Small victories

[ayoub]

The Patriot act extended for only a month

That's a hell of a lot better than indefinitely.

Bush is doing his best to remove the freedoms of the people, and this is at least a tentative slap in his face.

But as small blessings go, I'll take this...

Comments

[kay.livejournal.com]

Ahhh the good ole patriot act ... hard to imagine people are not losing it and stepping up to change things over a measure that calls for a lot of trust towards Congress + federal law-enforcement agents not to abuse a measure that allows for the indefinite detention and imprisonment of U.S. citizens without due process .. or even as much as being charged with a crime.

I'm truly wondering why the U.S citizens didn't step up ... if we want things changed here, we sure as hell will do our best to make that happen (remember the EU voting?) I have a tough time understanding why they let a government take away their freedom like this for so long.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I get the feeling that a lot of people don't quite realise what it means. The name, I think, is the killer. Something that's Patriotic must be good...

[kay.livejournal.com]

I've always loved this one:

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official"

~Theodore Roosevelt

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Or:

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government" - Edward Abbey