Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 5:07 PM
Politicians taking away your liberty is not Patriotic.
Patriotism does not mean allowing the federal government to ransack your
life whenever it feels like it.
In fact, what you and I clearly need is protection from a runaway, out
of control, abusive government.
That's why the badly misnamed "Patriot" Act is not the Act of Patriots.
It is the act of petty bureaucrats seeking more and more power and
control over not only our country, but every aspect of our lives.
For 10 years now, the so-called "Patriot" Act has been eroding our
freedom and growing the federal government into a surveillance state.
And year after year, it gets renewed, almost always without a fight.
But this year is different.
In early February, the U.S. Senate tried to ram through a THREE-YEAR
extension of expiring provisions of the Patriot Act.
Even worse, they tried to slip it through without a vote, as they've
done in previous years.
Thankfully, the work of Liberty activists like you paid off - newly
elected Senator Rand Paul stood up and said "STOP."
They were only allowed to pass a 90-day extension, and within the 90
days, there is to be a full week of debate and Amendments on the Senate
floor.
So in ninety days, the statists will have to go on the record for or
against the Bill of Rights.
And I'm for making a stir to bring attention to their actions. A BIG STIR.
How about you?
If you agree, I'm asking you to IMMEDIATELY
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put the heat on your senators.
TODAY. There isn't a moment to lose.
This is our chance to show why the Patriot Act is UNPATRIOTIC. But you
and I must act immediately.
We've all heard the defenses. How the Patriot Act was needed to combat
"terrorism." How it would not be used against U.S. citizens.
How it would not be abused.
These lies have all been clearly exposed. For 10 years, the American
people have ignored the wisdom of our Founding Fathers and traded
freedom for a false sense of security. As predicted, both are worse off
as a result.
And now, the statists in Congress and the White House are set to
reauthorize the so-called "Patriot" Act.
For years, even talk about a window-dressing "reform" bill has gone nowhere.
The Mainstream Media, fixated on Obama, won't report on how the Patriot
Act has run roughshod over our liberties.
Frankly, you and I know the Patriot Act should be completely scrapped to
block federal snoops from casting fishing nets over the lives,
histories, and data of hardworking Americans.
But unless you and I act today, this won't happen, and the Patriot Act
will be reauthorized, maybe for another 3 years. Maybe permanently.
The weak link for the snoop-state insiders remains the U.S. Senate -
where one Big Government boondoggle after another has been bottled up or
defeated.
But my contacts in the Senate say right now there's a growing chorus of
opposition to the Patriot Act being heard.
They say some are willing to fight. Some even admit privately it was a
mistake supporting it the first time when President Bush demanded it in
the wake of the outrage following the 9/11 attacks.
And, of course, Senator Paul has already thrown down the gauntlet and
said he will lead this fight.
But not enough senators will stand up and take this battle head on
unless there is a shout of opposition from the American people.
That's why I urge you to let your senators hear from you immediately
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If not, we'll see a whole lot more of what we've witnessed over the last
10 years:
*** Federal and State law enforcement on fishing expeditions, searching
telephone, email, medical, financial, and other records looking for a
needle in a haystack - and abridging the freedom of law-abiding citizens
everywhere;
*** Warrantless searches and roving wiretaps, paying telephone
providers for access to TRILLIONS of phone records, and ignoring 4th
amendment protections;
*** Broad new powers for the Treasury Department and Immigration
Department to rewrite regulations, access records, and conduct
proceedings in secret;
*** Holding American citizens without their constitutional rights
simply because someone in the government has declared them an "enemy
combatant";
*** Vast amounts of electronic data on virtually every American swept
up by insider arrangements and purchases from phone companies, airlines,
and other businesses afraid to say no to a government "request."
As you well know, this isn't some conspiracy theory. This is happening.
Every day.
And you and I can help put an end to it.
One of the most egregious abuses of the Constitution, using the Patriot
Act as its basis, is so-called "National Security letters," used
commonly by the FBI.
It has been estimated that the FBI has used these NSLs - which allow
access to records WITHOUT any court or search warrant - at least 200,000
times since 2001.
Just one example, noted in /BusinessWeek/ in 2005, showed that the FBI
had issued tens of thousands of NSLs and had obtained one million
financial, credit, employment, and health records from the customers of
targeted Las Vegas businesses.
Selected businesses included casinos, storage warehouses, and car rental
agencies.
And that's just one case.
Our federal government is out of control. We see it attempting to
abridge our 1st amendment rights.
We know it would take away our 2nd amendment rights in a heartbeat if it
could, and we remain vigilant to this threat.
It is spending us and our children into poverty, with crushing trillion
dollar deficits.
And it is allowing the out of control Fed to ruin the dollar and push
forward toward the collapse of our currency and way of life.
And more and more liberty-minded Americans are rising up to shout "stop."
That's why now is the moment to take back our freedoms from the statists
and power-hungry federal thugs who use the Patriot Act to dig into every
aspect of our lives under the pretense of making us safer.
Campaign for Liberty has a 3-point plan to get as many senators as
possible to vote against the Patriot Act.
Remember, as long as Rand Paul holds firm, the statists MUST get 60
votes to break his filibuster, so this is a fight we CAN WIN:
** Your Petitions, and hundreds of thousands like them, will be
delivered to the Senate, showing the tidal wave of opposition to the
Patriot Act.
** Editorials and Op-Eds across the country to help swing the tide of
public opinion to oppose this dangerous abuse of power.
** TV, internet, and Radio Ads in targeted states.
Because of the work of our friend, Senator Paul, Patriot Act extension
already became enough of a hot potato that the Senate could only muster
a 90-day extension.
Well, I think it's time for the rest of them to hear us loud and clear.
That's why in addition to your signed Patriot's Petition, I ask you to
chip in a contribution of $10, $25, $50, or even $100 to Campaign for
Liberty
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Mobilization programs like this cost money for mail, email, research,
radio, and especially TV.
And you know the mainstream media will barely cover a story like this;
they are just too cozy with statists.
So it's up to us.
Remember, the other side needs 60 votes. We can and must win this fight.
And there has never been a better chance to do so.
Please join us by signing
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your Patriot's Petition and helping Campaign for Liberty by chipping in
a contribution of $10, $25, $50, or even $100 today
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In Liberty,
John Tate
President
P.S. If you and I don't take the lead, I'm certain the Patriot Act will
be renewed, and we will continue to have our freedom and our private
information trampled by our government. You and I need to shine a bright
spotlight on what Congress hopes will be a quiet vote.
Please help Campaign for Liberty wage this fight by signing our
Patriot's Petition
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and chipping in a contribution
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of $10, $25, $50, or even $100 today.
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