Hope springs eternal!

I dared not believe! Not till now. So she is STILL Alive. What am I going to have to do for the Chinese to get Audrey back? Lord only knows. But I do have this one thought of taking the suitcase nukes with me and setting them off to do the most possible damage to those in the Chinese government who are responsible for faking Audrey's death and holding her captive. I can forget about my own captivity but I can never forgive them for hers.

Looks like I still have some work to do!

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Just have to keep going till this crisis is over....

I am so near to just giving up, I just don't know how I'm going to go on. You have no idea how crushing it was to learn of Audrey's death, after all that time in the Chinese prison camp where her memory and thinking about maybe being with her again was the only thing that gave me a reason to keep hanging on. And now she's gone, forever. Oh, I'll continue to see the hunt for these muslim terrorists and renegade Russians with the nukes through to the end, and just now I am in even more of a mood for killing the scum of the earth than I normally am.

It's the realization that again, I seem to be right in the midst of something potentially terrible, and that I seem to be almost the only one with the will and the skill to defuse the crisis and set things right again that keeps me going. If the pressure were to go away, and the adrenaline stopped pumping, I could have the most massive emotional collapse a man has ever had.

When everyone else had abandoned me, She came to China looking for me, and trying to save me. Now that's love. I can only say that I would have done everything in my power to be worthy of that kind of devotion. And while I don't attribute such a cruel turn of events to God, fate once again has thrown the monkey wrench into the middle of my attempt to be happy in life.   Ohhhh Audrey....

AAAAaaaaaaahhhhhh!  I  was hoping that Gredenko would be difficult and give me a reason to dig deeply into my bag of interrogation tricks. But of course he wants to pull the 'ole immunity deal. Probably a smart move on his part not to give me a target for my anger right now! 

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100 Facts about Jack Bauer

Thanks to my friend Sarah, for pointing out the internet posting of these to me recently.

