[Frosty]

I won't sit here and claim to know all the ins and outs of the Patriot Act but Al touched on a few of them. I don't care WHO is being tapped but the mere throught of anyone in this country getting tapped without any warrants is disturbing. Oh wait, I'm sorry, the do need warrants but a court NOT of our peers(a secret panel so to speak) issues those warrants. I forgot.

Now, I'm not one if these people that wears tin foil hats thinking our government is reading our minds or anything but ok great, they can tap overseas calls...who is to say they won't change it to say "we're taping suspected terrorist calls within this country". That bothers me as well. It opens the door for other things. I don't give a **** if I, you,the neighbor up the street doesn't have anything to hide, we shouldn't have the government listing in...PERIOD.

The freedoms that make this country great are also our biggest weaknesses. Our forefathers are turning over in their graves right now knowing how much the government is involved in our daily lives. There is no right answer here because it's such a complicated subject but it really worries me that a lot of people shrug off the Patriot Act as no big deal because it makes them feel safe.