[gatorbait]

If Bush would renounce his repressive, big-spending ways and take some concrete steps to correct them, Firstly, be careful whom you call narrow minded.Secondly, I think you may have some things to smile about in the works.Thirdly,the Patriot Act, which is a name I hate, has yet to be used in the nefarious manner it is alleged to have been used.I like the idea that several, if not most ,portions have sunsets built into them,forcing review and consent to be renewed or rejected. So,I'll see you in November and be glad for it.

[skip2myloo]

Well, maybe we haven't SEEN the Patriot Act used in a nefarious manner, yet, with jack-booted thugs kicking down doors all over the country and setting up camps like we did for the U.S. citizens of Japanese descent during WWII.

But we have seen Jose Padilla. Even though he probably is a dangerous terrorist, he is a U.S. citizen and it was wrong to hold him for two years until letting him finally see an attorney recently, and still no charges.

And, the scary part, in this day and age, we just DON'T KNOW what the government is doing to analyze us and our behaviors, the volumes of data they are collecting on us using those massive computers they have.

And the scariest part of all, is to make this law permanent -- can you imagine how it would be in the hands of somebody like Hillary (800 FBI files, WH travel office and Craig Livingstone) and Janet Reno (Waco, Elian, etc.).

In fact, we don't know what Dubya will do with it after he doesn't have to run for reelection ??

Who would've ever thought he would sign CFR ??

We don't need no stinkin' Patriot Act - this country got along fine without it for more than 200 years. In my view, the Constitution gives our government all the tools it needs to fight terrorism, at home and abroad.