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Subject: Senator Byrd Coughs Up Truth About Patriot Act
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:00:30 -0800
From: a s glkresearch@msn.com
Thanks for nothing, Senator Byrd.
Now that the Senate is poised to pass the beefed up and permanent Patriot
Act, our new constitution and Bill of Rights (you now will have none), you
express "regrets" and cough up the truth: The Patriot Act CANCELS the Bill
of Rights.
See last sentence below.
Bush's likely comment: "Gotcha again, suckers!"
Once again the controlled media drops the ball in alerting the public to
what was in the Patriot Act.
Never forget the names of those who wrote, sponsored, and passed the Patriot
Act.
Sen. Byrd Regrets Voting for Patriot Act
February 28, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1670435
Sen. Robert Byrd Adds Vote for Patriot Act to His Short List of Regrets in
His Senate Tenure
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Byrd, the dean of the Senate and its resident
constitutional expert, counts only a few regrets in his 48-year Senate
career: filibustering the 1964 Civil Rights Act, voting to expand the
Vietnam War, deregulating airlines.
Add to the list a new one from this century: supporting the anti-terror USA
Patriot Act after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
"The original Patriot Act is a case study in the perils of speed, herd
instinct and lack of vigilance when it comes to legislating in times of
crisis," the West Virginia Democrat said Monday on the eve of the Senate's
final votes on its renewal. "The Congress was stampeded, and the values of
freedom, justice and equality received a trampling in the headlong rush."
This week as he embarks on a re-election campaign for a record ninth term,
Byrd, 88, will vote "no" on renewing 16 major provisions of the act due to
expire March 10. He argues that even with new privacy protections added this
year by the Bush administration and its allies, the law has given the
government too much power to pry.
"This new proposal would erase too many of our freedoms guaranteed to the
American people," Byrd added in a statement to The Associated Press. "In
essence, this legislation says that the Bill of Rights is right no more."
See above link for the entire article.
Latest articles on Patriot Act Vote:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=patriot+act
Call your senators now 202-224-3121
========================================================
ABC News aired portions of their sit down with George Bush yesterday. Randi has the clips.
Meanwhile 100,000+ protest Bush’s visit in India after his “surprise” photo op in Afghanistan.
Congress continues to pretend that Bush’s UAE crony deal isn’t already in the bag.
Senate adds safeguards to Patriot Act
ABC News - 44 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate on Wednesday approved a White House-backed bill to better protect civil liberties in the USA Patriot Act, clearing the way ...
MORE:>>
Subject: Senator Byrd Coughs Up Truth About Patriot Act
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:00:30 -0800
From: a s glkresearch@msn.com
Thanks for nothing, Senator Byrd.
Now that the Senate is poised to pass the beefed up and permanent Patriot
Act, our new constitution and Bill of Rights (you now will have none), you
express "regrets" and cough up the truth: The Patriot Act CANCELS the Bill
of Rights.
See last sentence below.
Bush's likely comment: "Gotcha again, suckers!"
Once again the controlled media drops the ball in alerting the public to
what was in the Patriot Act.
Never forget the names of those who wrote, sponsored, and passed the Patriot
Act.
Sen. Byrd Regrets Voting for Patriot Act
February 28, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1670435
Sen. Robert Byrd Adds Vote for Patriot Act to His Short List of Regrets in
His Senate Tenure
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Byrd, the dean of the Senate and its resident
constitutional expert, counts only a few regrets in his 48-year Senate
career: filibustering the 1964 Civil Rights Act, voting to expand the
Vietnam War, deregulating airlines.
Add to the list a new one from this century: supporting the anti-terror USA
Patriot Act after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
"The original Patriot Act is a case study in the perils of speed, herd
instinct and lack of vigilance when it comes to legislating in times of
crisis," the West Virginia Democrat said Monday on the eve of the Senate's
final votes on its renewal. "The Congress was stampeded, and the values of
freedom, justice and equality received a trampling in the headlong rush."
This week as he embarks on a re-election campaign for a record ninth term,
Byrd, 88, will vote "no" on renewing 16 major provisions of the act due to
expire March 10. He argues that even with new privacy protections added this
year by the Bush administration and its allies, the law has given the
government too much power to pry.
"This new proposal would erase too many of our freedoms guaranteed to the
American people," Byrd added in a statement to The Associated Press. "In
essence, this legislation says that the Bill of Rights is right no more."
See above link for the entire article.
Latest articles on Patriot Act Vote:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=patriot+act
Call your senators now 202-224-3121
========================================================
ABC News aired portions of their sit down with George Bush yesterday. Randi has the clips.
Meanwhile 100,000+ protest Bush’s visit in India after his “surprise” photo op in Afghanistan.
Congress continues to pretend that Bush’s UAE crony deal isn’t already in the bag.
Senate adds safeguards to Patriot Act
ABC News - 44 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate on Wednesday approved a White House-backed bill to better protect civil liberties in the USA Patriot Act, clearing the way ...
MORE:>>
