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Originally Posted by Flatrater
Too late Fred you already mentioned the source of this.
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Yup. I recognize that the source is somewhat, er, questionable.
I don't care who wrote the Patriot Act, but it has served its purpose. I don't want it to turn into another government idea that started out as a good thing then went awry. It's time that it went away.
I agree about FDR; he was pretty bad. If he hadn't won the war (which, it has been speculated, he assisted in starting but that's another thread) he would have been under the gun.
I'm apolitical; I don't really care which party is in power, and espouse the theory that we should be able to vote for "Neither" in any election; if Neither wins then they start over. Both parties have many good parts/positions, as well as many that IMO are wrong. I don't like being shoehorned, and that seems to be what the current political parties are doing.
There is SCADS of information out there, for the picking. Your point is well taken and points out that the government probably doesn't need the Patriot Act in most cases.
Basically it pisses me off that the president can break the law, talk about it on TV and not raise a hue and cry.
If I did anything like that, regardless of my motivation, I guarantee I'd already be in prison.