So...Steele thinks he and others at a pro-life rally were being watched?

I think this is mostly about playing to, reinforcing and creating more fear...a powerful tool in politics...but that's no surprise. Fear is a potent tool in manipulating people but you all know that right?

Still...if the pro-life rally was being watched why do these people find it so alarming? After all if they are acting lawfully why worry?*

*PLEASE READ THE SARCASM IN THAT LAST SENTENCE!!

For many years I heard neocons blather on, supporting Bush spying on womans groups, anti-war groups and many other political organizations. Funny to hear them whine now haha

One more time...I told ya so...don't love those policies and powers you so loved when Shrub was in office....HA HA HA

From http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/sean-hannity-and-michael-steele-are

Well, we knew that the fake controversy over the Department of Homeland Security's domestic-terrorism report was really all about whipping up paranoia among the Republicans' right-wing-populist footsoldiers.

But we really didn't expect their leading officials and pundits, like Michael Steele and Sean Hannity, to be hearing the black helicopters whupping overhead already:

Steele: You know, they've got their eye on the 3,000 Americans who assembled in Indiana last night, in Evansville, Indiana, to profess their continued effort to save the life of the unborn. Sarah Palin and myself and 3,000 other Americans who're concerned about the life issue were gathered there. And I'm sure there was somebody in the room with a notepad and a camera taking snapshots and writing down names.

Of course, Steele is just doing his part. The more paranoiac, the merrier.

I'm realizing why so many people at the Seattle Tea Tantrum were looking at me so suspiciously. It wasn't that they thought I might be liberal; it was that they thought I was a DHS agent.
Still...pro-lifers are proven domestic terrorists. They have engaged in assignation and bombings and advocated on pro-life websites even more violence like the killing of doctors who perform abortions.

I see the good and bad on all sides

I think after 8 long years of Bush many americans are weiry of the fear tactics. Those fear tactics lost it for McCain and Palin who were not smart enough to see beyond their base to how bloody tired people were of divisive tactics and out and out bs.

The only thing that concerns me are the paranoid who may just end up hurting people for real.

Yes, and abuse of power is a problem no matter who is in power.

there are pro-choice people that are extremists too. it's everywhere and not in all groups IMO

Extremists always ruin the cause for everyone else.

Yeah, if ya' gonna' kill a kid, you don't have to do it in an extreme way.
BTW, I am pro-choice. Can you think of a better way to get out of payin' more in child support.

I can

NO! NO! Back away with th' sizzors!

Goverment admits that it's spying on people, sending in infiltrators.

Go look at what happened down in New Orleans with the snitch who was "watching" those folks who were organizing and rebuilding the 9th ward.

Go look at what happened to the "domestic terrorists" who were charged under the patriot act during the RNC.

Go look at the admittance that the army was used to spy on the folks who attended the "end the fed" rallies.

the big bad terrorist sits in the seat that those whom elected them put them in

you control people with fear

oklamhoma city exploitation lead to the anti terrorist bill under clinton

wtc 9-11 lead to the patriot act under bush

(also to the inflaming of the many islam fundamentalist by the attack on there religion and the invasion of 2 of the countries [i would say 3 counting pakistan] whether justified or not)

thus the radicals (on both sides) play on that discontentment which causes the fear (that leads to the ""people"" permitting the abuse if their civil rights [also known as freedoms] for a false since of security)

this is very concerning to any true patriot as that if one wants to commit a crime the only way that you can truly protect society is to have a society that is willing to protect itself

there is no way possible that the govt can protect you from crime (whether domestic or foreign) we must protect ourselves and our neighbors and friends

this is getting to the point that if you try to protect some one from a wrongdoer, that you are possibly held to a higher standard than the wrongdoer (why should someone that illegally enters your domain be permitted to sue you if they get hurt, while there to do you harm [it has happened] thus upon the rights of wrong doers being put to such a standing, that the law biding citizen is held liable for the well being of the wrongdoer) this has lead to the i will not get involved (to protect themselves from possible action against them)

now that those things have come to pass the ""people"" have clambered for better protection from the govt

thus the govt sends out this message that we can not protect as long as people can spread inflammatory propaganda (speech internet and any other form of communication) so we must be able to regulate the possibility that it could lead to hate crimes (or what ever)

and how can we know what is going to be done to you if we can not listen and watch what the people do (that is absolutely needed)

thus these things lead to other rights being lost

the right to bear arms for example how can we protect you if anyone can get a weapon we need to limit or maybe even ban weapons

but the right to bear arms is for a well regulated militia but then if you become a well regulated militia you became a terrorist group

nice catch 22 there is it not

let me ask you this

if say 1/2 of the people in the country exercised their right to bear arms, (on their person all the time) how many mass shootings do you think there would be. i doubt there would be very many. could be a few attempted ones, but with an armed public they would not get very far on their killing spree b4 someone handled the situation.

the only way society can truly be protected is for society to protect its self!!!!!

maybe i am the only one that sees the coincidences on the me me me age and the lost rights of the ""people""

but hey what do i know

killed another one

does this a terrorist make

ADJ the InfoTerrorist.

Has a ring to it...

There's an avalanche of evidence that shows that the random shooter nut gets stopped a heck of a lot quicker, with far less casualties, if the populace is armed.