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Repeal the Patriot Act

 
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Interesting history on mass surveillance before the revolution. The Patriot Act will expire on March 15.
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"The United States was born in a defiant reaction to government surveillance. In the decade preceding the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the villains were the Stamp Act and the Writs of Assistance Act. Today, the villain is the Patriot Act.

Here is the backstory.

In 1765, when the British government was looking for creative ways to tax the colonists, Parliament enacted the Stamp Act. That law required all persons in the colonies to purchase stamps from a British government vendor and to affix them to all documents in one’s possession. These were not stamps as we use today, rather they bore the seal of the British government. The vendor would apply ink to the seal and for a fee – a tax – impress an image of the seal onto documents.

All documents in one’s possession – financial, legal, letters, books, newspapers, pamphlets, even posters destined to be nailed to trees – required the government stamps.

How did the British government, 3,000 miles away, know if one had its stamps on one’s documents? Answer: The Writs of Assistance Act. A writ of assistance was a general warrant issued by a secret court in London. A general warrant does not specifically describe the place to be searched or the person or thing to be seized. It merely authorized the bearer – a civilian or military government official – to search where he wished and seize whatever he found."
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It still boggles my mind that we won our independence to abolish the taxes of a tyrannical kingdom to then only enact the whiskey taxes (whiskey rebellion)that led us to General George Washington (Adam Weishaupt) to storming into to town to collect taxes from a bunch of Whiskey Mfgers... and here we are today, paying taxes to the State & the Fed never asking to see paper trails even though that trail most certainly leads to corrupt pockets. Not to schools not to streets not to health care not to the homeless crisis not to finding cures. Pure corruption Idol1
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You mean don’t be a Patriot?

Never!
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You mean don’t be a Patriot?

Never!
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The Patriot act is an Orwellian name. It means the opposite of what it says. It effectively repeals the 4th Amendment. We didn't need that anyway, right?
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You mean don’t be a Patriot?

Never!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77074089


The Patriot act is an Orwellian name. It means the opposite of what it says. It effectively repeals the 4th Amendment. We didn't need that anyway, right?
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If you aren’t doing anything wrong you don’t need to worry, commie.
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You mean don’t be a Patriot?

Never!
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They called it the "Patriot Act" so ignorant schlubs like you wouldn't figure it out.
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The Patriot Act has never been tested at the Supreme Court level. That is when it will go POOF!
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You mean don’t be a Patriot?

Never!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77074089


The Patriot act is an Orwellian name. It means the opposite of what it says. It effectively repeals the 4th Amendment. We didn't need that anyway, right?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 12811444


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You mean don’t be a Patriot?

Never!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77074089


The Patriot act is an Orwellian name. It means the opposite of what it says. It effectively repeals the 4th Amendment. We didn't need that anyway, right?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 12811444


If you aren’t doing anything wrong you don’t need to worry, commie.
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Sure, just trust the government because they never make mistakes or abuse power.

AMIRITE?
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The Patriot Act has never been tested at the Supreme Court level. That is when it will go POOF!
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Like obamacare?





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