<p>I was in the 3rd grade when the Twin Towers fell. We've been at war for what feels like my entire life. We've been chasing after 'terrorism' as long as I can remember. I've never gotten onto an airplane without having to deal with the TSA. I was born into the age of the PATRIOT Act. There used to be a time when they couldn't just take you to Gitmo? What is America like? I sometimes feel like I've never been.</p>
<p>I know the freedom and justice have always been matters of struggle, and here in the US not much of either were afforded to many minorities for a long time. In some important ways, especially in terms of equality, things are better than they've ever been. Still, this kind of news makes me feel so powerless and indifferent, and it's all I've been hearing my whole life. I'm so sick of it. I loathe the 'post-9/11 world' that has been my environment since childhood.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 6, 2013 7:25 PM, "Bob Elzer" <<a href="mailto:bob.elzer@gmail.com">bob.elzer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p dir="ltr">How dare you talk about our country like that.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Don't worry Mr President, I got your back, give me a call when you read this.</p>
<p dir="ltr">;^)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 6, 2013 5:00 PM, "Derek Trotter" <<a href="mailto:expat.arizonan@gmail.com" target="_blank">expat.arizonan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Comic Sans MS">This country is looking less and less
like a free country every day. I read a few days ago that the FBI
wants a back door to all encryption software. Some may think
they're doing nothing illegal, they have nothing to hide, but the
way the IRS and EPA are harassing B.O.'s opponents proves that
notion wrong.<br>
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<div>On 06/06/2013 03:24 PM, Eric Cope
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<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html</a><br>
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<div>wow, just wow.</div>
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<div>Eric</div>
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