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Here's an article I wrote about government spying.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gilroy.patch.com/groups/marc-perkels-blog/p/why-do-i-care-abut-government-spying-i-have-nothing-to-hide">http://gilroy.patch.com/groups/marc-perkels-blog/p/why-do-i-care-abut-government-spying-i-have-nothing-to-hide</a><br>
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<h1 class="x-large-theme-header footroom">Why do I care about
government spying? I have nothing to hide.</h1>
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In response to government spying on all our phone calls some
people have said to me, "Why do I care about government spying? I
have nothing to hide. So what if the government is tapping into
everything we do?" Obama says, "We're going to have to make some
choices as a society."
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The 4th Amendment of the Constitution says.<b> "The right of the
people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by
Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
searched, and the persons or things to be seized."</b> Obama is
saying that a secret court has determined that all Verizon customers
are criminal suspects, including me. That is just plain crazy on its
face.
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Obama and every member of Congress took an oath that includes,<b> "I
do solemnly swear that I will ... preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution of the United States."</b> That oath has now been
broken by the President and every member of Congress that supports
government by secret courts and secret laws.
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So an answer like "I have nothing to hide.", misses the point. I
don't recall anything in the Constitution that says that you can
amend the Constitution by deciding to ignore it. I don't recall a
rule that says that if a Republican president and a Democrat
president both break the same law then the law becomes nullified.
Obama and the Congress have effectively suspended the Constitution.<br>
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What they are doing is declaring that the Constitution itself, the
document upon which all laws are founded, is void. Obama and
Congress have declared that the rule of law no longer applies in
America. Without the rule of law and the Constitution the America we
knew no longer exists. It is wrong and it rises to the level of
treason against the Constitution.
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