Maybe it's just me but I'm scared that the Patriot Act HASN'T been invoked

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/26/schiavo/index.html

Meanwhile, FBI agents have arrested a North Carolina man on suspicion of soliciting offers over the Internet to kill Michael Schiavo and Greer. Richard Alan Meywes of Fairview is accused of offering $250,000 for the killing of Schiavo and another $50,000 for the "the elimination of the judge who ruled against Terry."

Meywes was arrested without incident at his home around 5 p.m. Friday on charges of solicitation of murder and transmission of a threatening communication via interstate commerce, authorities said.

The Patriot Act is a horror of legislation. However, what truly scares me is that we have some clear acts of terrorism occurring within our country, referring to the recent white supremacists killing judges and the violence brewing in Florida over Schiavo, and yet NOTHING is done about it. We passed these laws allegedly to fight the use of physical violence for political coercion. Why in the hell aren't they being used when we have a clear-cut instance of terrorism right in front of our eyes?

What scares me is that the law was never intended to be used to fight terrorists at all. I think the law was passed to suppress dissent. After all, it's convenient that the cases of terrorism in question originate on the American Right Wing, isn't it?

it was only meant to be used against US.

Well, I guess I'm screwed either way :scared:

the white doctors and nurses would have killed her off long ago.

A great discussion about the Patriot Act.

News Conference
Anti-Terrorism Legislation
Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances

Snyder, John, Director, Citizens Cmte. for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Public Affairs
Keene, David, Chairman, American Conservative Union
Norquist, Grover, President, Americans for Tax Reform
Murphy, Laura, Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC
Ostrolenk, Michael D., Director, Association of American Phys. & Surgeons, Government Affairs
Weyrich, Paul M., Chairman and CEO, Free Congress Foundation
Barr, Bob, Chair, Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances

Conservatives are announcing the formation of a new organization, Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances, to seek congressional review of the most intrusive provisions of the Patriot Act. They will also call on President Bush to reconsider his unqualified endorsement of the Patriot Act.

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