[TheRealThing]

The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The title of the act is a ten letter acronym (USA PATRIOT) that stands for Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.[1]

why was it not wrong then but now it is?

who said this

IMO, you need to relax. Get yourself a nice drink, (not Kool Aid) and get yourself familiar with what really happened in 2007-2008. I went to the trouble to provide a link to that end. But first here's an appetizer; "The financial crisis of 2007–2008, also known as the Global Financial Crisis and 2008 financial crisis, is considered by many economists to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It resulted in the threat of total collapse of large financial institutions, the bailout of banks by national governments, and downturns in stock markets around the world. In many areas, the housing market also suffered, resulting in evictions, foreclosures and prolonged unemployment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financi...007%E2%80%9308

The Bush administration and the American public were dealt a financial one-two punch which proved to be earth shaking in scope. First was 9/11 with over a 3 Trillion dollar price tag and the second was the global economic downturn referenced above. Neither of them were Bush's fault.

this was just a little of the mess your boy left not counting the 2 longest wars in our history which every time we went to war we either raised taxs or sold war bonds but what did your boy do? he cut taxs not once but twice

now i will agree with you and hoot about doing away wth the tax code and go to a flat tax but no deductions you could mail it in on a postcard but i don't believe either side would do it

What do global economic crash of 2007 and the war on terror have to do with the loss of our 1st and 2nd amendment rights?

You know, W's daddy had a lot to do with his having been elected governor of Texas. Then the dems ran weak candidates against him when he was elected to two terms as president. W wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed but, he doesn't have an anti-colonial chip on his shoulder, or an ax to grind with traditional Americans either. And Hoot is right, all this apocalyptic personal information gathering is the result of letting the criminals of the world illegally immigrate to the US. So, instead of keeping them out of our country, where they would not be a threat to our families. We pay for them and their families to live here free and Uncle Sam monitors them Big Brother style. Only problem with that is the unfortunate side effect that the lives Americans are scrutinized just as closely.