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Patriot Act headed for permanent renewal

February 16, 2006 05:12 AM / Capitol Hillbillies .

The USA Patriot Act is headed toward renewal with most of its onerous individual rights violations intact and broad Senate support for a White House-brokered compromise that adds a few token new civil liberties protections to the terror-fighting law.

"The outcome here is absolutely predetermined," Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said late Wednesday. "It's going to pass with overwhelming support."

With even senior Democrats lining up behind the measure, its lone opponent, Sen. Russell Feingold, was preparing amendments he said would strengthen its curbs on government power. Congress is racing to renew 16 provisions of the law that are set to expire March 10.

During the process, Feingold, D-Wis., was trying to attach an amendment to set a four-year expiration date on the use of National Security Letters _ demands for records issued by administrators _ under the Patriot Act, according to a spokesman.

Another amendment would require the government to notify the subject of a secret search within seven days or obtain court permission to maintain the secrecy for a longer period, rather than the 30-day requirement in the legislation being considered.

While the filibuster was a lone endeavor, Feingold had plenty of company in wanting the 2001 anti-terrorism law to include more curbs on the government's power to investigate people.

The bill's sponsor, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said a full makeover was unlikely to pass Congress before March 10.

"Sometimes cosmetics will make a beauty out of a beast and provide enough cover for senators to change their vote," Specter told reporters Wednesday.

Indeed, virtually every senator who had stood with Feingold last year to kill a House-Senate agreement abandoned the effort this month after two of them, both Republicans, struck a deal with the White House to add more privacy protections.

Now, the legislation's supporters include the chamber's most senior Democrats, and the 60 votes required to overcome Feingold's filibuster.

Frist said the Senate planned procedural votes on the matter beginning Thursday and stretching beyond congressional recess next week. Final votes were expected to resume at the end of the month.

Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., shared Feingold's concern but said his talks with the White House produced improvements to the law's civil liberties protections.

"In an effort like this, no party ever gets everything that they want," Sununu said.

Under the deal, recipients of court-approved subpoenas for information in terrorist investigations would have the right to challenge a requirement that they refrain from telling anyone.

Another new protection would remove a requirement that an individual provide the FBI with the name of an attorney consulted about a National Security Letter.

A third improvement, supporters say, makes clear that most libraries are not subject to National Security Letter demands for information about suspected terrorists.

But Feingold said the new deal makes only one modest improvement over the defeated House-Senate compromise and current law: It makes clear that there would be judicial review of "gag orders" issued with court-ordered subpoenas for information, but sets several conditions. Under one, the review can only take place after a year and requires the recipient of the order to prove the government has acted in bad faith, Feingold said.

"That is a virtually impossible standard to meet," he said.


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Comments

I knew they'd cave. Didn't we all?

Posted by Dick Murphy at February 16, 2006 07:44 AM

Really scary — another step toward a totalitarian dictatorship.

Posted by Archie at February 16, 2006 08:21 AM

This causes me to repeat that the only Democrat worth keeping in the Senate is Feingold and I sure wish he represented me. Most put their time in and talk and talk to fill the time but in the end are right along the solid Repugs who don't know why they are such lapdogs for the evil bushies. I am sick of the whole darn mess and call for an abolute cleaning of the chambers in November. It is our only chance.

Posted by Jane at February 16, 2006 08:27 AM

It is time for everyone to wake up and realize that the preamble to the Constitution changed sometime back,while most of us were not paying attention...This is no longer a government of the people,by the people,for the people....It now reads This is a government for the rich,by the ones who were bought by the highest bidder,for the exploitation of everyone that cannot afford to buy their way to the top of the political spectrum.

Posted by Capt.Brett at February 16, 2006 08:49 AM

Welcome to the Occupied States of America.

When we as a nation adopted standing armies, a police force (which the founding fathers clearly opposed), and took away the free exercise of speech, conscience, defense, property, and ammended the pursuit of happiness; it was then that we ceased to be the United States of America.

We are finally awakening, but to what?

Posted by Capt. Jeremy Fisher at February 16, 2006 09:21 AM

We vill vake up vun morning to the Occupied States of Amerika. Oh Shit. wait a minute. We already live there. Sorry.

