FUCK THE USA PATRIOT ACT
Someone kill this
motherfucker already...
Taken from LibertyThink without permission
An unnecessary chill has descended on the nation's libraries and bookstores: The books you buy and read are now subject to government inspection and review.
After 9/11, the Bush administration, particularly Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft, pushed hard for passage of the Patriot Act, which contained sweeping changes to our nation's surveillance laws and new intelligence powers for the FBI and other agencies. At that time of national outrage, Congress passed with little debate a bill the attorney general had crafted.
Few who voted for the Patriot Act -- I did not -- knew that among its provisions was one that gave FBI agents the authority to engage in fishing expeditions to see what Americans read. Although it does not mention bookstores or libraries specifically, the sweeping legislation gives the FBI the power to seize all of the circulation, purchasing and other records of library users and bookstore customers on no stronger a claim than an FBI official's statement that they are part of a terrorism investigation.
They are taking away what little freedom we have left and you all are too fucking stupid to even care!
"I don't care about the suffering in foreign lands,
I've got a clear conscience, No blood on my hands,
I don't care about pollution or poverty,
American Ethic will set me free!"
(Even mom likes Aus-Rotten...on mother's day at that)
motherfucker already...
Taken from LibertyThink without permission
An unnecessary chill has descended on the nation's libraries and bookstores: The books you buy and read are now subject to government inspection and review.
After 9/11, the Bush administration, particularly Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft, pushed hard for passage of the Patriot Act, which contained sweeping changes to our nation's surveillance laws and new intelligence powers for the FBI and other agencies. At that time of national outrage, Congress passed with little debate a bill the attorney general had crafted.
Few who voted for the Patriot Act -- I did not -- knew that among its provisions was one that gave FBI agents the authority to engage in fishing expeditions to see what Americans read. Although it does not mention bookstores or libraries specifically, the sweeping legislation gives the FBI the power to seize all of the circulation, purchasing and other records of library users and bookstore customers on no stronger a claim than an FBI official's statement that they are part of a terrorism investigation.
They are taking away what little freedom we have left and you all are too fucking stupid to even care!
"I don't care about the suffering in foreign lands,
I've got a clear conscience, No blood on my hands,
I don't care about pollution or poverty,
American Ethic will set me free!"
(Even mom likes Aus-Rotten...on mother's day at that)