Dumbass of the Day
An excerpt from the
Today Show, with a segment about the USA PATRIOT Act. Nadine Strossen from the ACLU vs. former U.S. Attorney General (and pornography commission chair) Ed Meese:
KATIE COURIC: What about the whole concept of--of the government having access to medical records, library records, and student records without any probable cause, and the government doesn't even have to inform the individual that these records were retrieved by--by federal officials. I know the American Library Association was very, very upset about giving access to library books, or anything that was done at a library. They issued this statement. "The American Library Association opposes any use of governmental power to suppress the free and open exchange of knowledge and information, or to intimidate individuals exercising free inquiry. ALA considers that sections of the USA Patriot Act are a present danger to the constitutional rights and privacy rights of library users." What's your response to that? And obviously the American Library Association has a huge issue with this.
Mr. MEESE (Mr. DUMBASS): Well, first of all, there's never--it's never even been used against--in the case of a library, as was indicated the other day by the attorney general. Furthermore, I think librarians, unfortunately, some of them at least, are more interested in allowing pornography to go to children than they are fighting terrorism.
ALA put out a
press release in reaction later in the day.
Wanna tell Ed what you think about this statement? Write to the ignorant jackass at
edwin.meese@heritage.org. His mailing address is: The Heritage Foundation | 214 Massachusetts Ave NE | Washington DC 20002-4999. Call Eddie at 202.546.4400 | fax 202.546.8328."
-M!