Remarks by President Bush at Signing of USA Patriot Act of 2001

US Newswire ^ | 10/26/01 | George W. Bush

[IRtorqued]

not just _Jim take a look at the bush daily photo thread. talk about blind fawning.

[listenhillary]

Too bad we share it with the Hildebeast. Think her birthday is the 26th.

Hope you had a good one.

[IRtorqued]

here's the rest of them

[CWOJackson]

Nice that it was introduced in a bill...unfortunately it wasn't introduced into the history books.

[TaZ]

Well, here's one for the History books.

FEMA has been traveling about the country giving lectures on the domestic terroristism threat. And they have even inferred that the Founding Fathers were terrorists.

Looks like the Feds are going to investigating a lot of Patriots in the near future......

[CWOJackson]

You are inferring that FEMA is inferring...well that makes it true.

[P-Marlowe]

At this point, I consider the State a greater enemy than the terrorists.

Then I suggest you get the hell out of my country. I consider you an enemy of the United States by your own admission. You are a Traitor!

If this law is bad it can be changed. That is the American way. But your attitude is that our Country is now equal to our enemy. That makes you my enemy.

[sargon]

I am not a traitor to the Constitution. Are you?

[TaZ]

BTT

[kcpopps]

Thanks for the post. Actually I'm surprised it is still here.

There is a interesting poll on MSNBC. It has this question about the bill.

What's the most likely effect of the anti-terrorism bill?

	* 15091 responses
	It will help the federal government track down and jail foreign terrorists now within the United States.  31%
	It will be used against U.S. citizens to ransack their homes, offices and e-mail.  34%
	It will lead to some innocent people being detained for a time but will also help foil would-be terrorists.  35%

From the accompanying article:

WHILE THIS NEW anti-terrorism law was certainly not designed to take away civil liberties of Americans, its unintended consequences threaten fundamental constitutional rights of people who have nothing to do with terrorism. The well-meaning but careless exuberance of our lawmakers is alarming..." (well to certain Freepers on this thread it's not)

"No hearings were held in either the House or Senate on the USA PATRIOT Act, and few — if any — members of Congress were really aware of what was actually in this massive, complex, highly technical 30,000-word statute, which is divided into ten titles, with more than 270 sections and endless subsections that cross-reference and amend a dozen, or more, different laws."

There is a concept in the legislative process called “regular order.” It is the time- tested procedure to make certain that our laws are carefully considered. The USA PATRIOT Act was jammed through the House and Senate, with those calling for regular order being labeled unpatriotic. In fact, the 66 Republicans and Democrats in the House and the one member of the Senate who refused to be railroaded believed that law enforcement officials should have the tools needed to fight terrorists, but they should not be created at the expense of basic American freedoms."

[Native American Female Vet]

Amazing numbers.

"with those calling for regular order being labeled unpatriotic." Kinda sounds like many here on FR

[Native American Female Vet]

I did not know much about Reichstag. That was a very good read. Thanks

[Native American Female Vet]

I did not know much about Reichstag. That was a very good read. Thanks