Patriot Act coming up soon

The Senate has approved, by a wide 95-5 margin, changes to the Patriot Act which will likely make possible its reauthorization. Anything to be done must be done now.

The Patiot Act itself may not be a constitutional crisis, but it is indicative of the sort of scared, feeble thinking that will lead to one. Lets run a comparison:

Senator Jim Bunning, Republican of Kentucky:

"Civil liberties do not mean much when you are dead."

Ben Franklin, founding father:

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

Well, there you have it. Jim Bunning hates America.