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In reply to the discussion: Author Of Patriot Act Now Seeks To Limit Government Surveillance [View all]Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)The "Patriot Act" played a critical role in the rise of "The Decider," just like the Enabling Act(Ermächtigungsgesetz) played a critical role in the rise of "The Führer." The Reichstag Fire triggered the lawmakers into a stampede to abandon anything remotely democratic, just like the attack on 9/11 stampeded congress into abandoning democracy here in America. The Citizen's United Decision helped the GOP finish off our American democracy. We are now governed by the wealthy for the wealthy. Our civil rights and human rights are at the brink of extinction. It looks more like every day that voting is not a viable answer any longer. Bye Bye to a government, "By The People and For the people." Hello KGB style America forever.
I wrote Bobby Byrd a letter when the "Patriot Act" passed and I reminded him how this "Patriot Act" was so much like the kneejerk "Enabling Act." He wrote me back and thanked me for giving him something to study.
Bush' like Hitler was not elected by the people but by a small group of his own party sympathizers. Bush was all about grabbing all the power he could lay his hands on anyway he could get it. Bush's Poland was Iraq.