Posted on 07/21/2005 7:36:07 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
I think we may never know how well The Patriot Act has helped protect us against more 9-lls.
Columns like the following helped me become a Patriot Act supporter.
http://www.therant.us/staff/guest/dipini/patriot_act_under_attack_from_left_and_right.htm
Apparently it's working. Does this bother you?
That was a bad typo, thanks for amking it clear that I meant to write.
In other words, wartime demands that we suspend our system of checks and balances and concentrate power in the executive branch. Exactly what our Founding Fathers envisioned.
You realize that saying such things automatically makes you an anti-American, terrorist sympathizer, right? At least that's what I've been called.
Indeed it does. The right side.
It makes Bush look good and they can't have that continue.
It's all a popularity contest for you partisan hacks isn't it? For conservatives Bush has never looked all that good and a push for this legislation isn't helping his image any.
It's only cool with those who are willing to trade liberty for perceived safety. "Give me liberty, or give me death" has no meaning anymore.
A little paranoid? What are you so afraid of? Unless you are engaging in illegal activities. What liberties exactly have you lost due to the P.A.? If you don't like being searched before flying, I suggest you drive. Flying is not a right. Library PCs are public, not private.
The left has always tried to undermine our nations security. The truth hurts.
What truth? You're upset that someone is standing up against an intrusive, unconstitutional bill passed under the guise of 'safety'? Personally I would like to thank each and every person that voted against it. I don't care what their reasons were, as I would probably disagree with most of them, but at least their votes counted instead of falling lockstep behind a monstrous bill
Spoken like a true patriot. Patrick Henry would be proud.
You will make a very fine serf.
Those latest bomb attempts in London couldn't have come at a better time.
It almost appears that the terrorists and the totalitarians are working hand in hand to steal our liberty.
Hear! Hear! Keep 'em coming!
Is it just coincidence? hmmmmm
I am happy you are pissed.
You say that as if there's a difference between the two. ;-)
You're right. I'm convinced. However, let's just go all the way and not have elections anymore. Or ban the Democratic Party from participating in them. The second would probably be better because we'd be more able to identify the traitors based on those who protest.
Let's do it right and not leave anything to chance. Your halfway measures are going to get us all killed and leave our grandchildren praying to Mecca five times a day. If we're going to have the Patriot Act, we had better make sure people like Hillary and Dick Durbin don't get to use them. After all, we can trust the Republicans.
I usually say as a litmus test, would I trust this tool in the hands of Hillary? The answer is, of course, unequivically NO.
Could a better methodology for addressing the terrorist problem be architected? You betcha. Will it happen? Nope. Runs counter to the bigger plan.
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