tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294580951502585066.post1528931568984507369..comments2023-10-18T19:32:44.252-07:00Comments on It's just my opinion, I could be wrong: Some Days our Government is Really AggrevatingNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05587036619182019599noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294580951502585066.post-4021647048738844212010-06-02T23:26:38.611-07:002010-06-02T23:26:38.611-07:00I have mixed feelings b/c I don't want a car c...I have mixed feelings b/c I don't want a car company installing microphones in my car, but I don't think the gov't is pulling off a conspiracy either. If the gov't were smart enough to pull it off, the conspirators wouldn't come up with something like "let's listen to people's conversations in cars". But I completely agree it's unsavory and open to abuse. <br /><br />I suspect (but don't know) that most intellectuals in Iran would much prefer the US gov't to theirs. You certainly could take an oath to defend the US and its constitution, and that does mean working peacefully and legally to make gov't institutions live up to what the Constitution says. Only rightwing nutjobs say if you don't agree with the US gov't you should move to Iran. Americans petition the gov't to change.<br /><br />Democratic gov't is the exception to the rule, and it's hard to maintain. There are a lot of problems, but US hasn't cross the Rubicon yet.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315468180826700327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294580951502585066.post-12152211650339100222010-05-28T01:15:53.266-07:002010-05-28T01:15:53.266-07:00Yeah, it started looking pretty bleak to me about ...Yeah, it started looking pretty bleak to me about eight years ago, which is why I emigrated to New Zealand. My situation was complicated by a particularly bleak encounter with US intelligence - they took exception to my political views. I have just published a memoir about it all (THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY ACT: MEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN REFUGEE)More at my website http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheMostRevolutionaryAct.html)Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhallhttp://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheMostRevolutionaryAct.html)noreply@blogger.com