Patriot Act

Sadly, tonight the House of Representatives has agreed to reauthorize the USA PATRIOT Act. In the process of reauthorizing the act, House leadership prevented any ammendments from being considered that may have been received favorably by the members -- they failed to give ammendments a "simple up or down vote" -- something that Bush wants for his judicial nominees (as recorded in a May 9th statement).

For the record, I have recently borrowed the following books:
Next Generation Mobile Systems,
The Theory of Games and
Introduction to Control Theory.
Additionally, I have recently purchased the following books:
The Art of Mingling, and
24 Days.

They can get it anyways, why not save them the trouble?

For your information, the USA PATRIOT act is actually an acronym. It stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. So put that on your docket and legislate!

Here is the result of the roll call vote on H.R. 3199: USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act. Find your representative in the record. If they are listed under the AYES, please contact them and find out WHY!

In the above document, names of democrats are listed in italics. Everyone knows that when printed in italics, letters slant to the right. So, I humbly ask why the names of the republicans aren't listed in italics?

The ACLU has already released a statement expressing their disappoinment with the decision to reauthorize the USA PATRIOT Act.

Ah yes, can you smell the freedom?