In an interview for CBS-TV, Rocker Bruce Springsteen said this "I think we've seen things happen over the past six years that I don't think anybody ever thought they'd ever see in the United States." "When people think of the Unites States' identity, they don't think of torture. They don't think of illegal wiretapping. They don't think of voter suppression..."

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Well, well well Mr. Springsteen. Let's take a look at each of these shall we?
1. Torture - what qualifies as torture? Naked men in a pyramid or hacking limbs/heads off. Cornering a man in his jail cell with a dog or hanging people upside down and beating the soles of their feet until they bleed? The formers were used by US guards, the latter by Al Qaida and the Taliban against captured US soldiers and citizens. I'm sorry Mr. Bruce but making men stand naked doesn't qualify as torture. Intimidation? Yes. Torture? No. Nobody has died at Guantanamo Bay, nobody was killed at Abu Ghraib. And they say Rush Limbaugh degrades the view of the troops. Mr. Bruce is essentially calling US soldiers torturers and murderers. Nice isn't it.

2. Illegal Wiretapping - On whom may I ask. Name me ONE private, innocent citizen that was illegally tapped and their lives disrupted or damaged by it. Listening in on phone conversations between suspected terrorists here and abroad does NOT infringe on the rights of Mr. Q Public. I have no fear the govt. is monitering my conversations or tapping my internet use. I'm just Mr. Joe Schmo who goes to work, pays his taxes and stays out of trouble. Are we supposed to give up ANY avenue we have to stopping terror plots BEFORE they happen. The Bush Administration was accused of not "connecting the dots" before Sept. 11, 2001. Now we attempt to do so and people like Mr. Springsteen think it's wrong. Scratching my head in disbelief.

3. Voter Suppression - Oh this is rich. If there's ONE political party that goes out of it's way to suppress or intimidate voters its the Democrats. Shall we revisit the attempt by the Democrats to NOT COUNT the votes if US military in the 2000 Presidential election? Shall we name the countless times Democrats have refused to make laws requiring voters to show a photo ID to vote? Shall we name the times a Democrat candidate was caught attempting to fix and election (1960 Primary in Chicago). The Democrats are the ONLY party that has the illegal immigrant, imprisoned felon and the dead vote for their candidates. All that and they still can't get over 50% of the vote in any major election. Astounding.

Shameless ignorance and denial of fact is the calling card of Democrat voters and liberals like Mr. Springsteen that make political debate so much fun. They NEVER have a valid argument. They're not wrong on just some issues - they're wrong on basically every issue.

It's astounding to me that people actually think this way. It must suck to be that miserable.