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Americans will have to stop swallowing the politically motivated idea that the Patriot Act is in place to undermine their freedoms. Freedom is a relative term when one considers that for many moons the government has been privy to their personal life. In fact, commercial companies of all kinds are also "in the know" about your buying habits, how much money you may have on hand for a real estate loan, how much money you make for tax purposes and whats your preference for a personal automobile.

The list goes on and on. Big brother, if he wanted to, may take the remote and click up unimaginable personal information on almost anyone. Then it may be massaged through computer programs to extract information you may not have known in your lifetime. Information about you! However, one would doubt that big brother would want to watch you in the nude, unless your a 10 and if you are a 10 you probably would welcome the admiration. One would also doubt that the mundane life of most citizens would be worth a seconds worth of ogling. Those in control of the monitoring methods that exist today are after history making information of the grandiose type. Or money making information that may be of use. Not your $1,500 in the local branch of B of A. This does not mean that we should not want to protect our freedoms but, we should put this task into perspective.

The Patriot Act was put into place to protect American freedoms. It is hoped that prevention of one having to worry about having a wild eyed religious zealot blow up the building or shopping mall at your location. The war on terrorism is a reality. Americans are the target of any mass killing or onesie twosie killings which are newsworthy and create terror. It is hoped that one will not have to stand with feet glued to the floor while watching as many did when the twin towers were pulverized.
There is a realization that we are not invincible and not totally protected from a growing war of terror. The sad fact is that we must stop the Iranian terror related
killers from advancing their cause. We must also find a way to prevent the Iranians from proceeding with nuclear capability. Nuclear capability means by use of missile delivery systems or a second hand "Rent a Truck" driven over American borders. Delivery systems do not necessarily depend on missiles. More effective are smuggling across borders the nuclear bombs for immense destruction. It is more effective because we do not know who to strike and all of our nuclear arsenal is useless. Especially with the current Congressmen in the Congress. In other words, we are sitting ducks. We are a mass of target rich sites. Just as a lethal germ may end the existence of a human body once it has entry to the internal locations, the U.S. could be easily defeated by incursions of this type accompanied by our own indecision.

Therefore, let's stop pussy footing around and realize the real loss of freedoms is having to worry about some terrorist feeding your children to a tree shredder or being beheaded at the mere whim of some Islamic fanatic. That is real loss of freedom. The Patriot Act is a preventative tool for our government to prevent real loss of freedom.

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