Karazempo ... I asked you earlier to bring your own thoughts to the discussion, and not to parrot the hosts of
Non-Guested Confrontational Radio Shows.
i was driving home late tonight and heard Laura Ingraham , a talk radio host. She stated the whole badmouthing of the 'Patriot Act' is another desperate attempt by the democrats to unseat President Bush. It was all 'bunk'.
Inferring from the title of Miss Ingraham's latest book, I see that she has the protection of the first amendment, but she is not willing to extend that same protection to, say, Barbara Streisand, right?
Did you guys know that the P.A. was around for quite a long time
Really, did you hear this from Miss Ingraham? You see, I thought that the bill HR 3162 RDS was the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Requird to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001. I thought this bill was passed by the 107th Congress of the United States on October 24, 2001. I am pretty certain, that I saw the President sign the USA PATRIOT ACT into law on October 21, 2001.
But all of this must be wrong, because it is not 'The Way Things Ought To Be', which in turn means, it must be LIES, and I must be one of the Lying Liars who tell them.
Let's take a closer look at this law ... to see how it defends our civil liberties and protects not just from pornographers, but also from terrorists. (The actual USA PATRIOT ACT is well over 100 pages in text, so I will not reproduce the entire thing here, but here is one clear section of the the law).
TITLE II--ENHANCED SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURES
SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO INTERCEPT WIRE, ORAL, AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO TERRORISM.
Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--(1) by redesignating paragraph (p), as so redesignated by section 434(2) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-132; 110 Stat. 1274), as paragraph (r); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (p), as so redesignated by section 201(3) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-565), the following new paragraph: ``(q) any criminal violation of section 229 (relating to chemical weapons); or sections 2332, 2332a, 2332b, 2332d, 2339A, or 2339B of this title (relating to terrorism); or''.
Don't you feel safer already?
Look, leaving aside whether the USA PATRIOT ACT is a good law, or not; there is little doubt that it a) expanded the role of the federal government, b) placed additional restrictions on the civil liberties of the citizens c) requires money to enforce.
I remember a time when 'Republicans' or 'Conservatives' or 'The Right' fought
for smaller government, less intrusive government, and fiscal responsibility. On these factors alone, Republicans/Conservatives/The Right should be fighting to remove the Bush / Ashcroft adminstration from power.
I'm tired of the conservatives fighting for the TAX CUT and SPEND INTO DEFICIT policies that they have always opposed.
I really like Jimmy Buffet's Parrotheads much better. So, please Karazempo, listen to music on the way home.
