Senate Trashes Civil Liberties; House to Vote Today

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Senate Trashes Civil Liberties; House to Vote Today

Posted by michael on Friday October 12, 2001 @05:53AM from the fly-the-flag-upside-down dept.

The U.S. Senate passed its version of the "anti-terrorism" legislation last night. The Washington Post, CNN, and Wired all have stories. There are terrorists under every rock, and we must destroy our freedom in order to save it. Remember: gamblers are terrorists too. The House is apparently going to drop their version of the legislation and vote on a copy of the Senate bill.

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fist pr0zst by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-12 05:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

eat it, all of you
tp by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-12 05:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

293743rd post!
not the first post! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-12 05:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

not the mama!

W()()T!

you know who you are. i love you!
oh sure reject my story then post it as your own by terrymr · 2001-10-12 05:56 · Score: 0, Offtopic

oh sure reject my story then post it as your own
Re:Senate trashes omlettes also! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-12 05:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

your logged in ways have no chance against my AC prowess. You sir, may eat it.
Re:oh sure reject my story then post it as your ow by Wind_Walker · 2001-10-12 05:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It happened to you too? I wrote up a nice piece about this very same story... But it too was rejected.
That's the wonderful consistency of Slashdot editors for ya... I'll bet that if we had mentioned how Linux was allpowerful and how Microsoft was bad, it would have been posted...
To the Wayback Machine, Sherman! by ackthpt · 2001-10-12 06:03 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Let's just hold a little /. seance and summon the ghost of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. You'll know you've succeded when the ghost of Dick Nixon finds a microfilm in the world's least sincere pumpkin patch and drags Linus off in irons...

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plumbing problem closure by peter303 · 2001-10-12 06:21 · Score: 3, Offtopic

No, the closure was due to a mysterious fluid leaking from eyes and flowing down the cheeks. Engineers are uable to find the cause of leakage.
You gotta fight... by jason_z28 · 2001-10-12 06:21 · Score: 0, Offtopic

For your right...

To Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrtttttttttttttttt yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would just like to remind you: by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-12 06:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

IF&nbsp I&nbsp EVER&nbsp MEEPT&nbsp BEN&nbsp FRANKLIN,&nbsp I&nbsp WILL&nbsp KICK&nbsp HIS&nbsp GOAT!!!!&nbsp

(rapidly on my way to being IP-banned, again.)
i earned it fair and square snatcho by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-12 06:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic

love,
AC

W()()T!

(i always thought "Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!" was being sarcastic, not an exact quote!)
Re:Governments have no emotions by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-12 07:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Taking away the right to say 'f*ck' does not, however, take away the right to say 'the government is objectionable, to hell with the government' or many other more intellectually biting critical comments about the government.

So much for your cleverness. Try again later.
Welcome by Hostile17 · 2001-10-12 09:10 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Ladies, Gentlemen, Hackers, Geeks and Nerds, Welcome, Welocme to The New World Order.

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