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Ever wonder what the word "Patriot" as in Patriot Act really means?
One might be led to believe that this is a government double-talk
way of getting a cute word to encourage people to rally around a new program, in this case, one in which the Executive Branch is granted extraordinary powers to abrogate great heaping parts of the Bill of Rights, the base Articles and Sectioons of the Constitution, and later Amemdments, as well as key agency and rule making bodies such as the NSA (National Security Act, as well as National Security Advisor). A truly juicy one is is the Patriot Act, which should really be written the PATRIOT Act, as it is indeed an acronym, and we all know how much the government loves acronyms, especially the Pentagon. In this case, here's the background: Investopedia Says: USA PATRIOT is an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. Since its inception, the Patriot Act has been shrouded in controversy. Proponents of the act believe that it is a necessary evil in the face of new threats to America in the ever-changing international political climate. Civil libertarians see it as an unpatriotic means of limiting civil rights, infringing on free-speech, interfering with freedom of the press and infringing on individual privacy rights. So, it should really read USA by PATRIOT Act. Who could possibly argue with a name like that? And, it's warrant powers come from yet anothe good one, FISA. I'd bet that Jay Leno in his oft- repeated segment Jay Walking where he tries to find incredibly dumb people to tell him really obvious things. Wonder what a typical Jay Walker would come up with for FISA or FISA Court or FISA Judge, or even a FIS without the A warrant? I bring up this stuff not as an oblique way to bring politics into a NG which eschews such obvious attempts, but it seems germane to the discussion going on about libel and slander and which a Usenet news group vs. a live chat room might be viewed as when considering which part of the law to apply. Let's see how many acronyms we can string together: FISA begat USA PATRIOT which then begat a two different kinds of FSAs, and so forth. During the height of the Cold War, it was often argued that one could talk for hours without ever completeling a sentence without a TLA, FLA, or FLA vs FLA, meaning Three Letter Acronym, Four Letter Acronym, or Five Letter Acronym vs Four Letter Acronym. But, who cares? None of the 20, perhaps by now, 21, 22, maybe 24 candidates cannot define any of this and we are going to have to make one of them CinC over CentCom to protect us from IEDs, and modern day MAD scenarios. Isn't life today really great?! -- HP, aka Jerry |
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Ever wonder what the word "Patriot" as in Patriot Act really means?
BIG TIME OFF TOPIC for this group!
I'm not surprised you don't know what a patriot is! God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ "HEMI-Powered" > wrote in message ... > One might be led to believe that this is a government double-talk > way of getting a cute word to encourage people to rally around a > new program, in this case, one in which the Executive Branch is > granted extraordinary powers to abrogate great heaping parts of > the Bill of Rights, the base Articles and Sectioons of the > Constitution, and later Amemdments, as well as key agency and > rule making bodies such as the NSA (National Security Act, as > well as National Security Advisor). > > A truly juicy one is is the Patriot Act, which should really be > written the PATRIOT Act, as it is indeed an acronym, and we all > know how much the government loves acronyms, especially the > Pentagon. In this case, here's the background: > > Investopedia Says: USA PATRIOT is an acronym for Uniting and > Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to > Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. Since its inception, the > Patriot Act has been shrouded in controversy. Proponents of the > act believe that it is a necessary evil in the face of new > threats to America in the ever-changing international political > climate. Civil libertarians see it as an unpatriotic means of > limiting civil rights, infringing on free-speech, interfering > with freedom of the press and infringing on individual privacy > rights. > > So, it should really read USA by PATRIOT Act. Who could possibly > argue with a name like that? And, it's warrant powers come from > yet anothe good one, FISA. I'd bet that Jay Leno in his oft- > repeated segment Jay Walking where he tries to find incredibly > dumb people to tell him really obvious things. Wonder what a > typical Jay Walker would come up with for FISA or FISA Court or > FISA Judge, or even a FIS without the A warrant? > > I bring up this stuff not as an oblique way to bring politics > into a NG which eschews such obvious attempts, but it seems > germane to the discussion going on about libel and slander and > which a Usenet news group vs. a live chat room might be viewed as > when considering which part of the law to apply. > > Let's see how many acronyms we can string together: FISA begat > USA PATRIOT which then begat a two different kinds of FSAs, and > so forth. During the height of the Cold War, it was often argued > that one could talk for hours without ever completeling a > sentence without a TLA, FLA, or FLA vs FLA, meaning Three Letter > Acronym, Four Letter Acronym, or Five Letter Acronym vs Four > Letter Acronym. But, who cares? None of the 20, perhaps by now, > 21, 22, maybe 24 candidates cannot define any of this and we are > going to have to make one of them CinC over CentCom to protect us > from IEDs, and modern day MAD scenarios. Isn't life today really > great?! > > > > > -- > HP, aka Jerry -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Ever wonder what the word "Patriot" as in Patriot Act really means?
