saved and sure said:
Can you present facts that it is being done to US citizens like you and I? Marshal law can be invoked also, does that now concern you?
Does the patriot act concern you because Bush is president? Would it concern you if Obama was president? Did Obama say he will obolish the Patriot Act? If not, why not?
Was this patriot Act voted on? Who voted it in? By whose authority was it enacted?
Dave
Dave,
Since the Patriot Act went into effect, there have been news reports of thousands of phone records that government organizations requested. There have been news reports of warrantless wiretapping done by government organizations. Most recently, there was a "flap" on the Hill about continuing these monitoring activities.
If you don't believe it's happening, you're grossly misinformed.
The Patriot Act, and other bills, and other executive orders, were intended to stop terrorists NOW; but the effect is that anyone can be a terrorist, and at any particular grouping of words, you could suddenly be investigated, found not guilty, and left alone--without your knowledge.
Obama hasn't been asked about the Patriot Act. If he gets elected--I hope not--then I hope he'll do something about. But I don't think he will.
As the song goes: Meet the new boss; same as the old boss.