If George W. Bush created the Patriot Act and FISA, it cannot be a good thing for America and must be repealed.  Executive Order...able to resolve and repeal forever?  8 years worth of intrusions is 8 years too many.

Give us back our freedoms, repeal the Patriot Act!

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both". ~~Benjamin Franklin

Remember, Mr. President-Elect, you said when you voted for it that if you became elected you would revisit it. Please keep that campaign promise.

Yes , Mr. President-Elect , please keep your promise and
revisit the Patriot Act Laws and re-instate FISA .

Mr  President, freedom and justice and liberty.

Mr. President, please fix not only FISA but the whole cluster of related issues -- including the Patriot Act's repression of dissent, National Security Letters, the Military Tribunals, arbitrary detention, secret prisons, torture, rendition, etc, etc.  The time has come to reject out of hand the Bush administration's "unitary executive" theory that purported to justify all such depredations and allow complete disregard for the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and laws like FISA under the guise of commander-in-chief powers and military necessity in a supposed endless "war on terror."  Join with us in the People's Campaign for the Constitution (www.ConstitutionCampaign.org)! 

A real Patriot is someone who disagrees/dissents with their country when it is off course and at odds with it's core values [our Constitution and Bill of Rights]. This monster of an act instead of supporting true Patriots, tries very hard to suppress all dissent as a form of terrorism. IT MUST BE REPEALED

Anyone willing to give up a small amount of liberty in exchange for a small amount of security deserves neither and will loose both.

Trust runs both ways. If our new leaders want the voters to have respect for and trust in their leadership, two things are necessary: transparency in their actions, and protection of our rights (which amounts to trust in and respect for the voter). We must know what our government is doing and what it has done. Our Constitutional rights MUST be protected, and those in a position of power must be held accountable, or "consent of the governed" is not possible. It is my belief that our Constitutional rights have been egregiously eroded by the Bush Administration. I also believe that essential governmental actions and processes have been hidden from the governed. If we are to move forward together quickly and with the required trust and respect to address the many serious problems facing America today, action to rectify the wrongs committed by the Bush Administration and by others at the behest of the Bush Administration must be addressed as soon as is reasonably possible.

Based upon a Chomsky article, see at:
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/108964/chomsky%3A_is_there_truth_in_obama%27s_advertising/
and if you beleive what he is saying as I do, we need to be very active and make change happen.

The bottom-line of article is: "Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below."

We must engage in the struggle!

The removal of Patriot Act 1 and 2 is required by democracy itself.

FEMA also must be removed against civilian populations.

The wars in Iran and Afghanistan must end.

The deregulation of Wall Street must be set aside (see end seagall act)

These are among the most critical issues of our time.  Our government, as it was intended to be, has already been taken from us.  We fail to take it back at our own peril.

if you support this idea, please also consider voting for "Repeal the Patriot Act" in the "Other" category

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/repeal_the_patriot_act

Hi, just testing...

Great, still alive and well! No censorship pu to this stage... but how long? Anyway this cause also deserves support and justice.

Mr. President Elect Obama,
I sincerely hope that all your campaign promises are not forgotten when you are sworn into Office.
Sworn in on the Holy Word of God, to Uphold and Defend The Constitution from All Enemies Foreign and Domestic.
It seems that the Domestic Enemies are very prevalent in Washington D.C.
Your predcessor did not live up to his oath.
I'm not sure he even took it very seriously.
GW and his cronies have tried to make Our Constitutional Republic into a Fascist Dictatorship.
That being said, you know what "change" we really need.
Correcting FISA, Repealing the Patriot Act is a great place to start.
Good Luck.
I'll be praying for you to get us back where we belong.
Respecting The Constituition(Bill of Rights), Personal Liberty and Individual Freedom.
You are certainly in for a fight. I hope you're up to it.
After all, you did volunteer.
Thank You, and God Speed.

This is clearly important. As an example, it seems tome important to support Sibel Edmonds :

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/investigate_sibel_edmonds_situation

Mr. President,

I was raised to be proud of my county and feel safe in the belief that my civil liberties would be protected by our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

As George Carlin once quipped "It isn't a right if it can be taken away. We only have a Bill of Priviledges."

I agree. With the Patriot Act and such Acts like H.R. 1955 are Un American. They are not created to protect the people our government should serve. They have been created to protect the Government which has not truly served it's people in over 100 years.