Posted by Peter Chewning at February 16, 2006 09:31 AM

They are all traitors. They All, (including Bush & Co.) took an oath to uphold and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Remove 'em all, right now, take NO prisoners.

Posted by Bob at February 16, 2006 09:50 AM

We are all getting really good at saying that! There is far too much apathy for action. It will take another (9/11) action before they scrap the constitution and we fight back. We are all talk.

The problem is too vast, it reaches into almost every office of every government. It cannot be fixed without complete collapse and we will all live to see it!

Posted by Capt. Jeremy Fisher at February 16, 2006 10:45 AM

Goodbye fourth.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

I will never undestand how anyone in this country can support the current administration and congress. We are watching, first hand, the destruction of the U.S.

Posted by Kozmo at February 16, 2006 12:10 PM

There isn't anything left to say, that hasn't all ready been said.
When bush got into office in 2000, I was afraid of him. I couldn't understand how somebody so inexperienced could become President.
As the years went by, it was the events happening in America that shaped bush's policies. Now, as I look back on Sept. 11, 2001 and what transpired after, it appears as if it was scripted, meant to happen.
What is next? Will there be a Presidental Election or will it be postpone because we will still be at war? Who will we be at war with, Iraq, Iran, Seria, N. Korea, Cuba?
I feel that there is no stopping bush. He will do what he wants because he knows nobody will stop him.
If this is what to happen, there is only one way to put a halt to it, a Revolution. I see no other alternative.

Posted by David Rosenberg at February 16, 2006 12:54 PM

I agree with David, what happen to the days where people stood up against the government when injustice was prevalent? They are still prevelant today, when did it become ok to just eat up whatever we are fed and be content with just that? What happened to questioning authority? Is this not what makes America stand out among all the rest, that the people help shape the government. Now, I just believe that it is the alterior motives of politicians to assume absolute power over those who are ultimately powerless, which would mean the rest of us who hold no political office. I say yes, it is time for a Revolution, is it not the right of American citizens to start a Revolution, isn't a Revolution how America got its start in the first place, fighthing the persecution of a government against its own people, isn't that what is happening now? Aren't we now being persecuted through laws and policies that do not look out for the livelyhood of its citizens that bear the brunt of the consequences that lie within these "policies"? When will we finally all stand together and fight for something that most of our ancestors died for. When will we band together and fight for a Revolution?

Posted by jenn at February 16, 2006 01:50 PM

Too much apathy for action? All talk? Speak for yourself. I'm ready, are you,"Capt. Fisher"? Or do you not have the cahones for the real solution to the problem?

Posted by Bob at February 16, 2006 01:57 PM

Oh my! Where was all this outrage when threy were gutting the Fourth Amendment to support the drug war? I guess when they're going after the bad guys then everything's kosher!

Remember when the Marjauna activists like me told you all that pretty soon they would find out a way to take YOUR rights away too? "Oh they can't do that!" was the answer I got so many times I learned to hate the phrase!

Alright! Here's a phrase for EVERYBODY ELSE to hate! "TOLD YA SO!!!!"

Posted by Stoney13 at February 16, 2006 02:29 PM

We have been forewarning our nation fellow Americans since 1982, . . . but did anyone care to believe us? Of course not, . . .

Here is another "NEWSFLASH," . . . Government entities have no power, the corporations have no power, the media and press have no power, the lobbyists have no power, the special interest groups have no power, the national and international organizations (faith-based and non faith based), have no power, the board of education has no power, law enforcement has no power, the judiciary has no power. . . . They "ALL only have themselves and each other," and if they had any power combined, they would have killed society off by now. Just look at the numbers, . . . numbers alone should have already defeated the public, but they have not. Why not? Because they aren't given the power to do so.

Society has not because they have asked not. If society sincerely wants to improve their standards of living, . . . Seek, Ask, and Knock, . . . and it SHALL BE GIVEN!

Posted by at February 16, 2006 03:12 PM

"Dems" Sold us for corporate money.
It looks that it is the time for our
own Musharaff

Posted by ng at February 16, 2006 03:46 PM

yes it would seem that your about to implode and take the rest of us with you .its lost cause people the best you can do is make peace with your god who ever that might be i dont really care.when your dealing with such rot from the inside theres no other way but to burn the old house down and start building another.the hay stack has been set alight.

