialist governments are too intrusive, lack freedom and are too controlled? Aren't we experiencing all of those breaches of freedom now, without the assurance of a more equal standard of living and the realization of basic social programs for those in need? And that's what this is all about: money.

The elite in this country play by a different set of rules than the rest of our citizens, afforded opportunity and privilege the average citizen could hardly Dream of. Laws such as FISA would never have been passed by the founding fathers of our country. Our Constitution was written to prevent such invasions of privacy and obtrusive governmental practices, but that has been overcome by the powerful force of elitism currently dictating the laws of our nation. The power of our current ruling class was not envisioned by our founding forefathers. That's why our system no longer works. The top 1% of our nation account for a third of the wealth in the United States. With the elite in control of Congress, the masses are not being represented, only the privileged. Who can really hold Bush in check? There is real power in money, and the average citizen lacks the wherewithal to make themselves usefully heard. Furthermore, the wealth and power President Bush has accumulated has distanced himself from the reality of the situation, in that his actions are not reflective of the beliefs of the American people, and that he can afford the right legal representation to circumvent the law, much as O.J. Simpson mockingly displayed financing his freedom in the 1990's during his murder trial. The unprecedented power Bush has displayed through his issue of law and policy making is directly due to the disparity of wealth in this nation, and the unfair system of checks and balances accompanied with it. We are not a democracy in this country, we're an unaccountable bureaucracy at this point, and one run by the interests of the elite. If the gap in wealth were lessened between the elite and the masses, more power would logically reside in the people and their interests would be more equitably served. We do not need to be ruled by a government which has taken to dictatorship under the guise of a democracy. We do not need to be spied on while claiming to be free. What we do need is to become more vocal and bring politics back into the mainstream. We need to organize and reject the commercial values of the elite. We need to recognize when governmental authority has gone too far and fight back. We need to know that money is behind it all.