By the people for the people? I am sure the "people" did not choose gas prices to soar and to be enguaged in wars that we cannot win. Like the War on Drugs?

I am also sure the American people would also not like to live in gutters, on park benches and be starving in some areas.  And also, I am sure there are children right now living in poverty that makes those card board boxes in the alleys look like mansions. Starving children.

Please help the American People! Instead of throwing money at these problems, assemble the best minds of our time and find solutions that everyone can help with. Even those of us living Hand-to-mouth!

Thank you for your time.

Respectfully,
Daisy Sexton

Must watch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNRSs6LsGeI

mr president,

george washington became an american icon and hero because he chose to forego the power of a monarch.  he then those to only accept two terms as president.

true greatness comes from the ability to set down your power when its in the best interests of those your represent.

Not only should the Patriot Act be repealed for its unconstituionalty, but on the day (Oct 2nd, 2001) bill H.R. 2977 was passed, buried within a Space Exploration Initiative.  Excerpt follows:

"(II) through the use of land-based, sea-based, or space-based systems using radiation, electromagnetic, psychotronic, sonic, laser, or other energies directed at individual persons or targeted populations for the purpose of information war, mood management, or mind control of such persons or populations; or (III) by expelling chemical or biological agents in the vicinity of a person."

If you are hell-bent on speaking of Constituinality and American freedoms, other food for thought are:

EFCA (Emloyees Free Choice Act)   http://www.heritage.org/research/labor/wm1768.cfm

"......Few Americans are aware that many leading presidential candidates want to take away their right to vote privately on joining a union. The little-known and misnamed Employee Free Choice Act would disenfranchise 105 million American workers by replacing secret ballots for union organizing elections with the card check system. This process would expose workers to union pressure and intimidation, while denying them the option of voting "no" on union representation. The President and Members of Congress are elected by secret ballots. Congress should reject any effort to deny workers the right to vote."

The Global Poverty Act:  http://www.heritage.org/Research/ForeignAid/wm1878.cfm

The goal of reducing poverty is admirable and should be supported by the U.S., but focusing on arbitrary development indicators like the Millennium Development Goals and aid targets that are only indirectly related to reducing poverty does little to advance that objective. The U.S. should maintain the independence of its foreign assistance programs, including its poverty alleviation efforts, by rejecting the policy recommendations of the Global Poverty Act and subjecting our Country to dictates and demands mandated by the United Nations; whom have demonstrated repeatedly are not kindly towards the U.S. 

These policies are not really looking like "Change" we can beleive in, but rather, CHAINS we can beleive in.

Uphold and defend the Constitution from enemies domestic as well as foreign - that's what the President of the United States must pledge to do.  Without working with Congress to fully repeal the FISA Amendments Act, Patriot Act and Military Commissions Act, Barack Obama's Oath of Office will be a farce.  This issue is the central test of whether Obama's promise of change was anything more than a campaign slogan.

I was amazed when the Patriot Act passed. President Bush had called for Americans to continue on with our lives, basically not to give in to the terrorists by changing the ways we did things because if we did then they would be winning. Then he goes and supports something like the 'Patriot Act', the most unamerican and unpatriotic thing he could have done. Please bring back the American way Mr Obama! 

The Patriot Act was redacted during the Clinton Administration just as was the PNAC (Plan for a New American Century). The 9/11 false-flag state-sponsored terror event and Patriot Act were planned well before a Republicrat took over the White House from a Demopublican.

Please count me among those who feel this is important!

Mr. President Elect;

You KNOW you can keep us safe without these Bush tactics and Tools!

Thank you for your time!

The Patriot Act was enstated thanks to the 9/11 False-Flag State Sponsored Terrorism Event. We are playing "Monopoly". 9/11 Truth is the "GO" which all roads to Peace and Prosperity must pass. Nevertheless, the most voted idea in this contest, with 660 votes just 48 hours after the contest started, wass "disqualified".
The deleted idea was: Conduct a new, independent investigation
into the attacks of September 11, 2001. Here's the proof.
http://www.topratedbutcensored911idea.com/

Please honor the constitution by repealing the Patriot Act. It is a grossly flawed piece of legislation and needs to be burned. A freshmen in college could produce a better act for our country than that document that undermines and rapes the rights from the American people and others that come into contact with our country. How many people have been saved by it? I have not seen one news report or article that shows how effective it has been in protecting our country. It is time for an educated reappraisal of things coupled by scientific conjecture. I hope that our laws are not further based on dogmas and speculative fears. May reason prevail and ignorance sink into oblivion.

