Obama signs Patriot Act extension

@fitzyp Said

It is true that clearly there are plenty on the right who attack the same things they supported under Bush. There also are some on the left who are now supporting policies they hated under Bush. The rational on both sides however should at least hold mostly consistent.

@hoppy Said

And you people who attacked Bush but now worship Obama are not guilty of the same damn thing? C'mon, no one is that stupid.

@shinobinoz Said

Here at TFS examples?

@shinobinoz Said

And your posts here at TFS stating this when created under and extended during Bush?

@buffalobill90 Said

Why are all these acts given such obnoxious names?

@shinobinoz Said

And your posts here at TFS stating this when created under and extended during Bush?

@shinobinoz Said

And if you'll take notice- you are siding with mainly Democrats on this issue. Look at all of the "D"s in your cited links?

@crazylikeafox Said

Because Americans love acronyms. It might be true for other countries too, but it's certainly true here.

@crazylikeafox Said

You do realize both posters signed up in 2010, AFTER Bush left office, right? I highly doubt they'd have posts complaining about it during Bush's term even if it was all they talked about during his reign.

@hoppy Said

And you people who attacked Bush but now worship Obama are not guilty of the same damn thing? C'mon, no one is that stupid.

@someone_else Said

Wow. I didn't even know until know that it was an acronym. And, it's worse than I thought since it's actually called the "USA PATRIOT act"

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism

@fitzyp Said

My post was three sentences long yet you seemingly did not understand it before you replied.
Here is what I said in the simplest possible terms:
Democratic partisans: hated the patriot act but now don't make a whimper.
Republican partisans: loved the patriot act but now it has suddenly become an invasion of freedoms. This group appears to be the one in which you are a member.
Non-partisans: Whether they supported it or not, they have remained consistent in their views.

@fitzyp Said

My post was three sentences long yet you seemingly did not understand it before you replied.
Here is what I said in the simplest possible terms:
Democratic partisans: hated the patriot act but now don't make a whimper.
Republican partisans: loved the patriot act but now it has suddenly become an invasion of freedoms. This group appears to be the one in which you are a member.
Non-partisans: Whether they supported it or not, they have remained consistent in their views.

@crazylikeafox Said

I forgot about the USA part, but yep it's an acronym. It seems like Washington won't make a new law or create a new program without sticking an acronym in it's title.



That's politics for you. It turns the intelligent into dumb asses and the consistent into hypocrites.