Why does Bush* advocate for stronger police powers?

[Deja Q]

We've had 0 terrorist attacks since 9/11.

This means the terraists aren't ready or that Bush is allowing the Intelligence and Defense people to work instead of letting more terraists attack us.

Why does he want to remove/restrict more freedoms? (apart from the corporate freedoms, of course - they can have whatever they want. And THEY are the real "servants of evil". Search that on the web, that's what Bush* called the 9/11 hijackrs. Sorry, but Bush is as much a servant of evil as anyone else is in this whole escapade.)

[Lindacooks]

1. Because that's what republicans do

They are for anything that restricts the civil liberties of the average citizen and for anything that gives the justice department more power.

They don't give a flying fuck about actual on-the-beat cops who do a good job.

[aquart]

2. He's a fascist, honey.

He can't help it.

[Clete]

3. Facism, plain and simple.

At first they will go after anyone who is Middle Eastern by arresting them and asking questions later. Before long they will go after anyone they don't like, who questions their actions and who threatens their position of power. They want a police state. The ordinary cop will answer to a new centralized authority. This is a terrifying idea.

[phishhead]

4. Hey, didn't you get the memo?

Bush, the republican party, and god have decided:

There should be limits to freedom.

[Booster]

5. What I don't understand is.....

why doesn't anyone ask him, with his new Homeland Security Dept with all those people, how is it possible that people are getting close enough to Florida to just wade into Miami, how can people from Mexico just drive in on a truck, how does someone "ship" himself to Dallas without anyone ANYWHERE along the way noticing????? Why don't the Dems pound on this over and over??? You can't really blame him for asking for whatever he wants, but we can damn sure blame Congress for turning over the keys to the Buick without asking ANY questions.

[amber dog democrat]

6. War is Peace, Ignorance is Stregnth, Freedom is Slavery

Especially true now. The bushies don't really like democracy. The more authoritarian and centralized our government becomes, the more they like it.