WASTE INDUSTRIES HAS BEEN USING A 12.3 MILLION DOLLAR COMPUTER NETWORK HOUSED IN RALEIGH, NC AT THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE ON BENSON DRIVE TO STALK THE COMMUNITY, HACKING INTO TEENAGERS COMPUTERS, AND SET UP HOME INVASIONS. THEY ARE USING WIRELESS EAVESDROPPING EQUIPMENT TO SPY ON HOUSES & FAMILES THEY SUSPECT MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR BRANCH MANAGERS USING THE COMPUTER NEWORK TO ENDANGER UNDERAGE TEENAGERS AND WHO SPEAK OPENLY ABUT THEIR COVERT COMPUTER HACKING ADMINISTRATION. TO TOP IT OFF, SOME OF THE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN GETTING VERY PARANOID LATELY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET CAUGHT FOR USING THAT COMPUTER NETWORK TO STEAL MONEY FROM THE CUSTOMERS OF WASTE INDUSTRIES. THEY OPENED UP A CVERT PARA-MILITARY COMNPUTER HACKING OPERATIN ON NORTH CAROLINS, SOUTH CARLOLINA, AND MOVED SOME YOUNG HACKERS IN THEIR GRAHAM OFFICE TO DECATUR GEORGIA O ATTACK FLORIDA & ALABAMA. THIS IS A SCAM TO STEAL CUSTOMER PROFILES AND ACQUIRE OTHER LOCALLY OWNED WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANIES. THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ME FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, AND THREATENEING TO POISON ME TO KEEP ME AFRAID TO TALK. THEY HAVE BROKEN INTO MY HOME, POISONED ME WITH PROSTATE MEDS, BRAGGED ABOUT TO ME AND THE OTHER MANAGERS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND I AM WAKING UP EVERY OTHER NIGHT NOW COVERED IN SEMEN EMMISSIONS. THIS IS THE WORK OF MICHAEL T. INGLE, CARL MASSEY, BILL DAVIDSON & RICHARD JOHNSON. THEY ARE ANGRY THAT I FIGURESD OUT THIER SCAMS, AD THEY ARE JEALOUS THAT I KNOW MANAGERS FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT WHO WIL LET ME PAINT CONTAINERS.

  Let's get the USA out of the Totalitarian government business and back into the Democracy business.  If you can't repeal the Patriot Acts, file suit in Federal Court to get them declared unconstitutional.  That's what the Solicitor Genral's Office is supposed to be for.  And let's get rid of Congresspeople who have the attitude that ANY law they pass is constitutional until someone sues to overturn it.   They waste our time and destroy our Constitution.

Let's move towards the center - Democracy for American citizens. 

Google the northwoods project that Kennedy said no to. It's exactly what happened on 9/11 folks.  It's on ABC's' news site on google search.  They knew we'd never agree to a war and give up our rights unless something short of a "New Pearl Harbor" took place! Indian have always known about the lies and now you do, too!

A Wiser Course: Ending Drug Prohibition The Costs of Prohibition Erosion of the Rule of Law and Civil Liberties from the Schaffer Library of Drug Policy visit: http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/nylawyer/iic.htm

Barbara, 
You are absolutely correct. Our drug laws have destabilized (and done tremendous environmental damage in) Columbia, they continue to fund the Taliban In Afghanistan, they have caused thousands of deaths just this year in Mexico... but look at the many thousands of Americans who have built their lives around the "War on Drugs". That's a tough nut to crack.

Land of the free? Not anymore, it seems. Not with the Patriot Act.

This "PATRIOT" Act is simply unconstitutional and an invasion of privacy, as is FISA.  This is change America NEEDS.  The Constitution has been continuously violated in the name of "terrorism."  The Patriot Act is sickening and disturbing as is the REAL ID Act that has been circulating.  Restore the Constitution and civil liberties to the people of America.  Ideas such as this should be at the top of the list.

