Change. What change? Senate votes to extend Patriot Act

**Horhey** · 26th February 2010 02:10 PM

The only significant difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is a better bullshit artist.

Senate votes to extend Patriot Act

Democrats retreat from adding new privacy protections to the law

WASHINGTON - Democrats have retreated from adding new privacy protections to the primary U.S counterterrorism law, stymied by Senate Republicans who argued the changes would weaken terror investigations.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35571223...s-capitol_hill

**anonnymous** · 26th February 2010 04:10 PM

In dividing the people against each other, those in power have been able to quell resistance against them, and have continued to loot and plunder the nation and people, while using its military might to loot and plunder foreign nations and people.

**michaelr** · 26th February 2010 04:26 PM

The dems were against it, before they were for it.

**anonnymous** · 26th February 2010 04:50 PM

Processes undertaken in the American political establishment in previous decades, and rapidly accelerated under the Bush administration and carried on by the Obama administration, have set the course for the imposition of a military government in America. Readily armed with an oppressive state apparatus and backed by the heavy surveillance state apparatus, the â€˜Homeland Securityâ€™ state is about controlling the population, not protecting them.

**michaelr** · 26th February 2010 05:00 PM

[quote name='anonnymous' date='26 February 2010 - 03:50 PM' timestamp='1267228255' post='121829']

Processes undertaken in the American political establishment in previous decades, and rapidly accelerated under the Bush administration and carried on by the Obama administration, have set the course for the imposition of a military government in America. Readily armed with an oppressive state apparatus and backed by the heavy surveillance state apparatus, the â€˜Homeland Securityâ€™ state is about controlling the population, not protecting them.

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Thats why I akin the new America to the dawn of Nazi Germany. Of course the security apparatus and war machine is something that Hitler would have orgasms over, and it is all aimed at us the patsy, the slave.

**anonnymous** · 26th February 2010 05:26 PM

[quote name='michaelr' date='26 February 2010 - 07:00 PM' timestamp='1267228846' post='121833']

Thats why I akin the new America to the dawn of Nazi Germany. Of course the security apparatus and war machine is something that Hitler would have orgasms over, and it is all aimed at us the patsy, the slave.

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Obama's continuity plans differ from Bush's only in that Obama is planning to implement a system of "preventive detention".

**michaelr** · 26th February 2010 05:31 PM

[quote name='anonnymous' date='26 February 2010 - 04:26 PM' timestamp='1267230388' post='121842']

Obama's continuity plans differ from Bush's only in that Obama is planning to implement a system of "preventive detention".

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He already used rendition against a white collar criminal. Just went out and snatched this guy, forgetting about sovereign nations rights, and rule of law.

Lebanese man is target of first rendition under Obama

This sets one hell of a nasty precedent.