The House Votes to Extend the Patriot Act
On this site I have talked about the The Patriot Act and why it represents all that is wrong with our country. It stands in direct opposition to the ideals of liberty and freedom that our country was built upon. However, our House of Representatives have voted to to extend the Patriot Act.
President Bush has played the threat card practically saying that if we don't have this legislation for one day then terrorists will see this as an open window of opportunity and starting flying planes into our buildings again. Is that true? You'll have to decide that for yourself.
In spite of the danger alert (if we're lucky they will start talking about the terror colors again) some Senators are threatening to filibuster the Patriot Act. Senator McGovern of Mass. had this to say:
If we enact the bill as written, a little bit of the liberty tree will have died.
Representative Meehan also of Mass. had this to say:
At a time when so much of the world questions our commitment to our own values, I urge my colleagues to show the American people and the world that we will defend our country but we will do so in a way that protect those rights that make it worth defending.
There is obviously some in our legislature who have the reason to see that much of the Patriot Act is a violation of our constitutional rights. Hopefully President Bush's all too familiar threats of fear will not make it possible for this legislation to slide through.
President Bush has played the threat card practically saying that if we don't have this legislation for one day then terrorists will see this as an open window of opportunity and starting flying planes into our buildings again. Is that true? You'll have to decide that for yourself.
In spite of the danger alert (if we're lucky they will start talking about the terror colors again) some Senators are threatening to filibuster the Patriot Act. Senator McGovern of Mass. had this to say:
If we enact the bill as written, a little bit of the liberty tree will have died.
Representative Meehan also of Mass. had this to say:
At a time when so much of the world questions our commitment to our own values, I urge my colleagues to show the American people and the world that we will defend our country but we will do so in a way that protect those rights that make it worth defending.
There is obviously some in our legislature who have the reason to see that much of the Patriot Act is a violation of our constitutional rights. Hopefully President Bush's all too familiar threats of fear will not make it possible for this legislation to slide through.
I am glad to see that people are starting to remember that the constitution was written at all.
Posted by Anonymous | 5:34 AM
They could just be posturing for the next election with awesome lines about liberty trees... Never the less, it is good to hear our legislators standing up and saying things are wrong instead of being Bush's yes-men... I guess that is what happens when your approval rating takes a dive off a cliff.
Posted by Andrew Warner | 10:09 AM
The Patriot act is a violation on our rights!!!
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