Posted by beyond at February 16, 2006 04:32 PM

It is time for all Americans,no matter your race,to wake up.We are(have)lost a lot of our rights.It is time for us to say we are Americans not Irish-american or African-american,just American.Most of us were born in this country so that means we are Americans plain and simple.
It is also time for a third major political party thats run by the average American.That Party is forming as we speak and is active in over 18 states as of now.More States are forming committees everyday.
This Party was formed by Veterans of this country that are fed up with their benefits and the benefits of everyone else,being taken away.The benefits that were promised to us when we enlisted are have been denied to us.
Our leaders in the capital are taken our rights away at an alarming rate.At the State level our rights are also being denied.Right now the smokers are being over taxed and their health care cost are going up.You may be saying well they deserve it,smoking is bad for you or all of us.What are you going to say when someone gets elected and does not like the smell of deodorant,perfume or hair spray and decides to make it a law saying you can not use these anymore.It can happen.I do not like planes flying over my head everyday and dumping their excess gas on me,causing me to breath in these fumes.I am pretty sure this will cause cancer.As does the emissions from Cars,trucks and Buses,should we put a stop to the use of these.
Where will it stop?If they start with the smokers,you know darn well they will go after someone else.
Please go to www.veteransparty.us and read what this New party has to say.I think you will agree with just about everything.
God bless us ALL.Oh I am sorry,I am not to use the word GOD am I.Thats what a HANDFUL of muslim immigrants want.See what I mean it only take a few to take away the rights that so many of are fellow Americans have giving their lives for.
We must stop this from going any farther.

Posted by Doug at February 16, 2006 04:48 PM

I guess our only hope is to vote in a congress that will reverse this. In the interim, let's hope a group of (even worse) Nazi's don't come to power. It would be impossible to stop them with the checks and balances disappearing.

Posted by Lylene at February 16, 2006 04:57 PM

During WWII we had thousands of Nazi and Japanese spies in this country conducting espionage on a very large scale not to mention bombings in New York harbor and Baltimore docks. WE survived WITHOUT a "PATRIOT ACT then and we could now. THis is a complete and RAW power grab and only serves to create an atmosphere of fear and paranoia. This law also causes a chilling effect on people (Not me!) because I have made up my mind that you are as free as you decide to be as long as you voice your dissent against these scumbag pussies who are going along with this crap. TREASON is easy to follow FREEDOM takes charachter and honor to protect.

Posted by MIchael Miller at February 16, 2006 05:11 PM

To Doug, . . . it sounds as though you have been foolishly believing there is such a man called "the average, the regular, the little guy, the middle-class, and the normal." There are ONLY TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE, . . . "THE GOOD GUYS" versus "THE BAD GUYS."

So speaking as one of the team players of the "good guys," I'll put on my pearls and high heels and chase the "bad guys" around the white house if you'll assist me.

Posted by at February 16, 2006 06:14 PM

To Captain Brett, . . . For clarity purposes, . . . At one time the title of the American Constitution read as follows, . . . The American Constitution FOR the United States. Today it reads as follows, . . . The American Constitution OF the United States. Why? So the American government could claim control of its writings. Such as including all twenty-seven amendments. The American Constitution was never written with the given intention for the government bodies to amend its writings. Only "THE PEOPLE" were to be in charge of its proclamation.

Posted by at February 16, 2006 06:22 PM

To Bob, . . . Did you know, . . . the American government as a whole entity has committed the criminal act of "perjury?" When the members of local, state, and federal agencies willingly refuse, ignore, and deny, to uphold their sworn/affirmed vow of duty before God and its people, in respect of preserving the virtues written within our American Constitution, they, as civil officers can and should be immediately investigated and removed. It is the public's Constitutional right to have an un bias government. Therefore, we have the sulk magistrate in office simply because we have been slothful in taking affirmative action.

Posted by at February 16, 2006 06:37 PM

To Doug, . . . In conversation of the congested fumes we are forced to breathe, . . . Did you know, . . . one of the number one problems of fumes are caused by HOMES?

This should tell ALL Americans, we are not living correctly, . . . for we are living to kill each other day by day, one by one!

Even when we set off fireworks, we are killing the ozone, . . . But who cares, . . . fireworks also create bigger wallets.

