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Even the Author of the Patriot Act Is Trying To Stop the NSA
Daniel_Stuckey writes "Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner will introduce an anti-NSA bill tomorrow in the House, and if it makes its winding way to becoming law, it will be a big step towards curtailing the NSA's bulk metadata collection. Wisconsin Rep. Sensenbrenner, along with 60 co-sponsors, aims to amend one section of the Patriot Act, Section 215, in a bill known as the United and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet Collection, and Online Monitoring Act — also known by its less-clunky acronym version, the USA Freedom Act."
We also need a law prohibiting all these fucking acronym law names... fucking seriously...
Just repeal the damned PATRIOT act. IT was supposed to be a temporary measure and it needs to go away now.
Why dont these senators have any backbone or honestly left in them and just repeal it?
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Isn't that what the Constitution is supposed to be?
We don't need another Law. The Laws that made this garbage legal are unconstitutional and criminal.
We don't need another Law. We need to hunt down and incarcerate the criminals who created this mess.
We don't need another Law. We need to hold government officials personally accountable for their flagrant and criminal violations of the Constitution.
We don't need another Law. We already have a USA Freedom Act. It is called "The Constitution of the United States."
So they are calling it the "USA Freedom Act" - whatever the actual content that's as much of a lowdown weasel act as the naming of the "Patriot " act. If you question it the weasels will say you oppose freedom.
How about getting these rat fucking weasels away from the process and give the acts numbers instead, and get rid of the bullshit of riders that have nothing to do with the bill while we are at it.
Do people really fall for this?
To the ones pulling the strings, such an incredibly short memory and inability to draw contrasts is not a bug, it's a strongly encouraged feature.
Most people are passive mentally and believe thinking to be a burden that should be avoided whenever possible. Therefore, if the TV news doesn't specifically highlight something in a nice ADD-friendly 10-second sound bite, it won't be widely known. If this sounds incredible or alien to you, it's because the Slashdot crowd doesn't represent mainstream America (though the way people keep arguing from emotion, that's changing).
There is no one in power who wants a well-informed, smart, savvy, thinking population that has a long memory, is familiar with dialectic and able to easily perform critical thinking. No one running the show wants that at all. It's no surprise that within the little feudal system of a corporation that no one is forced to do business with, this goes unnoticed. It goes unnoticed with huge political changes that affect daily life.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Einstein
There was a time when mainframes were better, then there was a time when desktops were better, then there was a time when thin clients were better, then there was a time when BYOD was better... I'm not sure what you point is there other than "shit changes"
"United and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet Collection, and Online Monitoring Act — also known by its less-clunky acronym version, the USA Freedom Act."
Actually, the acronym of that title is USA FREED COMA
No, he was just the scribe. It was done by 536 traitors, backed by 300 million cowards.
I prefer politicians who are willing to change their minds based on public opinion, thank you very much.
I prefer politicians who are willing to change their minds based on facts and new information, not based on public opinion. Public opinion is subject to all kinds of superficial things because majority of people don't have time to understand all the issues and therefore pick up their opinions from a few soundbites. Public opinion does not depend on reality but on the agenda of those who are the best at shaping it, and should never be trusted.
Negative moral value of force outweighs the positive value of good intentions.