Petition Opposing the New Patriot Act! --------Please Sign!

[Raydawg1234]

http://political.moveon.org/patriotact/

[Rainscents]

1. Done!

[catmother]

2. done. n/t

[longship]

3. Done

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[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. done! we're watching the House debate now...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5597113

[verse18]

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[CrazyOrangeCat]

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[Deja Q]

7. Done

I think there should be a proper compromise and the wording should be tightened up.

There is nothing wrong with some common-sense security, but the wording used is so subjective that it could easily be used for more harmful things than good.

[NewWaveChick1981]

8. Absolutely done!

[Nordmadr]

9. Done. N/T

[petgoat]

10. Please ask your friends to sign too.

If this filibuster holds, Congress could vote to temporarily extend the Patriot Act as it stands—allowing time for a new, better version that addresses the big problems in the law. This would be a huge victory for those of us who believe that liberty is non-negotiable.

The tide is turning in Congress. Leaders in Washington are beginning to demand accountability from the Bush administration on everything from Iraq to the use of torture. Now it looks like President Bush's plan to pass a new and more dangerous version of the Patriot Act is also in trouble.1

In 2001, only one senator voted against the Patriot Act. Since then, people from all across the political spectrum have come to realize that the Patriot Act strikes a blow to the fundamental rights, liberties, and privacy of all Americans. Protecting freedom is something that all of us—progressives and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans—can agree on.

That's why a bipartisan group of senators, including Republicans Larry Craig, John Sununu, Lisa Murkowski and Democrats Russ Feingold, Dick Durbin and Ken Salazar, have been working to fix the Patriot Act. They have vowed to fight the most egregious provisions and filibuster reauthorization if necessary. We need to show them that we have their backs.

[newyawker99]

11. kick

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