Is it just me, or is it odd that a Republican is complaining about the spy system China has installed for it's hotel phone and internet systems when the Republicans are behind the same type of spying on our own citizens in this country?

Big brother is allways watching! freedom for who?

I agree with you Ms.Dark

Our government has been spying on us for the past 30+ years. The spying they do is just getting more sophisticated.

Big brother is getting more hypocritical as he ages.

Eh, they just stopped hiding it as well and now we all know and it pisses us off......

The books you check out, the calls and emails you make and now every credit card transaction too.

The governments #1 job is to protect the US citizenry from outside and inside threats. Try doing that without the systems the intel depts. have in place. Don't be a law breaker (or a terrorist)and you have nothing to worry about.

So, what if there is a radical change in administrations Kev and the government comes after people like you for your political or religious ideas?

Bet you'd sing a different tune then.

The clear intent of the founding fathers was to bar the government from over reaching into the private, political and religious lives of the citizens of this country.

Why, because they saw the results when kings and queens meddled in these areas. Examples abound in Europe alone of the devastating results on the people when monarchs did so. That is why they sought to create a country bound to the rule of law, to the separation of church and state and to the rights of it's citizens to freely assemble and yes I am fairly sure to own firearms too among others. Not that that isn't a whole new thread.

Is every thing you do in complete compliance with the law?

"The clear intent of the founding fathers was to bar the government from over reaching into the private, political and religious lives of the citizens of this country."

If the founding fathers had to worry about terror cells trying to coordinate attacks using airplanes and dirty bombs and anthrax and lord knows what other nightmarish event they would have been FOR wire tapping.

If there is a radical change in administration it would be to the RADICAL Obama and then I really would worry about being fingered for my political beliefs. That is why it is so key to keep Stalinists out of the Whitehouse.
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No everything I do is not in complete compliance with the law and if I get a ticket for speeding or using my cell phone without a handsfree I pay my fine and move on. I do not accuse the police of trampling on my rights to endanger everyone around me. If you break the law you suffer the consequences if you are caught. I think that the feds and local law enforcement needs all the tools they can get to ward off another attack like those we had on...when was that? Oh yeah 9/11/01.