When are Texans going to rally against this proposed legislation to curtail even more of our civil liberties? John Ashcroft and our Legislators are turning America into a communist-type country by trying to limit our free speech, branding anyone who has a different opinion from the Government's as an "enemy combatant", holding people without trial for indefinate lengths of time, conducting raids and seizures all without a warrant or court authority, turning neighbor against neighbor to build a national "spy" network, violating the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments to the Constitution, and granting the Executive Branch unprecedented and largely unchecked surveillance powers.

The Patriot Act (Patriot I) was hastily passed without any debate or hearings and under a cloak of fear (Sep 11th), but the law is dangerous and an insult to Americans for it's complete abdication of democratic law and principles. Is this the America you want for yourself and your family?