On January ninth, 2003, the United States Congressed passed the Domestic Security Enhancement Act, also known as the PATRIOT Act II. This document was originally in response to the event that took place on September 11th, 2001. The rights of Americans and the balance of powers in the United States was stopping the federal government to help and protect the American people along with our Enterprise System. Only according to the government, that is. With new issues including one's right to protect their DNA, America is only getting closer to martial law. As the challenged government executes plans to destroy terrorism, it is only destroying the American dream.
To begin with, the federal government created the PATRIOT Act not to stop terrorism but to win the balance between the powers of the legal system. Ninety percent of the Act has nothing to do with terrorism and is instead a giant federal power-grab with tentacles reaching into every facet of society. It strips American citizens of all of their rights and grants the government and its private agents total immunity. A great example is under Section 501of the PATRIOT Act II a US citizen engaging in lawful activities can be grabbed off the street and thrown into a van never to be seen again. The Justice Department states that they can do this because the person would "had inferred from conduct" that they were not a US citizen. Government-given rights such as this can obviously be applied to the basic terrorist, but the facts are that it is applied to any person, which makes one question its context.
Secondly, the new PATRIOT Act took away a company's right to privacy. Along with public databases such as library records, the new Act attacks private sectors such as medical databases, hence altering the Patient's Bill of Rights. According to Section 126, the government is granted the right to mine the entire spectrum of public and private sector information from bank records to educational and medical records.
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The song "America Town" by Five for Fighting tells a tale of contradiction on the positives and negatives of American life. ... "America Town"s lyrics capture a contradicting opinion of American life told through the eyes of the artist. ... But first I"ll take a nap tonight and know someone's looking out for me" shows how the artist is content with the feelings safety that America produces, and the line saying "but first I"ll take a nap tonight" shows how most Americans take for granted the safety in America and how only a certain percentage of Americans actually do anything to protec...
Are Americans really over the plane attacks of September 11? ... The destruction was supposed to rip America apart. ... Some Arab Americans began to discover the other side of American life. Arab Americans started to feel that they were being profiled. ... September 11 is a day that Americans will never forget. ...
Fear has consumed the United States of America. ... America's violence was committed by America's people. ... America has a reputation of self-centeredness and superiority. ... Getting to that point will take as long as Americans push it. ... It is important that Americans overcome their fears. ...
Why can't America just mind their own business, and stop getting involved in everyone else's. ... Is it true though that American is the only super power in the World? Yes, many people believe this, and even if so, they shouldn't get too used to having America always on their back. "Although that belief is reported around the world, our officers attribute that to Americans and not necessarily to the rest of the world's belief." Now this isn't fair, because America has and still is trying to do their best to solve other countries problems, before they even try to solve ...
Let America Be America Again Langston Hughes The Poem "Let America Be America Again" is a very emotional and moving poem. It was most likely written around the same time slavery ended in America. ... The poem speaks of America's dream for freedom and for all to be equal. ... America is supposed to be a land of freedom and opportunity but this was not the America so many experienced. ... The character does say though that "America will be" to him meaning he is determined to live in the America that this poem speaks about the one where he can live free the one without greed th...
In the film "An American Tail" there is a song that includes the lyrics, " there are no cats in America and the streets are paved with cheese". ... In the first part of the lyrics they describe an America were there are no cats. One of the ways I took this as was that there is no war in America. ... This could mean one thing that every one in America is rich and everyone has job. ... This is why I think that their actions were truly American....
For countless immigrants, the struggle to arrive in America was rivaled only by the struggle to gain acceptance among the existing American population. It has been said that immigration is as old as America itself. ... At that time, the Americas had been settled by the Indians, who were soon threatened by the first immigrants of America. ... In America, they earned 50 cents to one dollat in a day, doubling their paycheck. ... Americans accused the Chinese of almost everything possible. ...