"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."
- James Madison

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Remember that? It's the 4th amendment. Read it. Memorize it. Bring it back.  It was good then, and it's good now.

Actually FISA was started in 1978, Harold.

The Patriot act is UnConstitutional.

There is no greater misdeed than the patriot act. Anyone with common sense would never have approved of it in the first place. In the end, President Obama, it will come down to whether or not you are just another POLITICIAN. I've already witnessed enough of your false promises, to even begin to hope that you can or would do the right thing, you have too many friends in D.C. to please and pander to.
If Obama's dismissive response to 75% of American that want Cannabis reform is any indicator, then we are all in for a terrible let down when we see Barrack in the true light of Politics, which is not and never will be Democracy. Capitalism undermines the true beauty and intent of democracy. Capitalism, Greed and Political Correctness (Whatever the hell that is), will continue to run this country, not Americans.
How do we know this website is really for change? He has already dismissed cannabis reform and completely censored a highly voted for idea on reinvestigating 9/11. More than likely, this website is just to track down the last of us that dissent and black bag us. Maybe if the new administration keeps up this puppet show long enough, if they can just get us to wait with baited breath, if we'll just be patient, he can scamper out of office again in 8 years without accomplishing anything at all.

Repeal the Patriot Act!

Nobody can take my freedoms away.  I could waive them.  I never will.

Mr Obama, sir.....how can expect the American public to have any trust in the Government if you don't repeal the Patriot Act 1 & 11? This is such a violation of our GOD given rights. The American people are good people, extending our hands to other countries in the form of relief....and for our good efforts, we get lied to, our jobs shipped overseas, our rights taken away. You made so many promises to us during the elections, and we the people expect you to stand good on those promises. We've had enough lying & cheating the American people for the past 8 years. Enough is enough. Stop this madness. Don't force us to make 'changes' that only hurt us further. Don't allow yourself to be roped into the deceit or the corruption of the past administration. You want us to believe in you, then do the RIGHT thing by us. We're tired of the lies.

Please Everybody

also vote on the Idea:

Appoint a Special Prosecutor For the Crimes of the Bush Administration

If Dick Cheney isn't in jail
by the time I die

I'll die with only one regret

The Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties idea above sums up fundamental, "core" issues. The Constitution and Bill of Rights define our system of government as well as our national character.

Unfortunately, both political parties in the US relegate civil liberties' issues to obscurity during and after elections. A large number of us (including myself), whether private citizens, independents, or party activists tend to tacitly condone this process. Other concerns often distract us.

Now is the time to change this trend. We need to educate ourselves and our neighbors and let the in-coming president and Congress know that concern for, and outrage over the loss of, our fundamental freedoms does not push us to the fringes.

I want to encourage people, especially activists, to address these issues rationally, yet make it clear that we at least want them on the agenda for serious consideration and hopefully concrete action. That is why I am committed to promoting this idea, this movement.

That is also why I would ask like-minded folks to pull out all the stops and to keep finding new and creative ways to present these issues to those who remain unconvinced. We must show them that while erosion of civil liberties might not appear to affect them directly, it does if you look deep and consider the possibilities.

Beware the Globalists who would take away your Constitutional Rights in the name of "security" while opening the US Borders with the North American Union at the same time. Watch what they DO not what they SAY. See www.onedollardvdproject.com for $1 documentary on the NAU. Buy it and spread copies to everyone you can. The time is short. Don't trust Obama. Look at the Zionists he is picking to continue the Global Agenda.

What does the fact that the 9/11 Truth question was removed from this site tell you? See the documentary "9/11 Missing Links" to see who is really pulling the strings and who controls Obama and this website. 

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time to wake up!!!!!!!

Ok, so we have been asleep or in a comma for the duration our the Bush regime! Guilty as charged (thanks for the Daily Show for providing much needed humor during these surreal times). Time to wake up now! We have been terrorized long enough and not by bearded men in the middle East!

It is time to bring Ethics back into our great nation, respect our Constitution for the direction and nobility that it upholds. Repeal the blatent abuse of power that the Patriot Act and real ID project represent.

Our forefathers who fought so hard and courageously would be horrified if they saw what we allowed to be done to our constitution.

But that was then and this is now.
We are in for the ride of a lifetime! Hang on to your seat!

Martial law is coming to America!!!
FEMA camps!!!