Have you lost respect for the USA since Bush has installed a dictatorship here?

Question

The Patriot Act, spying on Americans without warrants, torturing people for information, secret prisons, indiscriminate bombing campaigns in Iraq, and Afghanistan, invading and occupying sovereign nations. The list goes on. Aren't you as an American disgusted with the behavior of our "leaders" and aren't you tired of your hard-earned tax dollars supporting these crimes?

Answer 1

Being an American myself, I'm very unhappy with Bush. He thinks his way is the best, but what he won't admit is that we are screaming at him to stop his crap. He doesn't seem to care what "We the People" want and I can't wait until he is out of office, but then some one else has to clean up the mess he has made.

Answer 2

Bush's policies are merely a logical extension of Clintons, which are merely a logical extension of the previous Bush's, which are merely a logical extension of Reagans, which are merely a logical extension of Carters, etc.

We have permitted ourselves to be gradually stripped of our liberties in the name of "safety", "social security", "safety nets", and a whole host of other lies. We are not yet an actual dictatorship and probably never will be. However, I can see the USA becoming a truly smothering nanny/police state, wherein every single aspect of public and private life will be regulated and restricted "for our own good", "to ensure public safety", "to ensure diversity", and "for the sake of tolerance", all at once, all at cross-purposes, contradictory, stifling, and a worse tyranny than any prevously seen, worse because it will have learned how to insulate the people from realizing what is being done to us.

Keep entertaining the drones. Make sure that anyone with any active intelligence is recruited into some strident "-ism", and make sure the -isms are always at each others throats--never cooperating, never compromising. Make ideological purity the only measure of a person's value, that way, rational, thinking people will be marginalized and ostracized as "RINOs" and "DINOs" for daring to work outside the narrowest of parameters.

That way, you can have a tyranny that will maintain itself without all the embarassing trappings of conventional tyranny. But do not be mistaken, the tyranny of Nanny will end up being no less asphyxiating to the human spirit than any jack-boot regime.

Answer 3

I still love America. I'm just upset at what Bush and the rest of the Goverment is doing. All of the crazyness needs to stop. And it's frusteratoin because I don't want this to go on or get anyworse. i want my children to have a good life were they can be who they want to be. All those people who make it seem like what Bush is doing isn't that bad are lost. No were not in a dictatorship at the moment but I can see it getting to that point. Were going to have an election in 2008 and I don't know if I'm going to vote becuase I don't know which person would get us out of this mess and not make it worse. This is a very scary time for me.

Answer 4

when you consider that Bush can not make regulations, i'm guessing you attempt to ask if human beings only are disgusted with all venues of government straight away all the way down to the judiciary point by way of Bush? My answer could be that i grew to become into continually disgusted with particular regulations and judiciary judgements long till now Bush stopped fidgeting together with his GI Joes and grew to become president. Bush nonetheless, is like putting salt particularly of the mandatory sugar into what grew to become right into a foul recipe in the beginning.

Answer 5

As an American I will never lose respect for my nation. I have however lost a lot of respect for the office of our president & the inability of Congress to uphold the very principles our great nation was founded on.

Answer 6

I don't know if I would call it a dictatorship, but I am ashamed of the American people who voted for Bush. I hate to say this, but many of the Americans got what they wanted. I can happily say, I voted for Kerry!!!

Answer 7

Yes like the rest of the word no one likes the anti christ! And for the government the good ole boys are dying out and yes we can make a difference for the better of the world instead of their destructive evil ways it will change!

Answer 8

Sorry, none of your examples illustrate a dictatorship.
The Patriot Act - Approved by congress

spying on Americans without warrants - Bill pending in congress that approves these actions including the actions that occurred in the pas. Appears likely it will pass.

torturing people for information - Nothing has shown that this has been ordered or condoned by the president.

secret prisons - They don't seem so secret to me.

indiscriminate bombing campaigns in Iraq, and Afghanistan - Sorry, there are no indiscriminate bombing campaigns. Every bombing mission was executed against specific targets. The bombs and missiles used by the military are designed to minimize collateral damage. The military passed many missions because the risk of collateral damage was too high. If you want to see indiscriminate bombing campaigns, look at World War II and carpet bombing.

invading and occupying sovereign nations - Again, approved by congress.

Answer 9

Perhaps a careful reading and reasoned understanding of Amendment 5 is in order.

“No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

Since the detainees were captured by US land forces in actual service in time of war AND public danger, they would be the exception clearly noted in the Constitution. I further submit, they are still alive and have not been deprived of freedom, as they were already captives of a perverted ideology.

The only property they have been deprived of are weapons, the same property which many in the US feel we all should be deprived.

You can argue the legality all you want, but it’s written in simple English.

I recognize that Congress has the only authority to declare war, but I also recognize it lacked the courage to do so and did the second best thing they could have by "authorizing" the President to use military force as he saw fit.

I'm tired only of having my tax dollars used to support a socialist democracy. All that money should be funneled to the war effort so the socialist democracy crumbles from lack of funds. The socialist democracy is not the nation; we can survive quite well without it.

There is a major difference between invading sovereign states and sovereign enemy states, hence the need to foster democracy (it’s only useful purpose) in regions where we are unsure of the beliefs of the people. Allowing people to vote on "Death to America" would pinpoint the areas to be targeted for destruction.

Take Saudi Arabia for example: friend or foe? It’s difficult to tell at this point.

Considering the fractious nature of the sectarian Middle East and their bloody history of sectarian warfare, Iraq was the logical focal point in which to begin a transformation of or consolidation of attitudes as the population consists of every major sect. Until the people of the region recognize their own hatred and distrust of one another fuels the killing, not US policy, they won't be willing to do anything about it.

It’s well past time the region faced their internal demons and oust them from their midst or we will be compelled to do it for them.

The region woud be well served to recognize that in WWII when most of the world inderstood the dangers of evil ideologies, carpet bombing enemies was the accepted norm.

Answer 10

I lost the respect the day the USA stopped listening to what legal American citizens want.