Rep. Guthrie,
I learned today that you voted in favor of extending the Patriot Act.
I would ask four things:
First, did you even READ the Patriot Act? At a massive 342 pages, the Patriot Act violates at least six of the ten original amendments known as the Bill of Rights—the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Amendments—and possibly the Thirteenth and Fourteenth as well.
Second, please don't send me a canned letter saying how we need to fight those evil "terrsts", and that you share my "concerns" about the blatant abuse and violation of the Constitution contained in the Patriot Act.
Thirdly, Please explain to me how you can take an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution while voting for legislation that effectively cancels out the fourth amendment, gives us the TSA and its gate-rape powers, tosses out the right of due process, negates habeas corpus, gives the federal government unprecedented powers to spy on us, listen to our phone conversations, read our letters and email, and to treat us generally as criminals. Please explain to me how you can justify violating your oath of office.
Finally, please explain to me, considering the "terrorists hate us for our freedoms", how we're "winning the war against terrorism" by legislating away the rights and freedoms they "hate us for".
Again, please, no canned letters. Unless you're going to answer these points directly, don't waste the paper.
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Sent this a few minutes ago... now all I have to do is wait in anxious anticipation for the canned letter I asked him NOT to send.
