[John Beresford Tipton]

This isn't about "terrorism", it's about more power for the government, and the concommitant ability to abuse that power.

Think about it.
Saddam might be the vilest person on earth, but go into your room, pull down the shades, take out a pad.

Make two columns.
In one column list everything that Saddam did to *you*,
add everything the nutty Talebin did to *you*,
add in everything that the fruitcake Kim Il did to *You*
Then sum up that column.

Go to the other column.
List there every way that some *other* government has screwed you around.
It might take you some time, hopefully you'll finish by next April 15th.
Then sum up that column.

Which column is bigger?
Sssh. Don't tell me, don't even say it out loud.
Just tell these "Conservative" Republicans" who come up with these scams, "Please, sir, can I have some more"?

[DPB101]

The Patriot Act doesn't rank in the top...oh....fifty or so abuses of power. Maybe the top hundred. Seizure laws, kids forced into government schools, the IRS, OSHA, mandatory government pensions, the EPA...the list goes on. Getting snared by the Patriot Act is the last thing I worry about when thinking of the Federal government.

The left is making the Patriot Act the issue for 2004 to cover up the real problems.