Part of the Patriot Act was up for extension yesterday (getting the daily digest has it's drawbacks, I didn't get to post this sooner). The bill required 290 votes in order to pass. It failed but only by a very small margin.
Here is a list of the votes http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll026.xml. The 277 listed as YEAS are FOR our government spying on us without any cause or appropriate oversight! Finding your legislator (Blackburn, Marsha / Cooper, Jim / Black, Diane / etc.) on there and then let them know they voted wrong and a brief statement would be very appropriate at this time IMO. This extension will come BACK, so it's important to put the word in their ears now. Follow the issue and let them know every time it returns. https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml << look up your federal representative and give 5 minutes for freedom On Feb 8, 11:51 am, Russ Crawford <[email protected]> wrote: > Any opinions on an Internet kill switch? > > http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/what-the-experts-think-abou... > > text of Section 1016 of H.R.3162 (USA Patriot Act) > > http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c107:1:./temp/~c107jJ2pkO:e415432: > > I am particularly _amused_ by the title of subsection (d): > > "ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL COMPETENCE FOR CRITICAL > INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION" > > "Competence" of Federal bureaucracy? Would George Carlin call this an > oxymoron? > -- > Russ Crawford > 615/506-4070 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
