Interesting commentary on NYC City Council’s grandstanding against the Patriot Act:
Obfuscating or outright lying about what the Patriot Act actually contains is no accident: It’s part of the active, willing ignorance on the part of the opponents of the Bush administration to raise up a bogeyman figure. What’s so silly about the council’s contribution to this vacuous monologue is how seriously they take themselves while being decidedly unserious about honestly characterizing the Patriot Act.