100 Facts about Jack Bauer:

1 Jack Bauer never retreats, he just attacks in the opposite direction.
2 When bad things happen to good people, its probably fate. When bad things happen to bad people, it's probably Jack Bauer. 
3 There are three leading causes of death among terrorists. The first two are Jack Bauer, and the third one is heart attack from hearing Jack Bauer is coming for them.
4 Some people see the glass as half full. Others see it as half empty. Jack Bauer see the glass as a deadly weapon.
5 When a convicted terrorist was sentenced to face Jack Bauer, he appealed to have the sentence reduced to death.
6 On Jack Bauer's Tax Returns, he has to claim the entire world as his dependents.
7 The city of Los Angeles once named a street after Jack Bauer in gratitude for his saving the city several times. They had to rename it after people kept dying when they tried to cross the street. No one crosses Jack Bauer and lives.
8 Withholding information from Jack Bauer is now classified as a suicide attempt.
9 Jack Bauer doesn't need a receipt to return something to a store, just a gun.
10 Once, someone tried to tell Jack Bauer a "knock knock" joke. Jack Bauer found out who was there, who they worked for, and where the goddamned bomb was.
11 Passed out, surrounded by terrorists and nerve gas, and handcuffed to a table leg, Jack Bauer laughed to himself and said, "I have them right where I want them."
12 When Jack Bauer ran out of ammo, he caught 3 bullets in his chest and used them to reload.
13 Jack Bauer thinks the word mercy just means "quick interrogation."
14 If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he'd shoot Nina twice.
15 The only reason Jack gave Nina mouth to mouth in Season 2 was because he had to kill her himself.
16 Life doesn't give Jack Bauer lemons. Life asks him which fruit he wants.
17 The 2007 budget for the US Military covers Jack Bauer, two pistols and four billion rounds of ammunition.
18 If everyone on "24" followed Jack Bauer's instructions, it would be called "12".
19 Jack once shot himeself 10 times, just to prove 50 cent is a bitch. He proceeded to wrestle and aligator while talking to Chloe about schematics.
20 As a child, Jack Bauer taught his dog to play dead...once.
21 Jack Bauer doesn't need to eat, sleep, or use the bathroom because his organs are afraid of making him angry. 26
22 Jack Bauers calender goes from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools Jack Bauer.
23 Jack Bauer is the only human in the world with the ability to make Chloe O'Brien drop the personality disorder and patch him through. 
24 There have been no terrorist attacks in United States since Jack Bauer has appeared on television.
25 Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of the keys. 
26 Upon hearing that he was played by Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer killed Sutherland. Jack Bauer gets played by no man.
27 The state of California plans to reduce violent crime by changing the method of capital punishment from lethal injection to Jack Bauer.
28 Jack Bauer let himself be drugged, beaten and captured inside a crate on a Chinese ship heading out of the USA with no way for help to find him. Now he has them right where we wants them. 
29 ...and on the seventh day Jack Bauer said, "I'll take it from here."
30 Jack Bauer does not get taken prisoner. He puts himself in a disadvantageous position so as to make his next several killings more dramatic.
31 Jack Bauer definitely loves his daughter; he wouldn't let anyone else who made that many stupid decisions live.
32 1.6 billion Chinese are angry with Jack Bauer. Sounds like a fair fight.
33 Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.
34 If it tastes like chicken, looks like chicken, and feels like chicken, but Jack Bauer says its beef. Then it's fucking beef.
35 My husband doesn't wish he was Jack Bauer. He wishes I was Jack Bauer.
36 If you wake up in the morning, it's because Jack Bauer spared your life.
37 When Kim Bauer lost her virginity, Jack Bauer found it and put it back.
38 When life gave Jack Bauer lemons, he used them to kill terrorists. Jack Bauer fucking hates lemonade.
39 Jack Bauer sleeps with a pillow under his gun.
40 When asked what he got on his S.A.T's, Jack Bauer promptly responded "Blood." 82 6.67
41 If Jack Bauer's gun jams, it's because he wanted to beat you with it. 336 6.67
42 Only Jack Bauer can fly a plane from the luggage compartment. 287 6.66
43 The only reason the Chinese kept Jack alive is so that he could bring down the population. 204 6.65
44 Jack Bauer could strangle you with a cordless phone. 717 6.64
45 Jack Bauer doesn't have a firewall on his PC. He has a Bauerwall. It's basically just a JPEG of Jack Bauer. No virus has ever attacked Jack Bauer's PC. Ever. 208 6.64
46 If Jack Bauer gives you his word, return it immediately and run. 201 6.63
47 Jack Bauer can break anyone and anything, but he will always break the protocol first. 195 6.63
48 Jack Bauer is currently involved in a complex law suit with the California Department of Justice due to their attempt to ban Jack Bauer as an "Assault Weapon". Jack maintains he is primarily used for hunting and target shooting, and is quite safe to have around families. But statistics don't lie. 116 6.62
49 Lets get one thing straight, the only reason you are conscious right now is because Jack Bauer does not feel like carrying you. 3151 6.61
50 Superman is one of the few individuals who could possibly survive a confrontation with Jack Bauer. But that is only because he can fly away. 83 6.6
51 Jack Bauer played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won. 2869 6.6
52 "You don't know Jack" is a blessing among terrorists. 108 6.59
53 When Christopher Henderson tried to shoot Jack, his gun was, in fact, loaded. The bullets were just too scared to come out. 192 6.58
54 After Season 6 of 24, the Chinese will be on the Endangered Species List. 116 6.58
55 It's no use crying over spilt milk... Unless that was Jack Bauer's milk. Oh you are so screwed. 1023 6.57
56 On a high school math test, Jack Bauer put down "Violence" as every one of the answers. He got an A+ on the test because Jack Bauer solves all his problems with Violence. 68 6.56
57 A standard deck now contains 48 cards. Too many people were getting hurt for trying to play Jack. 383 6.55
58 When Jack Bauer used Herbal Essences, the shampoo had an orgasm. 75 6.55
