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Senate Fails To Reauthorize Patriot Act Provisions
PostConsumerRecycled writes "CNN is reporting that 'The Senate on Friday rejected attempts to reauthorize several provisions of the USA Patriot Act as infringing too much on Americans' privacy and liberty, dealing a huge defeat to the Bush administration and Republican leaders ... If a compromise is not reached, the 16 Patriot Act provisions expire on December 31.' The story also links to listing of the provisions that will expire."
The New England Patriots have won three superbowls and not lost a playoff game. Now the act is in trouble... and the Pats are banged up, and no one gives them any chances to repeat. Coincidence?
"Waste not one watt!" - CZ
Holy shit.... The government actually made a decision I agree with.
Hear my mightly WOOT!
"terrorism" and "pedophilia" are the root passwords to the Constitution
If anything, 6 uses in 4 years should tell you that this wasn't a needed law to begin with. By the way, could you back your claim of 6 uses with a single link?
Nice specious reasoning by the way. I've got a can of elephant repellent for sale of you want.
Blaze a trail to the New World
Make that three times. He's ex-military, remember?"
"OH SHIT, THERE'S A HORSE IN THE HOSPITAL!"
In the english language, we use "her" to refer to a subject whom we know to be female. We say "they" or "he" when we do not know the gender or we are being non-specific about the subject.
We only use "they" when the subject is plural. In this case, since "individual" is singular and the pronoun is possessive, we would use "his."
Of course, the original poster could be a feminist, and then the rules of English do not apply.
Warrantless searches can be extremely useful in many circumstances. Suppose that you're in a position of power and somebody is being a pain in the ass by criticizing you in public or - God forbid - campaigning against you? Chances are they have a skeleton or two in their closet, and you need to be able to find it (or put one there for them) to put them in their place. Or, suppose you have connections in high places and you find out that your daughter is dating some liberal hippie? Surely there's something in his house that'll send him to jail for a couple of years (hopefully sans conjugal visits). Or, maybe you want to buy some poor schmuck's house, and he wants more money than you feel a person of your stature should have to pay. He'll reconsider after he starts finding muddy boot tracks on his bedroom carpet.
But even warrantless searches aren't always enough to shield the Prince from those who would spite him. It would also be Good and Necessary to be able to detain people indefinitely without charge, solely on your own authority and without judicial oversight. But I'm dreaming here - no leader of any free society could ever even suggest such a thing!
The paper got too expensive, so they use PowerPoint for everything now.
A foolish inconsistency is not excused by a reference to Emerson.
Doug Thompson says he's confirmed it with three different aides.
Homer: Get out, who told you that?
Bart: Nelson!
Homer: Hmm, that's the kind of dirt that belongs on my web page.
Lisa: You can't post that on the internet, you don't even know if it's true!
Homer: Nelson has never steered me wrong, honey. Nelson is gold!
Bart: You know, it might have been Jimbo..
Homer: Beautiful, we have confirmation.