Posted by at February 16, 2006 06:41 PM

TREASON is easy to follow, FREEDOM takes character and honor to protect. Amen to you Michael Miller, for bringing us such simplicity to the base of truth!

So now where are the real American Soldiers and the Leading Stewards?

Posted by at February 16, 2006 06:45 PM

WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR CHENEY TO REPORT HIS SHOOTING OF WHITTINGTON? PERHAPS CHENEY NEEDED TO GET "A STORY" TOGETHER.

But yet, Cheney still contradicts himself. He first tells Britt Hume on Faux 5 that he knew Whittington for about 30 years and he is a "good friend." Then when Britt Hume's gives question to Cheney, is Whittington a close friend, or friendly acquaintance, Cheney answers, "No, an acquaintance." DA! Which way is the wind flying this bird turd today?

In answer to Britt Hume's question, . . . "Mr. Vice President, how is Mr. Whittington?" "Well, the good news is he's doing very well today. I talked to him yesterday after they discovered the heart problem, but it appears now to have been pretty well resolved and the reporting today is very good."

Cheney stated this comment on 2/15/06, when doctors already released information to the public stating there is a pellet yet remaining in Whittington's heart that they are not removing. We question, . . . Does this sound as though the heart problem has been "pretty well resolved," as V.P. Cheney describes it?

Britt Hume questioned Cheney, . . . "What was he wearing?" "He was dressed in orange, he was dressed properly, but he was also . . . There was a little bit of a gully there, so he was down a little ways before land level, although I could see the upper part of his body when . . . I didn't see it at the time I shot, until after I'd fired. And the sun was directly behind him — that affected the vision, too, I'm sure."

We question, . . . When someone gets shot, don't they usually in an immediate formation, fall or tip? If so, how could Cheney clearly see Whittington "after shooting him, but not before shooting him?" If the sun affected Cheney's shooting, then why did Cheney shoot? An experienced hunter of any nature would first look to get a clear shot of the target before pulling the trigger. NONE of Cheney's explanation derives to make any sense. And why is Cheney giving his description of the shooting to Britt Hume and not to the detectives who should be investigating all witnesses and the true events of the shooting?

"But he was also" what V.P. Cheney? Oh don't bother answering. The truth won't be given away.

In regards to the remaining interview with Britt Hume and V.P. Dick Cheney, we'll leave the reading to the Bush administration. They enjoy fairytales.

Posted by at February 16, 2006 08:52 PM

"We are on the verge of a global transformation, All we need is the right major crisis, and the nations will accept the new world order."
David Rockefeller

Posted by at February 16, 2006 08:57 PM

"I said sinz ze papers olt' man"

Posted by heluv at February 16, 2006 09:06 PM

FOR MY COUNTRY I DEMAND A REVOLT AGAINST SUCH TYRANNY AS THIS!!!!!

Posted by at February 16, 2006 09:22 PM

The best revolution is the easiest.

To regain control, we can use a national economic boycott to reduce spending on major purchases of airline tickets, cars, appliances, and trivial entertainment. Nothing is more powerful than loss of corporate profits. If you are concerned about jobs, those jobs are being sent offshore with the full support of the Bush administration and corporations. We must break the government's coupling with corporations before it is too late to turn back. Once congressional control is regained, we can begin to right the wrongs, fix this economy and bring home our jobs.

• Boycott now, it's easy anonymous and effective •

Posted by Jon at February 16, 2006 11:43 PM

We 100% agree. The American government continues to squander billions of tax payer's hard earned labour. It is Unconstitutional to collect income tax! To cease from enabling the criminals, stop releasing your earnings. Not only is the government removing "opportunity" of employment, but they are also removing "opportunity" of savings. If the governemnt will not permit the people to live amongst their own equity, then the people should not continue in investing in the government. For the government does not roll over any interest [%] for the people's investment funds.

THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS A BAD INVESTMENT!

Posted by at February 17, 2006 12:03 AM

Good bye America!.......hello E'mir'e-ka.

Posted by bloated at February 17, 2006 12:39 AM

"There ought to be limits to Freedom"
-George W. Bush

Posted by President of the U.S.A.: George Walker Bush at February 17, 2006 01:54 AM

whoops! President Bush didn't post, "There ought to be limits to Freedom," . . . He just publicly stated this before the world. My bad. I do apologize.

