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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Senate will vote to renew the Patriot Act at 4:00 PM EST today....
Rand Paul has vowed to block it.
Would you vote for it or against it?
In my opinion, the "Patriot Act", just like the invasion of Iraq, was created on a lie, or bunch of lies. The Bush Administration had the information to stop the attack on the WTC and they failed to do so. In the attempt to cover up their incompetence or collusion, they created the "Patriot Act". It has been a failure in every aspect, the most obvious being the desecration of our Fourth Amendment. It is nothing more than an excuse for the war hawks to continue their perpetual war in the Middle East.
Just my opinion.
valerief
(53,235 posts)It just makes rich people richer.
How does making rich people richer help most Americans? It doesn't.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)and would have voted against it to begin with.
librechik
(30,676 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)I don't agree with Rand Paul often, but on this I do. I hope he's successful.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)ISIS is not a major threat to America.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Obama wants to keep the Bush abuse of power intact. Most Dems will go along. If Sanders flies back for the vote, he'll vote against as always. I hope Paul and other opponents are able to delay until time runs out.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)He will need 40 others to really block it.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)and then the Senate will have to start all over again, I think
DCBob
(24,689 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)I meant that if it died, will the Senate have to craft a whole new bill? Or will they attempt to re-authorize the present bill again?
DCBob
(24,689 posts)but I am sure they wont just give up if the thing expires tonight.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)TheKentuckian
(25,029 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)peecoolyour
(336 posts)It'd be one of the easiest NO votes I'd ever cast.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)or one name, could permit the searching of 100's of non-related phone records and whatever ensues, a change is needed.
We need to know what x, y, an z, is doing for our safety, but the whole alphabet in every language is a bit much.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Fuck McConnell and the traitorous Rethugs and DINOs who go along with it
kentuck
(111,110 posts)If so, we got a problem.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)When senators were signing away our rights without caring about those of use whose rights were affected
kentuck
(111,110 posts)We have a chance to end it. I deeply doubt there will be any profiles in courage.
old guy
(3,283 posts)but I suspect we have not seen the last of this.