Patriot Act Renewal Leaves Me Feeling Skewered
The House of Representatives went and gave the final congressional vote to reauthorize the Patriot Act, and in so doing, assured that the Patriot Act will continue. I’m left asking why.
It’s been made clear that the intelligence community knew of the threat of Al Qaeda crashing airplanes into big buildings. They knew of Al Quaeda terrorists in the US. They knew, they knew, they had the information necessary to put the puzzle together. I’m not saying they had the time or date, like a conspiracy theory, but the problem with September 11 happening was not lack of adequate intelligence. It was lack of competence and coordination.
Little bits of the Patriot Act deal with that, and that can be put in another bill. The rest of the Patriot Act just isn’t necessary, especially not the parts that give the federal government new powers to spy on American citizens.
Yet, Democrats and Republicans alike voted for this terrible law AGAIN.
I’m telling you, I’m feeling like our Congress is living behind a wall of peanut butter, and they just don’t see or hear or feel what the rest of America is feeling. They’re incapable of it, it seems. Even the obvious signs, the clear public rejection of the whole Bush agenda, doesn’t get through to them.
Our current strategy to persuade Congress isn’t working. How can we make it work? How can we make, in particular the stiff and dense Democratic leadership wake up?
Date: March 7, 2006
Categories: democrats, general, homeland insecurity
(558 votes, average: 2.98 out of 5)
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