I'll pose the first answer to my own question here....
The patriot act was the single greatest threat to personal liberty since slavery, and now looks tame compared to NDAA. We went from legalizing a CLEAR violation of fourth amendment (and other) protections afforded citizens of the U.S. to essentially allowing or commander-in-chief to unilaterally declare himself a deity. NDAA authorizes government takeover of industry and infrastructure in any moment deemed an emergency by the President, whose judgment is not checked in any way. This act is tantamount to authorizing martial law status to be enacted in this country on the whim of one person among hundreds of millions. NDAA also authorizes even greater violations of personal liberty and due process protections of citizens than the patriot act.
Lets see if we can ask enough real questions here to draw attention to the real issues of the upcoming election. I really don't care what the health care system looks like, what the immigration policy looks like, what the education systems do, or who the talking head....errr President is unless the United States remains the United States, complete with liberty and responsibility for every individual. If we keep on this road, the US as it was will be lost forever.

