How ironic is the news today. TV reports are full of celebration in Egypt and other Middle Eastern nations as the people rejoice with the fall of President Mubarak. Other nations in the region are now protesting against their own dictatorial governments, and no doubt many "heads of state" are feeling somewhat less than secure in the current situations.
Our government by way of the United States House of Representatives has, by contrast, slapped the American people in the face while blatantly ignoring their own oaths to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States as the Law of the Land. By voting to extend the USA PATRIOT Act through 2011, our "representatives" have prolonged this despicable legislation and once again reaffirmed their intentions to ignore the Constitution once again.
Senator Rand Paul now takes the fight AGAINST the renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act to the Senate. I hope and pray that more reasonable heads prevail, and that most of the Senators stand up to the tyranny that USA PATRIOT represents. They have the power in their hands to do the will of the vast majority of the people (oh yes, that is the Senators' job - to represent the people) as well as to take the only LEGAL recourse available and strike down USA PATRIOT.
It is outrageous to me, and a most horrific outrage against the American people, and indeed all people in the world that have come to believe those inalienable rights enumerated in that most Beloved of All Human Produced Documents. It is outrageous to know that a body of legislators who are elected by the people, not only to represent the people in Congress, but also TO DEFEND The UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION have not all stepped forward as one, ripped away this terrible concession to Tyranny, and cast away the USA PATRIOT Act into the four winds, where it could never be called Law again.
One more thing: It is very easy to check the votes of your Senator and Congressman. If you love USA PATRIOT, you are in good shape. If you wanted your representatives to vote against it, well, welcome to the reality of those we have elected to represent us.
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