Thursday, April 14, 2005
Come and Get It
Tom DeLay has given everyone express permission to go after him (ganked from Wonkette). Okay, so he didn't officially douse himself in steak sauce and jump into a pit of coyotes, but he did say this:
Not zealous. I blame Congress over the last 50 to 100 years for not standing up and taking its responsibility given to it by the Constitution. The reason the judiciary has been able to impose a separation of church and state that's nowhere in the Constitution is that Congress didn't stop them. The reason we had judicial review is because Congress didn't stop them. The reason we had a right to privacy is because Congress didn't stop them.
I've got a steady belief regarding politicans who believe that the American people have no right to privacy: You'll allow the government to come into our homes without a warning and for whatever purpose? Fine. Then you obviously won't mind when we look into your credit history, your college record, your business dealings, your "gifts" from corporations, your questionable relations with members of the opposite/same sex...
Don't you love it when invasion of privacy cuts both ways?
Not zealous. I blame Congress over the last 50 to 100 years for not standing up and taking its responsibility given to it by the Constitution. The reason the judiciary has been able to impose a separation of church and state that's nowhere in the Constitution is that Congress didn't stop them. The reason we had judicial review is because Congress didn't stop them. The reason we had a right to privacy is because Congress didn't stop them.
I've got a steady belief regarding politicans who believe that the American people have no right to privacy: You'll allow the government to come into our homes without a warning and for whatever purpose? Fine. Then you obviously won't mind when we look into your credit history, your college record, your business dealings, your "gifts" from corporations, your questionable relations with members of the opposite/same sex...
Don't you love it when invasion of privacy cuts both ways?
