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News, rants and stuff from a Post-Constitutional America!
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IF WAR ISN'T THE ANSWER, WHAT IS?. |
This is a inquiry life and civics problem, if there ever was one! The idea is to use higher order thinking skills to come up with possible solution or solutions.
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Montana Forum : Hold threats to freedom in check |
No Sunset for Patriot Act. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wants to remove the sunset provisions from the USA Patriot Act, according to this article at Montana forum.com. (Thanks to Ed Cone for the pointer.)
The Patriot Act already has fairly weak sunset provisions, as significant portions of the law are not open to review -- in particular, provisions regarding new electronic surveillance measures. You can read more about what does, and does not, sunset in this Electronic Frontier Foundation review. Note the numerous sections of the bill labeled DOES NOT SUNSET. But Hatch seemingly wants to remove any review of the bill, no doubt recognizing Americans' past intolerance of such abusive laws once the immediate need for them has passed. It is a shame we have anyone in our Government who would consider such a review unnecessary, given the sweeping new powers created by Patriot, and Hatch should be roundly rebuked by his constituents at the next election.
[...] Once in a while, you have to thank goodness for the extremists [^] or at least those people with steady, definable values.[b.cognosco] Shame, Shame Orrin. What makes a democracy strong yet frustrating is the idea that making law is a public event and the law can be open to revision. What is not open to revision are our basic rights as an American. What are these men scared of really? What good does it do to sell one's soul... Orin
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Reality-check!. |
I know from my parents who are both doctors, that things have been getting pretty sketchy in the medical profession here in the US for the last few years, but at least they're not this bad:
"...Four doctors and two patients, one of whom was paralysed and on an intravenous drip, were bound and handcuffed as American soldiers rampaged through the wards, searching for departed members of the Saddam regime.[Jake's Radio 'Blog] no comment
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