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Dear Senator Bunning,
I was totally and
completely shocked to hear you say on the Jane Norris radio show of
Tuesday, October 9, 2001 that we were are "going
to have to give up our civil liberties" due to the situation
we are in with the terrorists. I was also in disbelief that you stated
that "I am not worried about the agencies reading my email" as
well as some other statements you made.
Which of our
liberties were you referring to? Were you referring to our "Bill
of Rights" or just some of the rights contained in this document.
Which of the ten specific rights are you willing to give up? I am
personally not willing to give up any of my rights. I may just be a dumb
country boy, but I have sense enough to know that once these rights are
gone we will never get them back.
You stated on the
show that the ACLU and a few civil libertarians are about all that would
be unwilling to give up their rights. I hate the ACLU and many of the
things they stand for. However, I will stand with them on this issue even
if I have to hold my nose and wash my hands with disinfectant after
working with them.
I
am not willing to give up my right to free speech, privacy and especially
my Second Amendment right. Never!
The bills you
referred to as "needed to
protect us and get at the terrorists" leave it open for anyone
that opposes what the government is doing or possibly wants to do to be
classified as a terrorist or something undesirable. What would a person do
for defense against unfair accusations? With our rights gone and this kind
of mentality we have LOST THE WAR ALREADY and haven't enough
sense to know it.
The America I love
and would die for is not this kneejerk reactive state, that would leave us
as any other dictatorial country, with only "government
given" rights. Our founding documents and writings decree that
our rights are "God
given" and to be protected
by government not
taken by government.
In closing, I would
like to ask, by what Constitutional
authority does Congress or the President have the right to take away
these God given rights?
Norman
Davis
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