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2015-06-01 -Land of the Free

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Posted by DarthVader 2015-06-01 08:48|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Although I suspect the NSA isn't going to stop due to this little legal hiccup.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-06-01 08:49|| 2015-06-01 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Ever notice the tendency in authoritarian regimes to name things that are the exact opposite of what they are ie Peoples Democratic Republics which were neither democratic or a republic. Notice how that has been picked up by the Beltway Party in titling their little impositions of power ie Freedom Act which eviscerates the need of cause and warrant or Affordable Care Act which is not. What kind of hint do you need that you've slid into an oligarchy?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-06-01 09:09|| 2015-06-01 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Secret Executive Order reauthorizing program?

Posted by Pancho Guelph2417 2015-06-01 11:12|| 2015-06-01 11:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Double Super Secret!

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-06-01 11:23|| 2015-06-01 11:23|| Front Page Top

#5 We know what countries the terrorists come from: Somalia, Soddy Arabia, Yemen, Chechnya, Nigeria, etc. Why should we sacrifice our rights and freedoms when the logical thing to do is keep those people out of our country?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-06-01 11:46|| 2015-06-01 11:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. complained to reporters that Paul places "a higher priority on his fundraising and his ambitions than on the security of the nation."

Remember Sen. McCains’ public opposition to ‘enhanced interrogation’? Any speculation of the Senators motivation was swiftly met with righteous indignation. Sure he called the Administrations’ tactics immoral and insinuated illegality. Yes he bucked his own political party when they countered that the practice heightened national security. But after all his was the unique perspective of a war hero, they said, that had endured years of torture in captivity. And it surely had nothing to do with his presidential or other aspirations. But McCain has no problem suggesting that Sen. Paul’s long held resistance to extending provisions of The Patriot Act is nothing but a crass political maneuver. Worse yet, McCain ignores any possibility of principled incentives and claims Paul is only seeking financial gain. Perhaps Senator McCain may want to reflect on his own integrity before questioning others.

Posted by DepotGuy 2015-06-01 12:26|| 2015-06-01 12:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Actually, it was the Patriot Act that expired.

The Freedom Act is its purported replacement.

Posted by Pappy 2015-06-01 12:40|| 2015-06-01 12:40|| Front Page Top

#8 The Patriot Act was so effective in uncovering the Boston bombers' plot.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-06-01 18:21|| 2015-06-01 18:21|| Front Page Top

#9 AFAIAC, if we are at war, we should feel it. Perhaps that may give us a reason to actually fight.

Posted by gorb 2015-06-01 20:20|| 2015-06-01 20:20|| Front Page Top

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