> BIG TIME OFF TOPIC for this group! YOU, Llewdellen Williams Hughes III, are /always/ off topic for this group. Go away. [for rant or leash] -- From: (via teranews) > > Reported to: , , > And they are very tired of you. Message-ID: > Yes, there's a bitch that replies to me, kinda telling me the problem's with the Canadian Shaw's personnel. But prescience pays off and long as you violate the groups charter, or just Usenet's common decency, I'll be there to report you. You being a traitor is a especial incentive. |
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Ever wonder what the word "Patriot" as in Patriot Act really means?
http://www.interviewwithgod.com/patriotic/highband.htm
> BIG TIME OFF TOPIC for this group! > I'm not surprised you don't know what a patriot is! > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O > http://www.billhughes.com/ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Ever wonder what the word "Patriot" as in Patriot Act really means?
Today, when L.W. (Bill) Hughes III uttered these immortal words,
such was the importance of this profound pronouncement, that is is being saved for future reference > BIG TIME OFF TOPIC for this group! > I'm not surprised you don't know what a patriot is! > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O > http://www.billhughes.com/ > sunk the trolling hook into you so painlessly, billie boi, that you didn't even realize you were on the hook. who do you suppose I posted this specifically for, the man in the moon? as to knowing what a patriot is, I have more knowledge of that and appreciation for it than you can possibly ever fathom. now, for the quiz: did you even know that "PATRIOT" is an acronym? I seriously doubt it, as you're way too busy claiming you are one to be bothered with facts. > "HEMI-Powered" > wrote in message > ... >> One might be led to believe that this is a government >> double-talk way of getting a cute word to encourage people to >> rally around a new program, in this case, one in which the >> Executive Branch is granted extraordinary powers to abrogate >> great heaping parts of the Bill of Rights, the base Articles >> and Sectioons of the Constitution, and later Amemdments, as >> well as key agency and rule making bodies such as the NSA >> (National Security Act, as well as National Security >> Advisor). >> >> A truly juicy one is is the Patriot Act, which should really >> be written the PATRIOT Act, as it is indeed an acronym, and >> we all know how much the government loves acronyms, >> especially the Pentagon. In this case, here's the background: >> >> Investopedia Says: USA PATRIOT is an acronym for Uniting and >> Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required >> to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. Since its inception, >> the Patriot Act has been shrouded in controversy. Proponents >> of the act believe that it is a necessary evil in the face of >> new threats to America in the ever-changing international >> political climate. Civil libertarians see it as an >> unpatriotic means of limiting civil rights, infringing on >> free-speech, interfering with freedom of the press and >> infringing on individual privacy rights. >> >> So, it should really read USA by PATRIOT Act. Who could >> possibly argue with a name like that? And, it's warrant >> powers come from yet anothe good one, FISA. I'd bet that Jay >> Leno in his oft- repeated segment Jay Walking where he tries >> to find incredibly dumb people to tell him really obvious >> things. Wonder what a typical Jay Walker would come up with >> for FISA or FISA Court or FISA Judge, or even a FIS without >> the A warrant? >> >> I bring up this stuff not as an oblique way to bring politics >> into a NG which eschews such obvious attempts, but it seems >> germane to the discussion going on about libel and slander >> and which a Usenet news group vs. a live chat room might be >> viewed as when considering which part of the law to apply. >> >> Let's see how many acronyms we can string together: FISA >> begat USA PATRIOT which then begat a two different kinds of >> FSAs, and so forth. During the height of the Cold War, it was >> often argued that one could talk for hours without ever >> completeling a sentence without a TLA, FLA, or FLA vs FLA, >> meaning Three Letter Acronym, Four Letter Acronym, or Five >> Letter Acronym vs Four Letter Acronym. But, who cares? None >> of the 20, perhaps by now, 21, 22, maybe 24 candidates cannot >> define any of this and we are going to have to make one of >> them CinC over CentCom to protect us from IEDs, and modern >> day MAD scenarios. Isn't life today really great?! >> >> >> >> >> -- >> HP, aka Jerry > > > -- HP, aka Jerry |
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Ever wonder what the word "Patriot" as in Patriot Act really means?
Knowing you as a coward, bleeding heart liberal whacko limp traitor, I
would say you would be for anything that would overthrow my United States of America. Are you for: Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act? God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ "HEMI-Powered" > wrote in message ... > sunk the trolling hook into you so painlessly, billie boi, that > you didn't even realize you were on the hook. who do you suppose > I posted this specifically for, the man in the moon? as to > knowing what a patriot is, I have more knowledge of that and > appreciation for it than you can possibly ever fathom. now, for > the quiz: did you even know that "PATRIOT" is an acronym? I > seriously doubt it, as you're way too busy claiming you are one > to be bothered with facts. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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