Comments on: Trust Us: The PATRIOT Act Saves Lives http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/trust_us_the_patriot_act_saves_lives/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:06:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: anjin-san http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/trust_us_the_patriot_act_saves_lives/comment-page-1/#comment-68001 anjin-san Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:34:52 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=12980#comment-68001 D.C. Trash the left if it makes you feel better, but in fact, it is the GOP under Bush that has undermined civil liberties in America. D.C.

Trash the left if it makes you feel better, but in fact, it is the GOP under Bush that has undermined civil liberties in America.

]]> By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/trust_us_the_patriot_act_saves_lives/comment-page-1/#comment-67994 Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:38:49 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=12980#comment-67994 <strong>House Approves Extension of Patriot Act</strong> The House easily approved renewing a modified USA Patriot Act on Wednesday, but with the bill facing House Approves Extension of Patriot Act

The House easily approved renewing a modified USA Patriot Act on Wednesday, but with the bill facing

]]> By: D. C. Russell http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/trust_us_the_patriot_act_saves_lives/comment-page-1/#comment-67983 D. C. Russell Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:25:12 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=12980#comment-67983 Seems to me that government officials, whether they be elected or appointed, who support the "Patriot" Act without question, are actually helping the terrorists achieve their objectives. The terrorists want to destroy our free society, to take away our liberties, to be able to have secret police make secret arrests and hold polticial enemies incommunicado. The "Patriot" Act provides just the kind of legal structure that the terrorists need to impose their way of life upon us. I can understand why pro-authoritarian big-government supporters on the left would go along with that, but I do not understand why people who normally advocate limited government and claim to want strict construction of the Constitution now seem to support the developing structure for a secret and oppresive government that feels free to ignore the individual liberties once guaranteed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Seems to me that government officials, whether they be elected or appointed, who support the "Patriot" Act without question, are actually helping the terrorists achieve their objectives.

The terrorists want to destroy our free society, to take away our liberties, to be able to have secret police make secret arrests and hold polticial enemies incommunicado.

The "Patriot" Act provides just the kind of legal structure that the terrorists need to impose their way of life upon us.

I can understand why pro-authoritarian big-government supporters on the left would go along with that, but I do not understand why people who normally advocate limited government and claim to want strict construction of the Constitution now seem to support the developing structure for a secret and oppresive government that feels free to ignore the individual liberties once guaranteed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

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