Hey, I'm in better company not fearing the Patriot Act than you are in condemning it based on your ignorance of its provisions. In the 98-1 vote for the Patriot Act in the Senate, you are in a select group with that uber-conservative (/sarcasm off) Russ Feingold, although that other uber-conservative (/sarcasm off) Bernie Sanders has been making noises against it similar to yours. Of the Democrat Presidential candidates, only Kooky Kucinich shares your views strongly enough to vote against the Patriot Act. Oh, and Al Gore is against it too, which means it MUST be conservative, right? (Please see:
http://www.moveon.org/gore/speech.html, if you have the stomach for it). Some "conservative" you are, LOL!