Please answer all of these questions...I am curious
1. Do you oppose the Patriot Act? 2. If so, have you let your opposition be heard? 3. When was the last time you made a call, email, fax, or letter about it? 4. What do you think of Obama's actions regarding the Patriot Act?
2011-02-08T19:04:19Z
I think that there are provisions that violate the Constitution, but most of it was defining or expanding what was already in place (some of which was also violations of the Constitution)
I did call my legislators and told them that I expected them to vote to repeal the parts that were clearly violations of the Constitution
I put it in my regular correspondence with my legislators about 1/4 of the time.
I do find it ironic that we heard SOOOOOO much outcry from the left throughout Bush's presidency about the Patriot Act and how it was SO devastating to their individual freedoms, but since the day that Obama has taken office, the silence is deafening even though Obama has expanded some provisions of the Patriot Act and not removed ANY.
Green2011-02-08T15:56:28Z
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1. Yes. 2. Friends, family, online. 3. I forget. It was some pasted email I sent a while ago. 4. It is outrageous, and he is a hypocrite not fit for office.
Are you implying that each and every person Democrats are terrorists? did no longer Joe McCarthy prepare us a lesson approximately that? Ugh, historians are ideal while they say background is cyclical. I oppose the Patriot Act. i've got not got something to conceal, yet that's beside the factor. the factor is: "the magnificent of the people to be maintain of their persons, residences, papers, and outcomes, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall no longer be violated, and no Warrants shall subject, yet upon in all probability reason, supported by using Oath or confirmation, and somewhat describing the placement to be searched, and the persons or issues to be seized." that's written very for sure, interior the Fourth modification to the form. The Patriot Act is unconstitutional. end of tale.
1) Yes - Horrible piece of legislation which tramples the 4th amendment, requires passports for US citizens to come back in to the country from Canada, it also prevents people from buying decongestants containing ephedrine with out recording their private information and limits how many they can buy per visit and or month. Its worthless and does nothing useful in "protecting" the US.
2) Yes. Numerous times.
3) Today
4) Campaigned on repealing it then drank the power of it and said oh I like! So he is just as bad as Bush and many others in DC. The Tea Party folks had better take note which ones of there newly elected reps either voted to keep it or didn't vote at all.
1) Yes. It was overkill and lacked sufficient oversight. 2) A bit, but I certainly haven't obsessed over it as much as some people. Honestly, I think that even with the bad law, we are still more free civically and socially than fiscally and economically. So I advocate about those more. 3) What good would that do? Do you think I have influential friends in high places? Or do you think politicians actually read their correspondance? Because they don't. They have interns and aides for that. What you get a form letters that the pols just sign. 4) What actions? He just sustained the status quo.
1 - At first yes, then no. Now a most definite yes. 2 - Yep, and people just ask, "What do you have to hide?", and then I fully understand they don't understand the problem. 3 - I did an FBI tip about a guy that was picked up... does that help? No witch hunts, just rational observations, please. 4 - Obama, like Bush, does what his masters tell him to do.