Posted by at February 17, 2006 01:57 AM

hate magnet (hay't-mag'-nut', 1.the term used on the news tonight,to describe cheney. 2.currently resides as vice president.

Posted by throwmeabone at February 17, 2006 02:10 AM

Here is a "NEWSFLASH," . . . Government entities have no power, the corporations have no power, the media and the press have no power, the lobbyists have no power, the special interest groups have no power, the national and international organizations (faith-based and non faith-based), have no power, the board of education members have no power, law enforcement agencies have no power, the Judiciary system has no power. . . . They "ALL only have themselves and each other," and if they had any power combined, they would have killed society off by now. Just look at the numbers, . . . numbers alone should have already defeated the public, but they have not. Why not? Because they aren't given the power to do so.

The 'real society has not' because they have 'asked not'. If the 'real society' genuinely wants to improve their standards of living, . . . Seek, Ask, and Knock, . . . and it SHALL BE GIVEN!

"Don't ask what your country could do for you, ask what you can do for your counrty.
-John F. Kennedy

Posted by at February 17, 2006 02:12 AM

WHAT ABOUT THE SS ... the secret police that will grab the disadents

Halliburton Detention Camps For Political Subversives

Prison Planet.com | February 1 2006
By Paul Joseph Watson

In another shining example of modern day corporate fascism, it was announced recently that Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root had been awarded a $385 million dollar contract by Homeland Security to construct detention and processing facilities in the event of a national emergency.

The language of the preamble to the agreement veils the program with talk of temporary migrant holding centers, but it is made clear that the camps will also be used "as the development of a plan to react to a national emergency."

Discussions of federal concentration camps is no longer the rhetoric of paranoid Internet conspiracy theorists, it is mainstream news.

Under the enemy combatant designation anyone at the behest of the US government, even if they are a US citizen, can be kidnapped and placed in an internment facility forever without trial. Jose Padilla, an American citizen, has spent over four years in a Navy brig and is only just now getting a trial.

In 2002, FEMA sought bids from major real estate and engineering firms to construct giant internment facilities in the case of a chemical, biological or nuclear attack or a natural disaster.

Okanogan County Commissioner Dave Schulz went public three years ago with his contention that his county was set to be a location for one of the camps.

Alex Jones has attended numerous military urban warfare training drills across the US where role players were used to simulate arresting American citizens and taking them to internment camps.

The move towards the database state in the US and the UK, where every offence is arrestable and DNA records of every suspect, even if later proven innocent, are permanently kept on record, is the only tool necessary to create a master list of 'subversives' that would be subject to internment in a manufactured time of national emergency.

The national ID card is also intended to be used for this purpose, just as the Nazis used early IBM computer punch card technology to catalogue lists of homosexuals, gypsies and Jews before the round-ups began.

Section 44 of the Terrorism Act in Britain enables police to obtain name and address details of anyone they choose, whether they are acting suspiciously or not. Those details remain on a database forever. To date, 119,000 names of political activists have been taken and this is a figure that will skyrocket once the post 7/7 figures are taken into account. At the height of the Iraq war protests, around a million people marched across the country. However, most of these people were taking part in a political protest for the first time and as a one off. Even if we take a figure of half, 500,000 people being politically active in Britain, that means that the government has already registered around a quarter of political activists in the UK.

In truth the number is probably above half because we are not factoring in those already on MI5 'subversive' lists and those listed after the 7/7 bombings, when the powers were used even more broadly.

Concurrently in the US, a new provision in the extended Patriot Act bill would allow Secret Service agents to arrest and jail protesters accused of breaching any security perimeter, even if the President or any other protected official isn't present. The definition of 'free speech zones' can be shifted around loosely and this would open the floodgates for protesters to be grabbed and hauled away in any circumstance at the whim of the Secret Service.

During the 2004 RNC protests, thousands of New Yorkers were arrested en masse in indiscriminate round-ups and taken to Pier 57 (pictured), a condemned, asbestos poisoned old bus depot, where they were imprisoned without charge for up to 24 hours or more.

