RE: Why vote if you have no rights?

["John Taylor" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,


> You guys are scaring me.  What exactly are you reading that is giving you
> this information?  Do you get special messages while you're reading the
> words, or have I just suddenly become unable to actually
> comprehend English
> grammar?
>
> Somebody please give me one CONCRETE example (with the appropriate
> legislative wording, the citation, and the date it was written
> into law) of
> the damage my government is doing to my country.


Observers from both sides of your political spectrum have publicly
questioned the very constitutionality of the Patriot Act; specifically, the
First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Tenth Amendments.

You must consider the Act in it's whole. The people who've drafted this
legislation are not stupid; they knew it would be challenged, therefore
you're not going to find the kind of blatant evidence you're asking for.
You're a bright guy; read it with an open mind, and draw your own
conclusions.


>
> The only place I could find anything remotely distrubing in my perusal of
> the PATRIOT act was in the extended wire tapping capabilities.
> And while I
> don't LIKE wire taps, I also don't mind them.  I personally have more
> problem with mandatory seat belt laws than with wire taps.  Why?
> Because I
> ain't got nothin' to hide, yet I'm too fat to fit comfortably with a seat
> belt.

Perhaps you're not aware of the FBI's extensive history of abusing it's
power to harass and disrupt groups engaged in legitimate political
activities. The following are just a couple of examples. Many more abound;
but I'll leave you to do the homework for yourself.


http://www.derechos.net/paulwolf/cointelpro/churchfinalreportIIa.htm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A1
9607-2002Jun9&notFound=true


Given the findings of the Church Commitee report, what makes you think the
FBI can be entrusted with the broader powers granted by the Patriot Act?


>
> It's a new world, folks.  Bad guys want to kill us.  They have big bombs.
> We may have to change some of our thinking.
>

I find your thinking to be somewhat ironic, and deeply saddening.


Regards,


John Taylor