drw wrote:

ibenez wrote:

I'm for the Patriot Act - but mainly because noone has a better idea right now.

Once a better idea comes along, that has less changes for people to abuse the power, or at least more changes that people abusing power will get caught - then I'll go for that idea.

The problem with this vote is that the House had the opportunity to do basically what you suggest - extend the Patriot Act for another four years, at which time Congress could reassess it and revise it, just as they did this time by modifying the FBI's power to request your library transactions. Instead, they made most of the Patriot Act permanent, meaning there will be little incentive to consider modifications until abuses start to be reported.

I'm mean, still - I'm for it. If someone had a better idea that'd be great, but the Democrats want to fart around bitching about Bush and the Republicans want to fart around bitching about gay marriage. At least someone did something... I personally don't give a crap about your privacy, only your safety.

RE: Patriot Act Extended