I’m just worried that all these powers given by the Patriot Act are in vain, and will be used by more corrupt administrations.

It’s about keeping our elected representative officials accountable.

There is no law enacted by a majority vote and supported by the represented people that cannot be abused in one way or the other.

That’s at once the blessing and curse of being human.

It’s our responsibility as a represented republic to stay informed and keep each other accountable – if, in fact we want all the goodies that come with a free republic.

It cannot be done with ass kissing, pale faces, and gnome brain cells, though.

at 2:25 PM

Careful.

You’re writing script here.

Make sure you copyright it first.

It’s more about getting in a shot at the Administration’s supposed past transgressions than actually agreeing with the pick.

Big S on September 17, 2007 at 1:51 PM

You are corrrrect, Sir!

They should have rammed Ted Olsen down the Democrat’s whiny throats. No, they nominate the guy Schumer recommends. Pttuwy!

I can’t think of a more suitable or qualified AG candidate than Olsen. In an age of terrorism, I would take a great deal of comfort in having an AG who’s wife was killed by terrorists.

Oh, what’s the use.

Mcguyver, librarians was correct. See this report, for example.

I’m printing out this report to bring with me to the library to check out a book as a reason for withholding my personal information.

I’m glad the librarians are setting the standard here…. somebody taking the lead, finally.

mram on September 17, 2007 at 11:53 AM

km on September 17, 2007 at 12:46 PM

updating recorded list of “L”s:

1. mram

2. km

The librarians to not have access to my records. Thank God!

Librarians across the country are rising up against the USA Patriot Act (search), shredding records and making other attempts to thwart the legal framework in the war on terror.

I’m glad they support the “freedom of information act” so ardently.

The next time a librarian asks for my name, SSN, address, blah..blah.. I’m simply following their “rules” and will tell them, “It’s none of your damn business!”

Hard to believe people would sacrifice security on the altar of the library card, but there you have it.

According to the A.P., he’s nominating Michael B. Mukasey:
President Bush has settled on Micha…
……

And thank the Patriot Act.

mram on September 17, 2007 at 11:53 AM

Thanks.

I’ve put a “L” next to your handle.

You have a problem with catching terrorists via the reasonable intervention of wire-tapping…….?

I suggest moving to the neutral country of Switzerland and go thru their 2 years of service and learn how to use a gun as do all of their male citizens, so that they can “rise up like the quills of a porcupine” to defend themselves.

Otherwise please allow the paid professional army and NSA to do the job.

Make sure to hide the “L” over your head when you visit Dearbornistan, Michigan.

This administration has far too often abandoned the nominations of qualified conservatives in order to appease idiots like Schumer, Kennedy, Kerry and Biden. This is more of the same. Whomever becomes AG is a lame duck anyway and this would have been a perfect opportunity to nominate somebody that would have generated a real discussion of some of the Constititutional issues involved. Instead, we get somebody that was selected by the “rat” party and nominated for the sake of filling a position.

Mcguyver on September 17, 2007 at 11:35 AM

Probably both. None of those groups are happy with the Patriot Act. You know, slippery slope and all that. I’ll say this: don’t be surprised when Hillary starts to act like a dictator (if she wins, and there’s a big chance she will). Her predecessor put in the flawed mechanisms in for her to use. He meant well, as did much of Congress. But she’ll use it for the worst. And thank the Patriot Act.

Looks like I got over BDS to get CDS.

- Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)

“I’m appalled at the choice,” a lawyer involved in one material witness case before Judge Mukasey, Randall Hamud, told The New York Sun yesterday. “In a sealed courtroom that has since been publicized, he kicked my co-counsel out of court. I told him my client had been beat up. He told me, ‘Your client looks okay. File a lawsuit in a couple of years.’”blockquote>

Sweet. Andy McCarthy’s approval is good enough for me, but this really seals the deal.

He also scoffed at complaints from librarians libertarians and others that the statute gave the government too much power to spy on ordinary Americans, arguing that the allegations were not supported by evidence.

It just me or were they trying to say libertarians instead of librarians?

A rare solid pick from W.

Yeah. If only he hadn’t been so crony-oriented from the beginning. What might have been…