Pete Theisen wrote: > Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > >> Bob Calco wrote: >> > > >>> Hence, McCain-Feingold's assault on the first amendment, and the Dems' >>> assault on the 2nd, not to mention various encroachments on others over the >>> years by both parties. >>> >>> There are no good options for lovers of liberty anymore. :( >>> >>> >> Repeal of the Patriot Act would be a step in the right direction "for >> lovers of liberty" as you put it. >> > > Hi Leland! > > The real reason your D buddies are hot on the trail of the Patriot Act > is the impact on drug trading and money laundering, topics dear to the D > heart. The Patriot Act, which passed congress with immense bi-partisan > support and was reauthorized with some minor changes in 2005, has been > and remains an important piece of defense legislation. Once all the > insurgents are killed or surrender, the act will indeed be revisited. > The Patriot Act was passed by congress under false pretenses. The intelligence used about WMD was incorrect or doctored by the Bush Adm., but in any case it was false. The Patriot Act was originally passed with sunset provisions, and when it came up for renewal, the Bush Adm. pushed hard to have it made permanent, but instead some of the more offensive provision of the Patriot Act were allowed to expire with other provision renewed, but with sunset provisions.
The Patriot Act is not needed. It's provisions give the executive branch authority to unilaterally act outside of the constitution and bill of rights, (eg above the law), in effect making it the de facto "Law of the Land"; since, the Patriot Act can be used to trump Constitution law. This dual system of law has the effect of giving the U.S. of America a kind of multiple personalities disorder, and introduces much confusion and contention between the executive branch and its cabinets, (eg DOD, NSA, CIA, FBI, etc), and the other branches of government to wit the Supreme Court and Legislative branches of government. The country can fight terrorism, which will exist in perpetuity btw, just fine using a criminal justice system tied to the Constitution and the Military tied to the Geneva convention. The Constitution and Bill of Rights need to once again take its place and the one and only "Law of the Land". Regards, LelandJ --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
