Sunset - Senator Orrin Hatch

Sunset - Senator Orrin Hatch is proposing to remove the sunset provisions from the Patriot Act.

The small-"l" libertarian in me is always fighting with the big-"C" Conservative about things like civil liberties in wartime. Both sides are adamant about liberty, but realize that all liberties involve compromises.

The Patriot Act gets a bad rap from some of those dogmatically opposed to everything President Bush does (Quick - how many times did Michael Moore even mention that the Patriot Act even had a sunset clause?) but there are some rather noxious provisions.

Especially if the sunset provisions are abolished. That's the key.

So you - we - need to get on the horn to our Congresspeople and stuff this idea back into the cave of misbegotten notions from whence it came.

So - email your Senators and Representatives. If you're from Minnesota, you can contact Senators Coleman or Dayton.

We - and that means liberals and conservatives - need to stop this.

(via Instapundit)