Better SAFE than Sorry Patriot Act

[RBHam]

by John Nichols

The most underreported political story of recent years has been that of the grass-roots revolt against the Patriot Act.


In an unprecedented show of opposition to the Bush administration's assaults on basic liberties, five states and 372 counties, cities, villages and towns have passed resolutions, ordinances or ballot initiatives condemning the law created by Constitution-crushing former Attorney General John Ashcroft and expressing their commitment to the values expressed in the Bill of Rights.

The outcry against the Patriot Act runs the ideological gamut, as is evidenced by the fact that the objections have come from both red states (Alaska, Arizona and Montana) and blue (Hawaii and Vermont), and from communities as diverse as Boise, Idaho, and Madison, Wis. The town council of Castle Valley, Utah, population 350, has expressed concern that "several actions recently taken by the federal government, including the adoption of the USA Patriot Act, several executive orders, and the Homeland Security Act may allow the federal government, when pursuing matters of security, to sacrifice fundamental liberties."

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http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0407-28.htm

[ixion]

1. rather than amend it, I wish they'd just repeal it. period.

It's unconstitutional, fascist garbage and shouldn't even be taking up space on the shelf.

[indepat]

2. Remember the SC signaled it would not interfere with what GWB had to do

to make us SAFE: to wit your unconstitutional laws enacted to fashion a totalitarian state will not be fettered by this court.

[ixion]

3. yeah, heaven forbid that justice and truth get in the way of fashioning

a police state that's friendly to corporations and cruel to the people who actually pay the taxes. :-(

[dbeach]

4. A Sorry Act that will us more unsafe...

It was wrote before 9/11 and back to 1998.

.1984 brought to you by the elected and selected criminal pols..

natl IDs..internal pasports..internal road checks..chips ..

its all in this most unpatriotic of acts..passed by the pols to further insulate themselves from the people.

totalitarianism
it could never happen here..