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		derleth on March 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: $1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Bl... You have no idea how bad it was. Look up the Alien and Sedition Acts, or the McCarthy Era.

rhizome on March 7, 2012 [–]

Seems like a difference in kind and not degree.

protomyth on March 7, 2012 | [–]

Go back to FDR, what they did then was some scary stuff

http://www.amazon.com/FDR-Goes-War-Executive-Restricted/dp/1...

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