President Signs the Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act

President Signs the Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act

... Counterfeiting hurts national security, as terrorist networks use counterfeit sales to sometimes finance their operations.

You have GOT to be kidding. Don't get me wrong - I'm all for preventing knock-offs of "brand name" products. But billing this as a counter-terrorism tool? Give me a break. It seems to have become so automatic for this administration to use the terrorism "trump card" to bolster everything it does, that it's being invoked without even thinking about it.

One of these days, Mr. Bush is going to wake up to find that, just like in the case of an antibiotic that's been used too much, the American people will have become resistant to this rhetoric. At least, I sincerely hope so. I just hope that it isn't over a situation where it should be used, and innocent lives are lost.