Well, Here We Go

When the US Congress passed the USA PATRIOT act in a truly childish fit of panic one month after Sept 11, the rationale, we were told, was that law enforcement needed a mechanism by which it could subvert the Bill of Rights in order to conduct more effective investigations of suspected terrorists. Surely loyal Americans had nothing to fear from the new intrusive government powers. Two years later how much safer so you feel knowing that the FBI has been using its new powers to protect us from strip club owners who bribe politicians? You may be asking yourself, "What does this have to do with fighting terrorism?" You may be correctly responding to your own query, "Nothing, dimwit, now quit asking me these lame questions." A Justice Department spokesman quoted in the story offers an explanation that likely comes as news to the public at large as well as to most of the legislators who voted for the PATRIOT act,
"The Patriot Act was not meant to be just for terrorism," Corallo said. "A lot of the uninformed criticism was obviously misplaced."
Hope you guys sleep well tonight.