Take a picture, go to jail. Patriot Act 2 being a schizophrenic bloatfest.

[Deja Q]

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5991773.html


Some bizarre (and some relevant) examples follow. The conference report:

• Reduces the amount of contraband cigarettes that qualifies as a federal crime. The number drops from 60,000 cigarettes to 10,000.

• Creates a new federal crime of photographing or videotaping bridges, garages, tracks, warehouses, or other facilities used by railroads, boats, or airplanes--if such recordings were made with the intent of doing harm. Anyone attacking anyone else near such facilities with a weapon--the list includes "a pocket knife with a blade of less than 2 1⁄2 inches in length and a box cutter"--can be punished with stiff prison terms and even the death penalty.

• Increases electronic surveillance of visitors and tourists by ditching a requirement that a surveillance target must be an agent of a "foreign power." Extends electronic monitoring of visitors' and tourists' Internet activities and telephone dialing habits from 90 days to one year.

• Boosts criminal penalties: Possessing methamphetamine for distribution to a minor yields a prison term of up to 20 years. Requires a "feasibility study" of a new federal drug court, and funds mandatory drug testing.

• Increases criminal penalties for smuggling goods into the U.S. from five years to 20 years, and creates an additional crime of exporting them.

• Expands what information the FBI can obtain using a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court order asking for telephone or Internet activity. It stresses that the recipient must divulge "any temporarily assigned network address or associated routing or transmission information."

I suggest you read the entire article.

[Angry Girl]

1. Holy Moly!!!! This is insanity!!!!

But, then again, I thought it was the first time around. I can't believe these totalitarian retards are actually in charge of running our country. Somebody please tell me this doeesn't stand a chance in hell.... knr

[Deja Q]

2. I fear it's going to get a lot of support. By the same filth that never

read the original in the first place.

And what you read in that article is nothing.

And I'm glad you responded. This article has far more concern to a far greater number of people than the latest syllable in tookiemania, forgive me my brashness...

[Angry Girl]

5. This and voting reform are the two most important domestic issues

At least the ones that I'm most concerned about.... At this moment in time, at least.

In less then a decade, this country has turned into a nightmare worthy of both Orwell and Kafka.

[Deja Q]

8. Yeah, but as long as we can still play with model trains, all will be well

:crazy:

[Angry Girl]

9. What? They gave you model trains? No fair! They just gave me pills!

And they weren't fun ones either. :-(

[WLKjr]

3. WTF?!?!!?!?! I CANT TAKE PICTURES OF TRAINS ANYMORE?

Sonuva........

I guess if I am going to have a pocket knife with me as well as my camera I am really going to be screwed!

[Deja Q]

4. Could be.

Depends on who calls you in for "suspicious" activity.

Love that human nature.

[WLKjr]

6. This pisses me off

Someday I am going to have a model railroad in my home and I want to have the entire room strung out with pictures I HAVE TAKEN of railroads around where I live and travel, you know to theme the room a little bit and to have as reference when I model those places on my layout.


How am I suppsoed to do this if they pass this bill?

guess I will have to learn how to paint huh.....

[Deja Q]

7. Quite.

:loveya: :pals: :hug: