YES! Government spying is out of control.
5%
YES! It should have never been passed in the first place.
95%
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This act is NOT "patriotic" or it wouldn't be a violation of the constitution and the bill of rights!
I am so very ANGRY at this corporate controlled, war criminal government. Obama should immediately give back his Peace prize as his Presedency has been anything but peaceful. Drone murders expanded, GTMO still open and torturing innocent people, wire tappping, spying on our Emails, phone calls, internet searches and blogs.
Our country is litterally falling appart and there isn't money for patching up our infrastructure and health care which is still controlled by private for profit insurance companies. The abuses have been going on for decades, it's not just Obama, it's both rotten, lying, money grubbing parties and this cursed "surpeme" court and our unjust laws.
Isn't it time for a revolution to throw most of these lying bums out and start over again or is it too late?
I second your comments
It's time!
The Patriot Act is a nice sounding name for one of the most unconstitutional laws passed since the Sedition Act of 1918. Fortunately, the folly of that mistake was realized and corrected by 1921. It is amazing that this blatantly illegal modern mistake has been allowed to exist over a decade--especially under the Administration of a so-called Constitutional Scholar.
President Obama should give back his Peace prize as well as his degree in Constitutional Law. It may be true that President Obama may be powerless to repeal the Patriot Act alone; but, he had the power to veto it when it came up for renewal and extended it instead.
The Patriot Act is a disgrace to our nation and the biggest threat to our national security in my lifetime. It undermines everything positive this country ever stood for and destroys our credibility and respect as a nation around the world.
As President Kennedy once said, "There is little to be gained by insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it."
Totally agree --- the time is NOW