The existence and development of internment camps are solely intended to be used to round up en masse and imprison 'political dissidents' (anyone who isn't prepared to lick government boots) after a simulated tactical nuke or biological attack on a major US or European city.

Posted by scared at February 17, 2006 03:13 PM

We say, GOD FORBID! We also say, . . . "WE THE PEOPLE ARE GIVEN GREAT POWER, AND ARE COMMANDED TO BRING BACK JUSTICE INTO THE SAILS OF LIFE." "THE LIGHT WILL ALWAYS OUTSHINE THE DARKNESS!" "NO FEAR MY FRIENDS, NO FEAR!"

Posted by at February 17, 2006 06:06 PM

In response to scared:

In your shared article, the following writings were included, . . . Concurrently in the US, a new provision in the extended Patriot Act bill would allow Secret Service agents to arrest and jail protesters accused of breaching any security perimeter, even if the President or any other protected official isn't present. The definition of 'free speech zones' can be shifted around loosely and this would open the floodgates for protesters to be grabbed and hauled away in any circumstance at the whim of the Secret Service.

We say, GOD FORBID! We also say, . . . "WE THE PEOPLE ARE GIVEN GREAT POWER, AND ARE COMMANDED TO BRING BACK JUSTICE INTO THE SAILS OF LIFE." "THE LIGHT WILL ALWAYS OUTSHINE THE DARKNESS!" "NO FEAR MY FRIENDS, NO FEAR!"

Posted by at February 17, 2006 06:08 PM

THE BUSH AND CHENEY PROGRAM IS ON SCHEDULE BEWARE THE WORST IS YET TO COME.

Posted by hobojo at February 17, 2006 06:28 PM

Just remember this everyone, . . . WE ARE NOT ALONE, . . . BUT THEY ARE!

Posted by at February 18, 2006 12:39 AM

well down here in Texas the folks have just realized that if you are going to keep animals they will have to be chipped. this was done without consent ala the Patriot Act. do you think we will have time to change the passage of that piece of shit??? I reckon that wont happen..this thing is spiraling now and it is gonna end up in a real friggin mess. I dont see a lot of folks succumbing to the chippin of their animals. funny isnt it? they burned all those folks in waco and no body said a damn thing...u chip my horse or chicken and there is gonna be hell to pay....in the words of ray wylie hubbard, "screw you we're from texas" that just might be the epitaph for a whole lot of texans.....hell it must be good here cause all the asshole politicians wanna be cowboys from Texas...

Posted by moody at February 18, 2006 02:12 PM

One small step to destroying american rights, one giant leap for rich, fascisist leaders to gain even more power.

Posted by michael at February 18, 2006 02:46 PM

Nobody knows this but, . . . those who want to be Kings and Queens are going to sink each others yachts and ships by the hands of their own devilish deeds.

When will all of this occur? When "Humanity" takes the steering of their own yachts and ships that are awaiting them at the dock port. Where is the location of "Humanity's" dock port? The docking facility is found on every street corner and road.

When you find a camera spying on you, wave and say hello, and thank B.B. for watching out for "Humanity's," yachts and ships for free of charge!

"LET'S MOVE ON PEOPLE, . . . HUMANITY HAS PLACES TO GO, AND PEOPLE TO SEE." Anyone who wants to join on the mission, please apply at your local street corner. There is no fee nor charge for taking part in the commission, . . . but there is a whole lotta lovin' going on!

Give from your heart, leave your purse at home.


Posted by Humanity Speaks at February 18, 2006 06:27 PM

If you're worried about 9/11. Just remember what our gov told us about a nuke in a US city.

It's not if, but when!

Posted by Publius at February 20, 2006 11:44 PM

You don't like Patriot act? Playing Patriots does cost something.
Look at it this way, about 50% of America seems to warmly support this government recent five years. And about 90% of US newspapers and US TV stations to this day think that all this is very necessary because it protect us from the axes of evil.

Look at the bright side. Even despite the congress and media being bought by truckloads of money for many, many years the freedom surprisingly lasted for quite long. Why are people acting so shocked?

One day when you wake up and you will find only "We love our government" articles, you know the change towards communism has been succesfully completed.

So enjoy it while it lasts. Some government officials say it will last till the end of this March, but who believes government?

Posted by Anton Belingerovitz at February 27, 2006 08:02 PM

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