Wrong as usual. The Patriot Act got 98% approval from the Senate Democrats and 70% Democratic approval in the House, and both parties voted for renewal last summer (which is why I vote libertarian nowadays). The facts are, the Act went to Congress so soon after we were reeling from 9/11, few bothered to read it. It was bad politics from the start. I think if the American public were more educated on what the act can really do, it would have never been extended...at least not by the House. And I likewise hope the Senate GOP will catch on to this and see there's nothing patriotic about trampling the 4th Amendment in the first place.necro wrote:the gop is the ultimate hypocrite: "government shouldn't controll people...oh, unless they are a minority or dissenters in which case we should be nazistic, rule with an iron fist, and crush them under foot...but companies can be as horrible, unsafe, unregulated and oppresive as they want to be"
Republican is a party that favors restricting citicens from freedom but alowing occurances like enron
Anyway, Google it, wikipedia it, just please promise me you'll get the facts straight from now on.
* Senate.gov: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 3162)
* House.gov: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 3162)