How patriotic is the Patriot Act? 13 Articles

by Bruce A. Gorcyca

Well over twenty years ago when I worked as a rookie U.S. Federal Agent in Miami, I watched George Orwell's 1984 and thought it was merely an entertaining movie. Today in 2006 I look back and can sayit was nothing less tha...read more

by Jim Shepard

America is freedom! Or should I say was. People come to this country for two main reasons, freedom and money. Freedom is why this country was founded. The freedom that people are now so willing to give away. A lot of ...read more

by Dr. Audree Tucker

No one has ever called me a liberal when it comes to politics. I am a classic conservative; a Reagan Republican. Since the early 1990s, a new breed of politician has emerged: The NeoCon. The NeoCons are Conservatives of Co...read more

by Ashley Scott

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." - Abraham Lincoln Lincoln was right. Americans everywhere lost their freedoms when the U...read more

by Dr. Dwight Allen

Foremost to appreciate what is actually going on with the Patriot Act and to understand how it really came about. In order to understand it and realize where it came from; it would be a necessity to go back to the history ...read more

by T. Sunshine Love

Did the founding fathers intend to protect us from terrorists at all costs? "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."(1) - Benjamin Franklin ...read more

by Kristin Brann

The Patriot Act betrays the American spirit. America was founded by traitors who had a vision and followed their belief in freedom. Early Americans came fleeing religious persecution: the Patriot Act takes us backwards. Th...read more

by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

For those who have seen events in Cuba and other parts of the world with the smirk: "It cannot happen in America", my response was that America started to lose its freedom after the 11th of September 2001. The Republicans ...read more

by Paul Schingle

The Patriot Act was George Bush's knee-jerk reaction to an incident we all need to remember, but hope never to have repeated-the 9-11 attacks on Washington, New York and Pennsylvania. Those who agree with it say it is the...read more

by Todd Latocha

We live in a day in a time where privacy has become a luxury. With movements like urban sprawl it will not be long until we are all looking into someone else's personal space. The one person- or should I say group?- that w...read more

by Louise Stidham

President Bush signed the improved piece of legislation authorizing intelligence and law enforcement officials to track terrorists with the same tools used to track other criminals such as drug dealers. With the promise...read more

by S. Mills

The recent revelation of the Justice Department that the FBI is "misusing" the so-called Patriot Act doesn't come as a huge shock for true patriots. Those who heeded the sentiments of Benjamin Franklin and disagreed with ...read more

by Chia-Chi Lee

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," said the former President John F. Kennedy. The definition of patriotism keeps changing over time. People also have different opinions about ...read more