Comments on: FBI wiretap finds most Americans support the Patriot Act http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/06/19/fbi-wiretap-finds-most-americans-support-the-patriot-act/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Has America become fascist? The 14 defining characteristics of fascism - IO ERROR http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/06/19/fbi-wiretap-finds-most-americans-support-the-patriot-act/#comment-1145 Has America become fascist? The 14 defining characteristics of fascism - IO ERROR Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:19:27 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/?p=160#comment-1145 [...] Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations. [...] [...] Obsession with Crime and Punishment – Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations. [...]

]]> By: Taj http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/06/19/fbi-wiretap-finds-most-americans-support-the-patriot-act/#comment-1144 Taj Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:13:57 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/?p=160#comment-1144 Argh! All my lists got stripped out :(. Check your code, please. Thanks :) Argh! All my lists got stripped out :( . Check your code, please. Thanks :)

]]> By: Taj http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/06/19/fbi-wiretap-finds-most-americans-support-the-patriot-act/#comment-1143 Taj Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:13:01 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/?p=160#comment-1143 While those "polls" may not be true, these are: 44% believe civil liberties should be restricted for Muslims 27% favor requiring Muslim Americans to register with the federal government. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-12-17-muslims-civil-liberties_x.htm 88 percent of U.S. adults believe that Saddam Hussein would have made weapons of mass destruction if he could have (down slightly from 90% in November). 76 percent believe that the Iraqis are better off now than they were under Saddam Hussein (same as November). 64 percent believe that history will give the U.S. credit for bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq (up slightly from 63% in November). 64 percent believe that Saddam Hussein had strong links to Al Qaeda (up slightly from 62% in November). 61 percent believe that Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, was a serious threat to U.S. security (down slightly from 63% in November). 47 percent believe that Saddam Hussein helped plan and support the hijackers who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (up six percentage points from November). 44 percent actually believe that several of the hijackers who attacked the U.S. on September 11 were Iraqis (up significantly from 37% in November). 36 percent believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the U.S. invaded (down slightly from 38% in November). http://www.harrisinteractive.com/Insights/HarrisVault.aspx?PID=544 (Thanks to orthogonal for <a href="http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=151171&cid=12682560" rel="nofollow">posting these on Slashdot</a>). While those “polls” may not be true, these are:

44% believe civil liberties should be restricted for Muslims
27% favor requiring Muslim Americans to register with the federal government.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-12-17-muslims-civil-liberties_x.htm

88 percent of U.S. adults believe that Saddam Hussein would have made weapons of mass destruction if he could have (down slightly from 90% in November).
76 percent believe that the Iraqis are better off now than they were under Saddam Hussein (same as November).
64 percent believe that history will give the U.S. credit for bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq (up slightly from 63% in November).
64 percent believe that Saddam Hussein had strong links to Al Qaeda (up slightly from 62% in November).
61 percent believe that Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, was a serious threat to U.S. security (down slightly from 63% in November).
47 percent believe that Saddam Hussein helped plan and support the hijackers who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (up six percentage points from November).
44 percent actually believe that several of the hijackers who attacked the U.S. on September 11 were Iraqis (up significantly from 37% in November).
36 percent believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the U.S. invaded (down slightly from 38% in November).

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/Insights/HarrisVault.aspx?PID=544

(Thanks to orthogonal for posting these on Slashdot).

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