I thank'em. The so-called "Patriot Act" is an incredibly dangerous piece of work, and NO PART of it should EVER be made permanent US law. ALL PARTS should ONLY be renewable on a time-limited basis, preferably by a requirement for a two-thirds majority.
You got that right. When a person thinks such laws are good simply because their party supports them they should consider the reality THEIR PARTY will not hold power forever. They should also consider such laws open the doors wide open for many unethical power hungry elected who would have no finer pleasure than to use these laws to further enslave us to the federal government.
There was sufficient laws and powers on the books before the PA was originally passed. At best all it did was promote a false sense of security and make politicians feel like they were doing something. At worse it is a liberty robbing act only making life harder on those who live within civilized law. We didn't need it to start with and we don't need the Patriot Act now.
"I thank'em. The so-called "Patriot Act" is an incredibly dangerous piece of work, and NO PART of it should EVER be made permanent US law. ALL PARTS should ONLY be renewable on a time-limited basis, preferably by a requirement for a two-thirds majority."
Why? What, specifically is that you are so opposed to and how does that opposition compare to what was legal before the Patriot Act.
How do you plan on (1)identifying, (2)tracking, (3)investigating terrorism in the abscence of some of the provisions of the Patriot Act?, provisions without which we would not have succeeded in some terrorism investigations in the past four years; we would be as blind as we were on 9/11.
Where do you live? Maybe we can be sure that Al Queda knows how well proctected you think you will be without some of the Patriot Act provisions.