Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Because 2003 is 19 years too late.
"The proposed addendum to the Patriot Act, which the Justice Department has insisted is only a draft of ideas, would enlarge many of the controversial provisions in the first Patriot Act. It would give the government authority to wiretap an individual and collect a person's DNA without court orders, detain people in secret and revoke citizenship, among other powers."-The Washington Post
Arcata, California became the first city in the nation to outlaw voluntary compliance with the Patriot Act. Say what you want about the "left coast," liberals, etc., but I'm glad there's people out there willing to fight against fascism masquerading as national security. What's so patriotic about wiretapping and detaining people in secret? I thought one of the reasons we "liberated" Iraq was so its citizens wouldn't have to live in fear of illegal imprisonment, secret trials and governmental home invasions? They may be able to sleep a bit easier at night, but what about us?
How long until we just throw the Constitution out the window? How can conservatives bash the Democrats love of "big government" while defending something as Orwellian as the Patriot Act? When does it end? Silly Rabbit, you can't defend freedom by taking it away.
"Our land, I love it too, I think I love it more than you, I care enough to fight, the stars and stripes of corruption"-The Stars & Stripes of Corruption by Dead Kennedy's
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