Americans get some of their liberty back..

[MACHINE5150]

Patriot Act: The 3 Provisions the House Failed to Extend
Feb 8, 2011 – 8:17 PM



David Knowles Writer
Were they not patriotic enough?

The U.S. House of Representatives failed to muster enough votes today to pass an extension of three key provisions of the Patriot Act. The final tally had 277 votes for the measure and 148 votes against it. A two-thirds majority was required for passage. Twenty-six Republicans and 122 Democrats voted against the measure. Sixty-seven Dems and 210 members of the GOP voted for it.

Surge Desk examines the three portions of the Patriot Act that groups as diverse as the ACLU and the tea party movement, to say nothing of so many members of Congress, found so objectionable.

1. FBI wiretaps
Opponents of this section of the Patriot Act argue that the federal government should not be authorized to use "roving wiretaps" because they are too expansive. Critics say that innocent people are swept up in investigations because the wiretaps are not limited to single devices owned by actual suspects.

2. Library and business records
Should the government be able to access "tangible" information such as business records and lists of what books you check out of the library when it conducts investigations related to terrorism? Not enough members of Congress agreed with that argument today.

3. Spying on individuals
The federal government reserves the power to go after individuals who are not known to be linked to any terrorist groups or cells in what is termed the "lone wolf" provision. In effect, opponents of this provision argue that this power gives the government the right to investigate people who have committed no crime.

[layeazy]

You americans a cool but find Obama kinda funny he walks with a swagger and can play b-ball only in america..

When you think he's finished his term you think he will get into acting and maybe play Will Smith in a movie on his life lol

[songdog]

Hope not still waitin on change

[JohnnyVegas]

Hope not still waitin on change

I have plenty of change...left in my wallet.

Not slamming Obama specifically. I think politicians in general stopped caring about We The People a long time ago.

[beeazy]

. I think politicians in general stopped caring about We The People a long time ago.

agreed

[BgMc31]

Songdog...this isn't change? This is good news. So much for the party of limited government involvement huh?

[layeazy]

But guys seriously do you think Obama at least has a rap career after his term in office lol

[MACHINE5150]

But guys seriously do you think Obama at least has a rap career after his term in office lol

i'm watching "the seige" right now with denzel washington.. i think obama would have been better cast in this movie.. and i like Denzel

[layeazy]

lol good call MACHINE5150 or he could team up with Bush and do stand up comedy he could be like Richard Pryor and Bush could be like Gene wilder lol

[drdeath613]

i want the clitmaster back we were headed the right way while he was in office and went down hill since

and playing good old bill would be porn star peter north hahaha

[Times Roman]

i think the judiciary, specifically the supreme court justices, have more credibility than any politician. Politics is all about being popular. Think back to high school (for example).... when was the last time you saw anyone popular that wasn't self centered and selfish? In order to be a politician at a top level, you almost have to be selfish, which is NOT what we want out of our politicians....

It actually reads like this...

"We the people, in order to better serve our politicians...."

[MACHINE5150]

i think the judiciary, specifically the supreme court justices, have more credibility than any politician. Politics is all about being popular. Think back to high school (for example).... when was the last time you saw anyone popular that wasn't self centered and selfish? In order to be a politician at a top level, you almost have to be selfish, which is NOT what we want out of our politicians....

It actually reads like this...

"We the people, in order to better serve our politicians...."

Just give me some time.. I am raising my Army of Darkness and plan on taking over the world some time before 2020..

All America needs to do is this:

Drill for oil in Alaska (fvck the hippies)
reduce military spending (i.e. close down some of the foreign bases & stop going to war every ten years)
end Social Security (it is a broken system)
increase taxes on imports from foreign countries (currently one of the lowest in the world)
End the War on Drugs, and privatize and regulate it (look at switzerland as an example)

MACHINE for president 2012!! haha JK

[layeazy]

I just think America should occupy everywhere keep an eye keep them top dog its safer for us allies