Ashcroft's new PATRIOT Act website

[zakur]

Just love the URL:

http://www.lifeandliberty.gov

You against the Patriot Act? Then you must be against life and liberty, commie pinko scum!

 

[Hegel]

Why of course I am!? Didn't you know

 

[Marvel Frozen]

I'm also against the pursuit of happiness.

 

[arcticpenguin]

I am against motherhood and apple pie.

 

[Ladewig]

....and baseball and hot dogs. Don't forget baseball and hot dogs.


I was concerned about the the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's ability to issue secret warrants against "U.S. persons" (I'm still not sure who fits that definition), but this page dispelling myths specifically says:

The Patriot Act specifically protects Americans’ First Amendment rights, and terrorism investigators have no interest in the library habits of ordinary Americans.

That's a relief. All I have to do now is remain an ordinary American.

Well, that and hope that the no-true-scotsman fallacy doesn't get renamed the no-ordinary-American fallacy.

 

[Charlie Monoxide]

That's a relief. All I have to do now is remain an ordinary American.

It's those "extraordinary" Americans that have a lot to fear.

Charlie (relinquish rights for freedom now!) Monoxide

 

[zakur]

I am against motherhood and apple pie.

Well, it's a damn good thing Ashcroft isn't using http://www.motherhoodandapplepie.gov then, isn't it? (Although, it does look like some guy in CA has taken the .com domain).

Could anybody be against http://www.puppiesbabiesandicecream.gov ?

 

[Frank Newgent]

The logical extreme

President Bush spoke out Monday in support of a revised version of the 2001 USA Patriot Act that would make it illegal to read the USA Patriot Act. "Under current federal law, there are unreasonable obstacles to investigating and prosecuting acts of terrorism, including the public's access to information about how the federal police will investigate and prosecute acts of terrorism," Bush said at a press conference Monday. "For the sake of the American people, I call on Congress to pass this important law prohibiting access to itself."