U.S. House Votes to Extend Patriot Act 1137
Rick Zeman writes "In the wake of today's 4 dud bombings in London, the U.S. House has voted to extend the Patriot Act by a vote of 257-171. This includes 10-year extensions to the two other provisions set to expire on December 31, one allowing roving wiretaps, and another allowing searches of library and medical records."
Allow me to be the first (Score:4, Funny)
obligatory (Score:1, Funny)
Says Government to The People (Score:3, Funny)
ZOMG! (Score:5, Funny)
*ahem*
Oh, Canada,
Our home and native land,...
Re:Talkin' bout a revolution (Score:1, Funny)
Library records? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So this is how liberty dies (Score:3, Funny)
Few women could make reading the king james bible into a blockbuster.
Whoopie! (Score:1, Funny)
malcolmr1@comcast.net
I think I speak for all of us when I say (Score:5, Funny)
(For some strange reason the Slashdot filter doesn't like this post. I can't imagine why.)
Re:Talkin' bout a revolution (Score:2, Funny)
I'll have a bowl of pretzels ready for him to choke on.
Re:It's for the children! (Score:5, Funny)
And so... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:PATRIOT coming to Europe (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's for the children! (Score:5, Funny)
This might shock you, but where I live this have already started to happen. The public libraries are spreading their filthy swedish propaganda; almost all the books are in swedish now. And there's nothing the government can do to stop it. That is, without the Patriot Act. So support the Patriot Act and free us from the swedish menace!
No *this* is how karma is whored: (Score:1, Funny)
2) ???
3) Profit!
Re:Allow me to be the first (Score:5, Funny)
Oh please, this is just typical liberal socialist scare mongering.
Remember, if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about. Well maybe if you are mistaken for someone who is doing someone wrong, or ... if you have a close relative who is doing something wrong, or ... if you once spoke to that guy who ...
Anyway, as I was saying, if you aren't doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about. This is for your protection, after all.
Really old fashioned !!! (Score:2, Funny)
The U.S. involved? (Score:5, Funny)
Mal-2
Re:So this is how liberty dies (Score:3, Funny)
"So this is how liberty dies. Naked, petrified and covered with hot grits."
Re:It's for the children! (Score:3, Funny)
You think that's bad? In my town (pop. 832) our entire collection is worthless. I just moved here, but I keep hearing, "Other than the kiddie's books, the whole collection is in Greek."
I haven't actually been in the library yet, but I walk by it everyday. One day I heard someone complaining on their way out, "Who is this shake-a-spear, some African tribal king? Why the hell do I want tribal books in my library? Do I speak African? Do I run around showing the world my bum? It's ungodly!"
Another person said, "Poll-eye-ticks? That's disgusting. Why would I want to read about eye ticks?"
Though, come to think of it, I don't even know if anyone in this town could differentiate Greek from any other language if they tried...
Great move! I give it full support. (Score:1, Funny)
First of all, the requirement of having a search warrant for certain cases is way too limiting and time consuming. By the time a court order has been issued, a terrorist conversation might already be over.
Secondly, most conspiracies and plans are most likely hatched in private houses or apartment buildings. Therefore, this law is half toothless unless we also grant the government the right to install surveilence equipment in apartments and houses, private as well as corporate.
And I hope to god they link all this information together and make patterns of non-terrorists, so that terrorists behavior will automatically cause an alarm to ring. This would give our enforcement agencies up to the minute ability to respond to any potential terrorists and quickly remove the threat from the streets.
As I said, there are still some bits missing before I feel completely safe. The government however has made a lot of progress so far as to ensure that I can sleep sound at night.
Re:Allow me to be the first (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Allow me to be the first (Score:3, Funny)
new?
Medical records? (Score:2, Funny)