SO MUCH FOR BUSH “DESTROYING THE CONSTITUTION”
A favorite theme of moonbats is that the Patriot Act has destroyed the Bill of Rights and oppressed the masses. Maybe they should find another line of attack:
Of 1,943 complaints to the Justice Department last year regarding suspected civil rights abuses involving the USA Patriot Act, none accused department employees of misconduct because of the anti-terrorism law and only one unrelated case warranted a further criminal investigation, a report said yesterday.
The Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General, which is required by Congress to review suspected Patriot Act abuses, said of the complaints received by the Justice Department between June 22 and Dec. 31, only 195 included accusations involving department employees or components.
Most of the accusations involved suspected mistreatment of Muslim inmates at various U.S. Bureau of Prisons correctional facilities. Some of the complaints were about the quality of prison food.
Then there were the usual charges made by the national Democratic Party:
Other accusations included complaints that government agents were broadcasting signals that interfered with a person’s thoughts or dreams or that correctional officers had laced the prison food with hallucinogenic drugs.
I guess the Bush Administration has found a way to circumvent the protections offered by the wearing of tin foil hats.
I’m so very glad that adults like Attorney General Gonzalez are in charge instead of the hysterical, self-centered nincompoops who’ve been running around the country for the last three plus years screaming that “The Sky is Falling!”
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales called on Congress earlier this month to renew the act, saying the threat from international terrorism — including al Qaeda — was “still very real” despite U.S. successes in capturing and killing global terrorists. He said while some of the act’s provisions expire this year, “the terrorist threat will not expire on that schedule.”
To be dead serious, there are provisions in the Patriot Act that should be examined, especially some of the more potentially troubling Fourth Amendment issues. But to call for the wholesale gutting of the Act as John Kerry and other liberals in Congress have been doing is irresponsible in a post 9/11 world.
“…self-centered nincompoops who’ve been running around the country for the last three plus years screaming that “The Sky is Falling!”
could be an excellent reference to ‘Slick George’ …this has been his tactic to instill fear in the American People …WMP - SS - PA - ECT.
Wont be long and you will need approval to quote and comment on politicians - of course its in the best interest of National Security (and the politicians livelihood)
Read Bradley Smith says that the freewheeling days of political blogging and online punditry are over.
Comment by cafeRg — 3/13/2005 @ 9:40 am
First, if you look at my most recent posts, I’ve written about this threat 4 times in the last week.
Second, what do FEC regs have to do with the Patriot Act you dimwitted Moonbat?
Comment by superhawk — 3/13/2005 @ 10:07 am
I guess the Bush Administration has found a way to circumvent the protections offered by the wearing of tin foil hats.
Shhh! That’s the real purpose of all those missile defense tests.
Comment by Tom — 3/13/2005 @ 10:51 am
“dimwitted Moonbat?” ..i assume you are calling me this? Does name calling and personal assaults make your opinions any more correct?
The FEC has nothing to do with Patroit Act ..directly, but it does with the reference to “The Sky Is Falling”
I am glad to see you have picked up on Bradley Smith and the FEC ( Bushes henchman) and see the need for the Left and Right to Unite on certain issues ..i will recommend a membership for you in ‘Mensa’.
Comment by cafeRg — 3/14/2005 @ 8:18 am
“Does name calling and personal assaults make your opinions any more correct?”
Of course not…but if you come to my house and and leave a comment that has nothing to do with the post, then I can call you anything that enters my head.
As for Commissioner Smith being Bush’s “Henchman”, if you knew anything about the issue (which you obviously don’t when you’re STILL trying to compare the Patriot Act with FEC regs)here’s some info for you:
“When President Bush first signed McCain-Feingold into law, the six-member FEC granted a blanket exemption to the internet by a 4-2 vote. Last year, however, a federal judge ruled the commission must reexamine that exemption. Mr. Smith and his two fellow Republican commissioners sought to appeal the ruling, but the three Democrats blocked that from happening.”
http://www.worldmag.com/subscriber/displayarticle.cfm?id=10432
So if Smith is Bush’s “Henchmen” he seems to be doing a pretty good job of protecting free speech while the Democrats are the ones who wish to regulate it.
Comment by superhawk — 3/14/2005 @ 8:31 am