We've turned into a nation of pussies. We really have. The reason this continuation of the Patriot Act has legs, is that Obama and anyone running for President knows that more people are willing to vote against anyone who tries to dismantle it, at or least take some of it's teeth away.
I've talked to several people who are all high on the indignation list of yelling their freedoms are being trampled...but they're the same people who find value and a sense of safety in the very thing they supposedly rail against. Because this couldn't POSSIBLY apply to them, even in the abstract.
Until there is a majority outcry, that can unseat a politician from his or her job...or hinder them from getting elected...this won't change.
I just don't see the concern. Other than this being another ploy to frighten the masses. Are we going to ban government employees from FB, Twitter and other social sites so they don't come across that crazed Idaho militia member or Ron Paul supporter with a KillObama site? Or Sayid Jarrah posting how to make a dirty weapon on FB from his cave in Afghanistan? How 'bout HuffPo and Drudge?
With the new millenia and new age of social inteaction, I applaud our intelligence gatherers for their gumption!
Don't terrorists use computers? Don't they use FB, Twitter, etc., and don't they post on HuffPo and Drudge, et al? Sure!
