http://www.diatribune.com/legislate-in-haste-repent-at-leisure Comments for "Legislate In Haste, Repent At Leisure" en http://www.diatribune.com/legislate-in-haste-repent-at-leisure <p>Every adult in America probably remembers 9/11 in the immediate sense - the first time hearing the news, seeing the images, the confusion, uncertainty and fear of that day - but it seems like our memory of the period immediately after is hazy. For a month or two we were traumatized as a nation and had trouble understanding what had happened, and what should come next. By the end of 2001 the drumbeat for war had begun and it is possible that fixing our attention on how best to attack Iraq served as a psychological crutch by giving us something to focus on. This is not a professional opinion, just an observation based on what I went through and saw others going through. (And it is emphatically not an attempt to rationalize the Iraq war.) One extremely unfortunate byproduct of that period is the USA PATRIOT Act (UPA); two recent events are the latest examples why.</p> <p><a href="http://www.diatribune.com/legislate-in-haste-repent-at-leisure">read more</a></p> http://www.diatribune.com/legislate-in-haste-repent-at-leisure#comments abuse of power Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:28:48 -0600 danps 3438 at http://www.diatribune.com