Congressional Leadership Agrees to Renew "Patriot" Act
May 20, 2011 16:26 Filed in: Politics Subjects Civil Liberties
Once power is acquired in a time of crisis, it is seldom voluntarily relinquished after the crisis passes. Thus frequent crises continually strengthen the hand of the ruler, who will demand at each instance a further concession of liberties by the people in order to overcome the unique threats of each new crisis.
An unjust and odious statute, enacted by fools, sycophants, and scoundrels—the so-called “Patriot” Act—is being renewed for another four years with hardly a ripple on the surface of national consciousness. The American public has apparently become so dumbed-down and ignorant that it has neither knowledge nor concern about what is happening to our constitutional rights. The process of converting citizens into slaves, successfully accomplished countless times in the history of civilization, is well on its way to completion here in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
History may very well regard September 11, 2001 as the day the American people were so terrified at the threat posed by a few hundred arabs that they agreed to give up their freedom for the illusion of security. But that would be an historical error; the process started long before then. People do not become sheep overnight.
Truthout: Deal Reached on Extension of Patriot Act
An unjust and odious statute, enacted by fools, sycophants, and scoundrels—the so-called “Patriot” Act—is being renewed for another four years with hardly a ripple on the surface of national consciousness. The American public has apparently become so dumbed-down and ignorant that it has neither knowledge nor concern about what is happening to our constitutional rights. The process of converting citizens into slaves, successfully accomplished countless times in the history of civilization, is well on its way to completion here in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
History may very well regard September 11, 2001 as the day the American people were so terrified at the threat posed by a few hundred arabs that they agreed to give up their freedom for the illusion of security. But that would be an historical error; the process started long before then. People do not become sheep overnight.
Truthout: Deal Reached on Extension of Patriot Act
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