House Votes to Limit Patriot Act Rules

[Antigen]

WASHINGTON Jun 15, 2005 ? In a slap at President Bush, lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the Justice Department and the FBI from using the Patriot Act to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips.

The House voted 238-187 despite a veto threat from Bush to block the part of the anti-terrorism law that allows the government to investigate the reading habits of terror suspects.


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=853379

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.

--Anonymous

[thepatriot]

On 2005-06-15 21:29:00, Antigen wrote:

"WASHINGTON Jun 15, 2005 � In a slap at President Bush, lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the Justice Department and the FBI from using the Patriot Act to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips.



The House voted 238-187 despite a veto threat from Bush to block the part of the anti-terrorism law that allows the government to investigate the reading habits of terror suspects.





http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=853379

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.

--Anonymous

"

Fuck Bush and his Veto threats, He and others are so far over the line on this one and others in this bill it makes me sick

[Antigen]

You're so confusing sometimes.

The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to
serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on. To misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust.
--Mr. Justice Brandeis

[Anonymous]

On 2005-06-16 12:32:00, Antigen wrote:

"You're so confusing sometimes.

The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to
serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on. To misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust.
--Mr. Justice Brandeis

"

Why is that??? I have never been a Bush supporter I just tend to be a little more conservitive that you lefties :lol:  :lol:  But not a GOP guy by any means.

[Antigen]

I've never been a lefty. But you always call me one whenever I gripe about government excess.

So let me get this straight; you're OK w/ cops tazering a guy repeatedly to get a piss sample. You're ok w/ them shooting unarmed suspects. But you have a problem w/ them snooping your library and book store records?

Is it that you can't imagine you'll ever be a suspect?

Under the benign influence of our republican institutions, and the maintenance of peace with all nations whilst so many of them were engaged in bloody and wasteful wars, the fruits of a just policy were enjoyed in an unrivaled growth of our faculties and resources.
http://www.angelfire.com/pa/sergeman/foundingdocs/inaugural/madison1stinaug.html' target='_new'>James Madison