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So I guess they attacked us for following George Washington's advice about avoiding foreign entanglements.

Well, they won't have to attack us because they hate our freedoms anymore. If they wait just a little longer, our government will fix that little problem for them.

I thank God for the second amendment. That's all that stands between us and pure tyranny.

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The USA Patriot Act contains some powers useful and necessary in fighting terrorism but it also includes several provisions that just go too far and with too few checks in giving the federal government the power to secretly collect the private information of ordinary Americans.

But, despite the concerted opposition of many Americans from both the right and the left, some in Congress are poised the make the entire Patriot Act permanent and to expand the law to give the FBI the power to write its own orders to demand our library, medical, hotel, gun purchase and other personal records—all without judicial approval. This is happening at this very moment, and a final bill could be voted on within a month.

The Constitution is not something that can be dispensed with when it may seem inconvenient. Conservatives, who believe that a government of limited powers is the surest protection against the violation of our constitutional rights, understand this more than most.

We're on that slippery slope now.