Earlier
this week US Attorney
General, Alberto Gonzales
was on Capitol Hill trying
to sell his form of patriotism.
That is, the President's
demand that the current
USA PATRIOT Act, should
not only be extended,
but expanded.
Thankfully,
in 2001, weeks after
the horrors of 9-11,
when this unconstitutional
bill was pushed through
Congress, then US Rep.
Bob Barr and others
had good sense enough
to insist that 15 sections
of the law be placed
under 'sunset' provisions
that ends them at the
end of the year 2005
unless they are extended.
The purpose for this
unusual
legislative cut off
formula was to allow
a review of the use
(or abuse) of such
radical
powers and to decide
whether they should
be ended.
It
should be noted that
the word "patriot" in PATRIOT Act should not be cofused with the "patriot," as defined in a dictionary. The definition of "patriot" is: "One who loves, supports, and defends one's country." The word PATRIOT in USA PATRIOT is actually an acronym. It stands for: "Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism
Act of 2001," also
known as US Public
Law No. 107-56.
Nowadays,
many are finding that,
if you don't support
the PATRIOT Act, you're
accused by
some of not being a
patriot.
The
time is now to clean
up the worst of this
law and restore any
lost rights we can.
Citizens
are being urged through
the press as well as
over the internet to
contact their US Senators
and House members,
since it appears that
there is a consensus
for reform.
Several times the House
has voted to trim back
the worst of the Act's
extreme police powers,
but each time a majority
in congress has managed
to scuttle these curbs.
And
no one should ever
think that their voice
doesn't count; the
majority of the members
of both the house and
the senate do care
what their constituents
think. Call them now,
while the chance to
do so is still available.
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