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Anti-Patriot Act Movement Expands

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the behold-the-swinging-pendulum dept.

MFS! writes "Mount Shasta, California has become the latest city where the USA PATRIOT act is creating a controversy. This story at the Record-Searchlight describes petitioning by a local citizens' rights committee to order police to defy the PATRIOT act. To date, 3 states and 130 cities have passed legislation forbidding local authorities from cooperating with federal PATRIOT requests, not to mention the numerous businesses who are taking pains to hamper the Act's coverage."

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  1. Nice Legislation system you have there! by Soulfarmer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    First you make laws and then you tell people not to obey them...

    Well, not my cup of tea, but makes me wonder the sanity... oh the sanity...

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  2. Democrats are no different by nurb432 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Both parties do the same things.. they only call it something different.

    Same net result in either case: Fewer rights, higher taxes, more invasions.

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    ---- Booth was a patriot ----
  3. Re:federal vs. state. by JebusIsLord · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sorry to sound like a broken record, but...

    I am SOOO glad I was born in Canada.

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    Jeremy
  4. Re:Why hasn't this been shot down in the by mrkurt · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Remember that the Supreme Court essentially put Bushie in office, led by the three black-shirted, er, robed justices (Scalia, Rehnquist, and Clarence Tom). They ended the Florida recount and effectively appointed him "winner" of the 2000 election. There is a distinctly political tinge to some of the court's decisions, and I would not be surprised to see them uphold the Patriot Act, to please Der Fuhrer. He wants the right to run the "guvmint" as he sees fit, and civil liberties be damned. This is why it is so important for the Senate to keep Bushie's judicial appointments bottled up-- he wants to pack the courts with like-minded people.

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  5. Re:federal vs. state. by Eric+Damron · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well slavery obviously was a major issue as indicated by the fact that the entire quote was full of slavery referances.

    If this was a Lincoln quote then why is it shown to be from T.T. Halls?

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  6. Re:Wake up by shadowbearer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Samuel Johnson
    April 7, 1775

    SB

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    It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
  7. The ACLU by GnarlyNome · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Although they are good in theory, The orginaziation
    has been captured by the extreme left wing which is why i am no longer a supporter. In other words they (the ACLU is over the edge.)
    You will notice that what they support is a push for collectivism and a overall loss of indivudal rights.

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  8. Re:Supreme Court did not put Bush in office by kramer2718 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You are right the Supreme Court did not put Bush in office. His bro Jeb (gotta love the name) put him in office.

    Jeb promised to deliver Florida and he did by appointing a crony as election commisioner and turns blacks and other traditionally democratic groups away from the polls.

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