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I Wish Socialist Obama Would Talk To This Guy…

Sep 15, 2009
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Politics & Current Events

Another great moment for the "most liberal President ever", as today the Obama administration announced that it supported extending several of the more onerous provisions of the Patriot Act, most importantly the business records and roving wiretap sections. In a magnaimous mood, the administration said that it would be open to considering more privacy protection, but only if it didn't weaken the effectiveness of the law. Well, thanks for making that so clear.

I suppose we should be happy that they are at least willing to consider changing things if we complain a lot, as opposed to Bush who brought the Patriot Act down from the mountain on stone tablets not to be altered. Still, I would think that (especially the wiretap rules) would fall under Obama's calls for more open and trustworthy government. Especially since he talked so much about it during the campaign (although strangely not so much now..)

Where exactly is the point that guaranteeing my personal freedoms becomes inconvenient for the Patriot Act?

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  1. Jared  •  Sep 15, 2009 @3:32 pm

    Aw, gee, c'mon! Why all the hubbub?
    I mean, they've only used the roving wiretap and FISA-authorized business record snoops a few hundred times that we know of, and that pesky ole' "lone wolf terrorist" program still has the wrapper on it.
    Give it some time, and I'm sure it will be revealed how extending these sunsetting programs is actually leading to greater transparency in government and helping to secure your liberty.
    It really helps to focus on what they *say* versus what they *do*, I think.

  2. Brian Dunbar  •  Sep 15, 2009 @6:05 pm

    I swear, there must have been something really _bad_ in the turnover brief in the White House to turn Candidate Obama into the Current Occupant.

    That or he's just another damned politician.

  3. astonied  •  Sep 15, 2009 @10:22 pm

    I agree with you completely. I am very disappointed in the administration. And this is just a long line of things they have kept or increased when we were told this sort of stuff would come to an end with the end of the previous administration.

  4. Mike  •  Sep 18, 2009 @2:07 am

    Not that it makes it o.k. – but it's probably a political move, because of how much stuff he needs to get done with Republicans/Conservative Democrats. Also, it's not really up to him anyway. It has to get renewed in the House, right? I doubt it will…

    I like Obama, but he *is* a politician. Any politician good enough at it to become president can't really be trusted.