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"J Young" |
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22 Jul 2005 01:32:44 PM |
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Patriot Act renewed and toughened |
Decent, law-abiding citizens have not had any infringements on their
privacy or liberties since this act was initiated in 2001. The only
complaintants have been our enemies and those who cry on their behalf.
Thank God that those people are in the minority.
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1268&storyid=3486427
Patriot Act renewed and toughened
WASHINGTON: The USA Patriot Act was renewed and toughened today, making
permanent the US government's unprecedented powers to investigate
suspected terrorists.
A new provision added by Republicans applies the federal death penalty
for terrorist offences that result in death.
Another established a new crime of narco-terrorism to punish people
using drug profits to aid terrorism - with minimum prison sentences
of 20 years.
The vote was mostly along party lines, ignoring protests from civil
liberties groups.
Sixteen provisions of the 2001 law, hastily enacted in response to the
September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, are due to expire at
the end of this year unless renewed by Congress.
President George W Bush has repeatedly called on Congress to make the
entire law permanent.
The House of Representatives reauthorised the act by 257-171
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| User: "Jeff Welch" |
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| Title: Re: Patriot Act renewed and toughened |
22 Jul 2005 08:13:32 PM |
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"J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1122057164.186827.125140@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Decent, law-abiding citizens have not had any infringements on their
privacy or liberties since this act was initiated in 2001.
Every single American - decent, indecent or in-between - has had
infringements on their privacy and liberties since the poorly-named "Patriot
Act" was initiated.
-Jeff
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| User: "ריעין ברתון/Riain Barton" |
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| Title: Re: Patriot Act renewed and toughened |
22 Jul 2005 10:06:10 PM |
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And the Constitution has just went down the toilet...
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
Letter to Josiah Quincy
Sept. 11, 1773
When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the
people fear the government, there is tyranny.
President Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826
Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious.
Oscar Wilde
1854-1900
"J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1122057164.186827.125140@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
: Decent, law-abiding citizens have not had any infringements on their
: privacy or liberties since this act was initiated in 2001. The only
: complaintants have been our enemies and those who cry on their behalf.
: Thank God that those people are in the minority.
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:
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1268&storyid=3486427
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: Patriot Act renewed and toughened
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: WASHINGTON: The USA Patriot Act was renewed and toughened today,
making
: permanent the US government's unprecedented powers to investigate
: suspected terrorists.
:
: A new provision added by Republicans applies the federal death penalty
: for terrorist offences that result in death.
:
: Another established a new crime of narco-terrorism to punish people
: using drug profits to aid terrorism - with minimum prison sentences
: of 20 years.
:
: The vote was mostly along party lines, ignoring protests from civil
: liberties groups.
:
: Sixteen provisions of the 2001 law, hastily enacted in response to the
: September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, are due to expire at
: the end of this year unless renewed by Congress.
:
: President George W Bush has repeatedly called on Congress to make the
: entire law permanent.
:
: The House of Representatives reauthorised the act by 257-171
:
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| User: "DanielSan" |
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| Title: Re: Patriot Act renewed and toughened |
22 Jul 2005 01:57:12 PM |
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J Young wrote:
Decent, law-abiding citizens have not had any infringements on their
privacy or liberties since this act was initiated in 2001. The only
complaintants have been our enemies and those who cry on their behalf.
Folks like Ben Franklin, right?
Thank God that those people are in the minority.
And you can prove that "those people are in the minority," right?
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* DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226 *
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* "No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, *
* the non-existence of Zeus or Thor - but they *
* have few followers now." Arthur C. Clarke *
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: Patriot Act renewed and toughened |
25 Jul 2005 08:38:27 AM |
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DanielSan wrote:
J Young wrote:
Decent, law-abiding citizens have not had any infringements on their
privacy or liberties since this act was initiated in 2001. The only
complaintants have been our enemies and those who cry on their behalf.
Folks like Ben Franklin, right?
"Those who would give up essential liberties to purchase a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/benjaminfr118446.html
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be
mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not
consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists
in professing to believe what one does not believe. It
is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may
so express it, that mental lying has produced in society.
When man has so far corrupted and prostituted the
chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional
belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared
himself for the commission of every other crime."
- Thomas Paine, "The Age of Reason"
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Patriot Act renewed and toughened |
25 Jul 2005 05:09:44 PM |
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All Governments, the worst on earth and the most
tyrannical on earth, are free governments to that
portion of the people who voluntarily support them.
-- Lysander Spoonerh
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| User: "SMITH29" |
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| Title: Re: Patriot Act renewed and toughened |
25 Jul 2005 07:15:24 PM |
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Gregory Gadow wrote:
DanielSan wrote:
J Young wrote:
Decent, law-abiding citizens have not had any infringements on their
privacy or liberties since this act was initiated in 2001. The only
complaintants have been our enemies and those who cry on their behalf.
Folks like Ben Franklin, right?
"Those who would give up essential liberties to purchase a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/benjaminfr118446.html
--
Gregory Gadow
xxxx
Liberties? Hell, you haven't lost any liberties.
What exactly have you done to earn the liberties you abuse now?
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| User: "duke" |
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| Title: Re: Patriot Act renewed and toughened |
22 Jul 2005 03:03:24 PM |
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:57:12 GMT, DanielSan <daniel-san@myrealbox.com> wrote:
J Young wrote:
Decent, law-abiding citizens have not had any infringements on their
privacy or liberties since this act was initiated in 2001. The only
complaintants have been our enemies and those who cry on their behalf.
Folks like Ben Franklin, right?
Thank God that those people are in the minority.
And you can prove that "those people are in the minority," right?
Are you an islamoterrorist, snowden?
duke
*****
"The Mass is the most perfect form of Prayer."
Pope Paul VI
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| User: "Olrik" |
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| Title: Re: Patriot Act renewed and toughened |
22 Jul 2005 11:59:07 PM |
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J Young wrote:
Decent, law-abiding citizens have not had any infringements on their
privacy or liberties since this act was initiated in 2001. The only
complaintants have been our enemies and those who cry on their behalf.
Thank God that those people are in the minority.
As a canadian, I don't care too much about this PATRIOT Act, although it
could have repercussions here.
But as a citizen of this world, I would like to vomit on you. You are
everything a human being should not be.
--
Olrik
aa #1981
Qualified SMASH member
EAC Chief Food Inspector, Bacon Division
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| User: "SMITH29" |
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| Title: Re: Patriot Act renewed and toughened |
23 Jul 2005 11:35:06 PM |
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Olrik wrote:
J Young wrote:
Decent, law-abiding citizens have not had any infringements on their
privacy or liberties since this act was initiated in 2001. The only
complaintants have been our enemies and those who cry on their behalf.
Thank God that those people are in the minority.
As a canadian, I don't care too much about this PATRIOT Act, although it
could have repercussions here.
But as a citizen of this world, I would like to vomit on you. You are
everything a human being should not be.
xxxx
That's it?!! Vomit? What a weenie.....
Must be Francaise Canukian Frog.
Pussies.....
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| User: "Susan Cohen" |
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| Title: Re: Patriot Act renewed and toughened |
25 Jul 2005 01:25:00 AM |
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"SMITH29" <smith29@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:XcidnYdyGN-ShH7fRVn-sQ@comcast.com...
Olrik wrote:
J Young wrote:
[snip crap]
As a canadian, I don't care too much about this PATRIOT Act, although it
could have repercussions here.
But as a citizen of this world, I would like to vomit on you. You are
everything a human being should not be.
xxxx
That's it?!! Vomit? What a weenie.....
Or perhaps just being polite?
Susan
Must be Francaise Canukian Frog.
Pussies.....
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