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U.S. House Votes to Extend Patriot Act

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the get-used-to-it dept.

Rick Zeman writes "In the wake of today's 4 dud bombings in London, the U.S. House has voted to extend the Patriot Act by a vote of 257-171. This includes 10-year extensions to the two other provisions set to expire on December 31, one allowing roving wiretaps, and another allowing searches of library and medical records."

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  1. Allow me to be the first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    to welcome our new American Overlords

    1. Re:Allow me to be the first by Capsaicin · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh please, this is just typical liberal socialist scare mongering.

      Remember, if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about. Well maybe if you are mistaken for someone who is doing someone wrong, or ... if you have a close relative who is doing something wrong, or ... if you once spoke to that guy who ...

      Anyway, as I was saying, if you aren't doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about. This is for your protection, after all.

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    2. Re:Allow me to be the first by Redwin · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or the Ministry of Love, reception is room 101 first door on your left.

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    3. Re:Allow me to be the first by Redwin · · Score: 3, Funny

      to welcome our new American Overlords

      new?

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  2. Says Government to The People by DoctorPhish · · Score: 3, Funny

    pWned!

  3. ZOMG! by Sr.+Pato · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hm, maybe I should brush up on my national anthems.
    *ahem*

    Oh, Canada,
    Our home and native land,...

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  4. Library records? by nmoog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dang, they've taken out the libraries... If only there was some other place I could find subversive information...

  5. Re:So this is how liberty dies by william_w_bush · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am sorry, the line doesn't quite work without Natalie Portman.

    Few women could make reading the king james bible into a blockbuster.

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  6. I think I speak for all of us when I say by ZorbaTHut · · Score: 4, Funny

    fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

    (For some strange reason the Slashdot filter doesn't like this post. I can't imagine why.)

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  7. Re:Talkin' bout a revolution by Alien+Being · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Bush can come over your house..."

    I'll have a bowl of pretzels ready for him to choke on.

  8. Re:It's for the children! by tehlinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those damn terrorists will stop at nothing to rob us of our freedoms. The terrorists came up with the patriot act, right?

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  9. And so... by Snaller · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... its one step closer to Titors predictions...

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  10. Re:PATRIOT coming to Europe by jericho4.0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The depth of your knowledge of Europe astounds me. I'd especially like to here more of this "Queen of Europe".

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  11. Re:It's for the children! by Caine · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the voters of Podunk want to run a library that distributes translations of the Canterbury Tales in Swedish, that's their right.

    This might shock you, but where I live this have already started to happen. The public libraries are spreading their filthy swedish propaganda; almost all the books are in swedish now. And there's nothing the government can do to stop it. That is, without the Patriot Act. So support the Patriot Act and free us from the swedish menace!

    ...Hm. Oh wait. I live in Sweden. Nevermind...

  12. Really old fashioned !!! by jalet · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is so 1984 !

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  13. The U.S. involved? by Mal-2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now if the detonators went off but the explosives didn't because of some fuck-up in converting metric units to Imperial... then maybe you could believe the U.S. was involved.

    Mal-2

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  14. Re:So this is how liberty dies by Minwee · · Score: 2, Funny
    Hmm. How about this:

    "So this is how liberty dies. Naked, petrified and covered with hot grits."

  15. Re:It's for the children! by dalutong · · Score: 2, Funny

    This might shock you, but where I live this have already started to happen. The public libraries are spreading their filthy swedish propaganda; almost all the books are in swedish now. And there's nothing the government can do to stop it. That is, without the Patriot Act. So support the Patriot Act and free us from the swedish menace!

    You think that's bad? In my town (pop. 832) our entire collection is worthless. I just moved here, but I keep hearing, "Other than the kiddie's books, the whole collection is in Greek."

    I haven't actually been in the library yet, but I walk by it everyday. One day I heard someone complaining on their way out, "Who is this shake-a-spear, some African tribal king? Why the hell do I want tribal books in my library? Do I speak African? Do I run around showing the world my bum? It's ungodly!"

    Another person said, "Poll-eye-ticks? That's disgusting. Why would I want to read about eye ticks?"

    Though, come to think of it, I don't even know if anyone in this town could differentiate Greek from any other language if they tried...

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  16. Medical records? by DoctorBubba · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one am glad that the government has access to medical records, in the name of fighting terrorism. We all know how important those medical records are, and damn that doctor-patient confidentiality--this is national security! If the government says it needs to know about my hemorrhoids, psoriasis and ingrown toenail, then let it!