1. Patriot Act - The War on Civil Liberties (1/3)

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A brief history of the Patriot Act, showing the many deceptions brought in by the Bush Administration, including: requesting total secrecy form public input and swapping at the last moment, the original Bill that Congress agreed to sign, with one manipulated by the Administration. The Administration's version of the Bill contained unconstitutional provisions that had been rejected earlier by Congress.

Regardless, Congress rushed to pass an, otherwise, unread Bill which sought to greatly expand all federal law enforcement powers -- far beyond their intended means. Hence, America would later discover that the Patriot Act had little, if anything, to do with fighting the actual "war on terror" and much more to do with bypassing the civil protections, granted under the US Constitution.

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Uploaded: June 12, 2007 at 7:17 am
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PeaceIsRad (December 1, 2008 at 5:17 pm)
1) Over 4000 US troops - DEAD.
2) 30,000+ US troops disabled, for LIFE Countless other US Contractors - DEAD.
3) More than 1,000,000+ Iraqis - DEAD
4) Direct Cost: 1 Trillion
Indirect cost: 3 Trillion
5) Iraq Weapons of Mass Destructions :ZERO
6) Saddam Relations to 9/11 or Al-Qaeda:ZERO
7) "Progress" in Iraq: 3 of 18 Benchmarks met
8) Safe Streets in Iraq-Zero
9) Functioning Govt in Iraq- ZERO

10)Bush Declaring "Victory" in Iraq-PRICELESS

It's bad business to stop the war....FUCK BUSH!!!
muttkat (December 1, 2008 at 1:20 am)
The constitution is the supreme law of the land. !st ammendment states congress shall make no law inhibiting the freedom of speech,religion etc. So how can the Patriot Act be legal if it goes against the constitution? People do you think you could write your congressperson and ask them to justify the way they have been voting.Why has the govt. had 10,000 RR cars with 143 sets of shackles built?
FreedomConspiracy (November 28, 2008 at 12:03 pm)
the star chamber.
Renagade1776 (November 26, 2008 at 8:11 am)
In your new war of oppression, you may take a mans house, his land, all his property, and even his life savings for speaking out against you; you may take all that is dear to him but remember, when a man has nothing left, he has nothing left to lose. Take what is mine, and you will face a warrior unlike any you have ever battled before. Do not try to squelch us, for you will only invigorate our pride.
foxfly23 (November 22, 2008 at 1:59 am)
Farrrrrr left meeting faaaaaaarrrrrr right = fascists meeting the communists NeoLiberals/NeoConservatives: Anti-American, Anti-Constitution DAWGS. NO, whether it's done publicly or in private meetings! It is NEVER ok to stomp on the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.
foxfly23 (November 22, 2008 at 1:54 am)
Bob Barr et al are lying b*tches. They would have pushed this through after the bombing of the Murrah Building in OKC except for the fact that not enough of the bombs in the building went off so they didn't have the loss of life that they needed to push this through. Barr, btw, denies there were multiple bombs in the Murrah building... lying, traitor pieces of sh*t.
littlewhipped (November 19, 2008 at 5:38 pm)
ANY SOCIETY THAT WOULD GIVE UP A LITTLE LIBERTY TO GAIN SECURITY WILL DESERVE NEITHER AND LOSE BOTH. - Benjamin Franklin
nateduece (November 25, 2008 at 2:19 pm)
excellent point and well said...everybody should see this quote
aquafishsoup (November 17, 2008 at 2:44 am)
obama voted for this bill and mccain did what has america come to?
crawfordviolin (November 15, 2008 at 3:40 pm)
I am a victim of the Patriot act! You all know victims. 200,000 people are searched each year in NYC alone using this provision.