What do you think?: The Onion.

[JohnKleeb]

http://www.theonion.com/wdyt/index.php?issue=4040

[TaleWgnDg]

1. uummmm . . . there's not enough facts in the article to make a reasoned

opinion. and is this straight? that a federal district court judge ruled in this manner? typically, the onion spoofs stuff.

if it's not a spoof, then I'd want to read the court's opinion b4 opining on it. heh.



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[donheld]

2. The onion is terrific

:wtf: "Wait a second. The rest of the Patriot Act is still okay?":grr:

[Arancaytar]

4. Mh. One of the photos looks familiar.

Whoever they used for 'Albert Cook', I've seen that face before. Either they put it in one of their articles before or it's some real person.

Other than that... well, it's good, but I've read funnier stuff from Onion.

[trotsky]

11. They re-use all the same faces every time.

With a new name. That's part of the shtick.

[mebadgett]

3. Operation Tips Anonymous Lead Form

http://www.whitehouse.org/news/2002/media/anonymous_tips.pdf

[Arancaytar]

5. I really really really hope that's a joke. Please.

n/t

[clonebot]

6. Yes a federal judge did rule that part of the patriot act unconstitutional

that part is true

[Arancaytar]

7. I didn't mean the Onion article.

I meant the Anonymous Lead form. Suspicious behavior: 'Homo, Liberal, Pacifist, Atheist'? This stinks of spoof, but it has the whitehouse.org url...

Edit:

Okay, I checked out the main site and the entire site must be a joke. What a relief. Can't believe how I arrived at the idea that whitehouse.org was the official WH site...?

[GiovanniC]

8. That Shit Makes Whitehouse.gov Crazy

Which means it's fuckin' awesome.

[qnr]

12. Totally unrelated, but your link reminded me

of this:

http://www.eastpointpolice.org/SelfArrestForm.htm

It's actually a form to sign their guestbook

[nuxvomica]

9. I agree with interior designer Katherine Kane

First, they overturn one little clause, then they whittle away at the rest. Before you know it, our civil liberties will be totally restored.

Couldn't the founding fathers have predicted that just this sort of thing might happen? Were they blind to the possibility that a system of checks and balances might ultimately favor individual rights? Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think they knew all along. In fact, I think they actually wanted this type of thing to happen. Amazing!

[underpants]

10. Before you know it, our civil liberties will be totally restored."

Too funny