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Patriot Act reauthorization final vote in the Senate is TODAY!

by patriot
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Capitol switchboard for all Senators: 202-224-3121 Also:
888-818-6641, 888-355-3588, 800-426-8073, 800-828-0498 and 800-SOB-USOB
(800-762-8762)

Patriot Act reauthorization final vote in the Senate is TODAY!

(House vote will be after that and will be harder to control)

Yesterday the Senate voted us closer to enslavement by our abusive government. Today they will cast the final votes!

We MUST multiply our voices many times over by calling our Senators and Congressmen at their Washington D.C. offices and at ALL of their local offices, every time we think of it, until the final vote tomorrow.

We the American people did not vote for a dictatorship and we did not vote to be enslaved!

We must demand that they stop the Patriot Act Reauthorization. It is an abusive piece of legislation that allows the government too many unfettered abuses against the citizens!

Under no circumstances should any bill reduce the liberties and freedoms that our Constitution and our Bill of Rights assures us the American citizens.

The reauthorization "compromise" allows the government to control, wiretap, imprison, and gag its critics. This is NOT A DEMOCRACY! It allows unbridled police force nationwide through the establishment of a federal police force with enhanced powers. JUST SAY NO!

We will ALL suffer if you allow this administration to get its way through its rampant use of rhetoric and propaganda!

We must oppose ALL attempts at government secrecy and lack of oversight. We must oppose ANY curtailment of citizens' rights, liberties, and protections from an abusive government. If not, we lay ourselves out for a totally unaccountable administration and military- which is called TYRANNY in any country.

Just say NO to their deceitful "compromise".
Just say NO to the Patriot Act abuses.
Just say NO to tyranny.

It is essential that all laws provide STRONG legislative and judicial oversight to hold this administration and the military accountable to Congress and to the judicial branch.

We must urge all of our representatives to guard our civil liberties and reject the proposed compromise.

There is no time to lose!

Enlighten as many Senators and Congressmen as you can with the following articles TODAY. Start with your own representatives and continue to others, since we have run out of time. The goal is to get these articles to ALL of our national representatives and to tell them we do not approve of the current Patriot Act reauthorization bill.

We should not allow this government another 4 years of abuse!
Just think of the probable damage to our elections, legal cases, accountability, if rampant spying, wiretaps, and abusive tactics continue through the Reauthorization of this Patriot Act. You can expect that whistleblowers, patriots, and anyone trying to exercise their free speech will be witchhunted and victimized.

Here are details about the failure of the "compromise" reauthorization bill: http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113%7E7244%7E3252162,00.html

Please make this your job today, and forward and post to every blog and to every activist group you have access to. Call every talk show you listen to, and post to their blogs.

Many thanks for whatever you can do to increase the volume TODAY
and to reach as many Senators and Congressmen as possible.
Here is how to reach the Senate and the House.
CALL both D.C.and local offices NOW, then email/FAX them.
http://www.senate.gov
http://www.house.gov
The Senate votes tomorrow (Wed)
House will vote later, but start the barrage NOW.

Send them these articles along with a passionate and direct letter:
Republican Congressman from Texas Ron Paul:
http://www.antiwar.com/paul/?articleid=5815
Conservative writer Lew Rockwell:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts142.html
Yet another conservative against the Patriot Act:
http://www.bobbarr.org/default_print.asp?pt=newsdescr&RI=715
Senator Feingold's oppostition to Patriot Act:
http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/releases/06/02/20060210.html
Senator Feingold's detailed list of concerns:
http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/statements/06/02/2006216PA.html
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