Like the big-budget movie sequel kept under wraps for months and rumored to be much worse than the original, what has been called Patriot Act II is making headlines months before its release. In February, the Center for Public Integrity, a watchdog group, announced it had received a leaked copy of draft legislation that details significant expansions to the already notorious… return to article
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Reader Comments (15)Page 1 of 1 pagesI am a mother of a 19 year old and I don’t want my son drafted. I don’t want any of our young men going off to war. If they are willing to that is one thing, but about the one that have a problem with killing another human being. This is a hard issue for sure.
Posted by claraclucker on Feb 20, 2003 at 2:45 AM now do you people see what voting for nader has done?please,i beg of you,just vote democrat in the next presidential election.we can all vote green/independant/third parties in our local elections,but i can’t deal with 4 more years of gee dubya
Posted by kim jong on Feb 23, 2003 at 11:01 AM When Patriot II was first revealed, I thought that the revelation was probably the courageous act of a Justice Department lawyer who was appalled by the act’s provisions. I don’t know whether it is because of a growing sense of despair or of paranoia, but I am beginning to think that it was deliberately leaked by the Department as a trial balloon to see how much they could get away with. Given the reaction of the media and mainstream commentators, I think that the Department now realizes that it can get away with almost anything. I think that after another terrorist attack on the “homeland” we will see legislation passed that makes Patriot II look mild.
Posted by Tom on Feb 28, 2003 at 5:48 PM All I can say is if we don’t get the dubya and his gang out of the White House, we won’t have a U.S. Constitution under which this country was established. We will only have the Republican Doctrine which will imprison everyone who doesn’t agree with them.
Posted by Bonnie on Mar 2, 2003 at 12:44 AM I must say that this reminds me of the minister, Lutheran, I believe, who said that the Nazis came for their political enemies and he did nothing, not being very political, they came for the Jews, but he was not Jewish, they came for the Catholics, but he was not catholic. Finally they came for him and there was no one left to defend him. If we do not rise up in huge numbers because of this we will get what we deserve. I plan to stop paying taxes and if this is going to be the model of Democracy in the future, I copuld live much cheaper elsewhere.
Posted by Dot Dedman on Mar 4, 2003 at 12:32 AM Who voted for Bush again?
thats right…NOBODY…
not the majority anyways.
Fidel did it by force, Bush Slithered…
Posted by Proud Canuck on Mar 7, 2003 at 11:06 PM please keep citizens informed of threats to our independence from within and without our borders.
Posted by nowayhose on Mar 9, 2003 at 11:02 PM the motives of government are becoming more and more clear each day and EVERYONE knows this. It’s time for change, not just within our government parties, but within government itself. Humanity, truth, and justice for all should be the driving force for life itself. There’s something seriously wrong with the way this world is run. You know this, I know this, now it’s time to do something about it. We can’t just sit back and let this happen. It is time for people to Wake Up. We NEED to make things happen, not just for America, but for all of Humanity. We are All One. We should start acting like it.
Posted by greg on Mar 10, 2003 at 3:29 AM I would not be surprised if bush makes a move to be king or some other dictator type by saying the country is in danger. Not imposable..
Posted by A Howard on Mar 20, 2003 at 4:36 AM I have voted for Bush, and will vote for Bush again. Gore would have made things much worse. Nader is the best thing to come along since sliced bread, because he will slice the Democrats up every time. I would rather have Nader than Gore or any other of the presents Democrats you have running. At least Nader has principles.
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