Suspending the Constitution

[Tim May]

On Saturday, September 15, 2001, at 12:17 AM, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 05:26:52PM -0700, mmotyka at lsil.com wrote:
>> Or does innocence depend upon the depth of one's pockets?
>
> Looks like you already know the answer to *that* question...
>
> -Declan
> (who may be becoming overly pessimistic)
>

It's nearly impossible to be overly pessimistic...

-- Bush asks for $20 billion, Congress doubles it to $40 billion

(to be handed out in many cases to defense contractor buddies)

-- Bush asks for restrictions on some civil liberties, Congress proposes 
to repeal the Bill of Rights


The freight train is now an express train. Even online cyber-activists 
are calling for suspending big chunks of the Constitution.

It is everything Franklin, Jefferson, and the Founders warned us about.

The United States does not _deserve_ saving.

Fuck them all.


--Tim May