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Patriot Act to be Expanded
m4dm4n writes "It seems that the patriot act is being expanded rather than scaled back after a vote late Tuesday by the Senate Intelligence committee. The FBI has gained new powers to demand documents from companies without a judge's approval, as well as the ability to designate subpoenas as secret and punish disclosure of their existence with up to one year in prison."
where'd you get that idea?
the US has fair and democratic elections, does not lock up people without a trial, does not torture, and has no weapons of mass destruction..
Yet another step is assuring freedom will overcome terrorism!
It's just too bad Bush can't have a third term. How will we be safe when he is gone?!
I for one welcome our new Jenga playing overlords.
As a state gets corrupt, its laws multiply; the most corrupt states have the most numerous laws. (Tacitus, Annales 3:27)
+5, insightful
+5, informative
+5 years in prison!
This is hilarious. In my country (Australia) we *have* no patriotic act, and also, we dropped two thirds of our national anthem because, well, we really couldn't be bothered singing the entire thing. It's like, we're... America on opposite day.
Commodore64_love: I don't comprehend people who're so frightened of death that they'll bankrupt themselves to stay alive
... Hey, at least here in Australia we have nice beaches and beautiful women and our governing body is just stupid, not totally morally corrupt. Yet.
Perfect revenge:
1)Note the names of every assho^H^H^H^H^HPolitician who voted for this.
2)Join the Gesta..., euh, FBI.
3)Serve said politicians a nice spoonfull of their own medicine.
4)Don't forget to videotape them.
5)Wait, while this shit is voted back out of excistance.
6)Sell the DVD.
7)Profit!
You do not go far enough. For freedom and democracy to prevail, we should carry it further. Why should some old piece of paper block the will of the majority elected government? A constitution is inherently tyrannical; it says that there are things that the government, elected by the people, cannot do. What an insult to the principles of liberty that we hold dear!
If the government, voted in by the people, wishes to pass a law then it should be able to do so. That's democracy. Anything else is liberal tyranny and should be abolished.
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
"America - Land of the Not As Bad As North Korea" Thats this mornings Tshirt.
Quantifying chaos since 63
I have a wonderful visual image of a band of swedish chefs rising up and saying "De hurdy gurdy patriot acten is badden-flaggen" ...
Or did you mean "kooks"? http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=kooks
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.