posted 05-14-2003 08:51 PM
How many people would have thought a bill like this would be necessary in 2003
in the land of the free - home of the brave
while sending our troops abroad to fight
for freedom and democracy?
Excuse me if I sound like a conspiracy
theorist - The Patriot Act is Orwellian in real time.H. R. 1157
Freedom to Read Protection Act of 2003 (Introduced in House)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.1157:
The following paragraph is from the ACLU website - to read more:
http://www.aclu.org/NationalSecurity/NationalSecurity.cfm?ID=12607&c=110
[ This bill is part of the groundswell against the USA PATRIOT Act.
Resolutions against the PATRIOT Act have passed in 104 communities in 24 states -- including one state-wide resolution in Hawaii. These communities represent approximately 11.1 million people who are concerned about the USA PATRIOT Act and its impacts on civil liberties. In response to one section of the PATRIOT Act alone, many librarians across the country have decided to put up signs warning patrons that the FBI may be snooping in their records.]