59 Tony was once shot in the neck, rushed to the hospital, underwent emergency surgery and was back on the job in just a few hours. Jack Bauer still can't believe that pussy went to the hospital first. 897 6.53
60 Jack Bauer once won a game of Connect 4 in 3 moves. 2479 6.53
61 Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice. Jack Bauer would meanwhile do something important. 61 6.52
62 Jack Bauer is the leading cause of death in Middle Eastern men. 2721 6.52
63 When someone asks him how his day is going, Jack replies, "Previously, on 24..." 718 6.51
64 On a high school math test, Jack Bauer put down "Violence" as every one of the answers. He got an A+ on the test because Jack Bauer solves all his problems with Violence. 1031 6.51
65 Jack Bauer was never addicted to heroin. Heroin was addicted to Jack Bauer.  3717 6.5
66 In order to control illegal immigration in the United States, the president installed cardboard cutouts of Jack Bauer along the US/Mexico border. 621 6.5
67 Jack doesn't believe in Murphy's Law, only Bauer's Law: "Whatever CAN go wrong, WILL be resolved in a period of 24 hours." 754 6.49
68 RIP Edgar If you see this give it a 10. Just cuz it's what Edgar would have wanted. :(  916 6.48
69 Superman's only weakness is Kryptonite. Jack Bauer laughs at Superman for having a weakness. 1552 6.47
70 MTV once tried to 'Punk' Kiefer Sutherland by staging a robery in a store. Sutherland smiled and pulled out his SIG and shot 3 actors in the head. This is why there was a new cast on Punk'd after season one. 140 6.46
71 Killing Jack Bauer doesn't make him dead. It just makes him angry. 3276 6.45
72 Jack Bauer arrested RoboCop. Think about that. 94 6.45
73 When Jack Bauer goes to the airport and the metal detector doesn't go off, security gives him a gun. 1414 6.44
74 American Idol is only popular because it has a commercial for 24. 315 6.44
75 There is the right way, the wrong way, and the Jack Bauer way. It's basically the right way but faster and more deaths. 1597 6.44
76 In 96 hours, Jack Bauer has killed 93 people and saved the world 4 times. What the fuck have you done with your life? 2867 6.44
77 Jack Bauer doesn't miss. If he didn't hit you it's because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away. 3548 6.42
78 Jack Bauer arm once wrestled Superman. The stipulations were the loser had to wear his underwear on the outside of his pants. 1156 6.42
79 Kim Bauer was an accident. Not even the pill can stop Jack Bauer. 803 6.41
80 When Special Forces raided an afghan training camp, they found an empty camp and a pirated copy of 24 Season 4.  113 6.41
81 Jack Bauer teaches a course at Harvard entitled: "Time Management: Making the Most Out Of Each Day." 829 6.39
82 Going to China is all part of Jack Bauer's master plan to rid the world of Communism.  206 6.39
83 Jack Bauer doesn't speak any foreign languages, but he can make any foreigner speak English in a matter of minutes. 865 6.39
84 When 24 airs on the Spanish channel everyones lines are translated except for Jack's. The reason for this, nobody speaks for Jack Bauer. 146 6.39
85 Jack Bauer has the heart of a terrorist. He keeps it in a jar on his desk. 141 6.39
86 Jack Bauer set an ordinary flash memory card to self-destruct. Don't ask how he did it, he's fucking Jack Bauer. 557 6.38
87 Jack Bauer has never caught a cold. How do we know? Colds still exist. 352 6.38
88 Most pilots need 5,000 feet of runway to land a plane. Jack Bauer needs 100 feet and a gun. 170 6.38
89 Osama bin Laden's recent proposal for truce is a direct result of him finding out that Jack Bauer is, in fact, still alive. 2593 6.37
90 If Rosa Parks was in Jack Bauer's seat, she'd move to the back of the bus. 1625 6.37
91 Don't ever ask Jack Bauer what is going on. He'll explain in the car. 727 6.37
92 When Google can't find something, it asks Jack Bauer for help. 2563 6.37
93 Jack Bauer doesn't have a refresh button on his web browser. All events take place in real time. 62 6.37
94 Sun Tzu once wrote, "If your enemy is weaker, conquer him. If he is stronger, join him. If he is Jack Bauer, you're fucking dead." 1580 6.37
95 If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he'd shoot Stalin and Hitler so they wouldn't have to bear witness to what he'd do to Nina. 763 6.36
96 Simon Says should be renamed to Jack Bauer Says because if Jack Bauer says something then you better fucking do it. 2841 6.36
97 In the 18 months where Jack Bauer was presumed dead, Tony Almeida was put in a coma, Michelle and David Palmer were killed, a major hurricane raveged the Gulf Coast, and Rob Schneider made another movie. See what happens when Bauer isn't around? 896 6.36
98 Jack Bauer once opened a can of whoop ass. All he found inside was a mirror. 136 6.36
99 Jack Bauer's favorite color is severe terror alert red. His second favorite color is violet, but just because it sounds like violent. 3457 6.36
100 Jack Bauer does not let women on top during sex. Why? Because Jack Bauer never fucks up. 803 6.35

There are thousands of these on this website:
http://www.twentyfour.tv/jackbauer/index.php?tophundred

I have seen many of these before. A few of them are true, but it's amazing what people think about me isn't it? How inaccurate can something be, I ask?
If everyone on "24" followed my instructions and lead, it would be called "6", not "12". 

Jack

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Well I'm back
Current mood: hopeful

So I finally got out of the Chinese prison camp. MY country bargained for my release, unfortunately it was only as trade bait to stop a string of terrorist bombings. But true to my selfless nature, I would have gone willingly to my death if I was sure it would have made a difference and saved the lives of other American citizens.

But as so often seems to happen to me, in the midst of a seemigly simple crisis, strange twists play themselves out, and it seemed I was about to die for nothing, after Fayed explained to me that he was really behind all the bombings and that the man the U.S was about to kill actually wanted to stop the attacks and the killing. Well let me tell you, that made me mad. Even terrorists should have some sense of honor. Fayed is a real bastard. So I figured out a way to have a shot at getting myself free, before I was tortured to death, when everyone but one guard left the room I was in. I really want to thank whoever that was that called Fayed just then. I honestly think, I'm my whole law-enforcement/CIA/CTU career that that may be the only time I have ever bitten anyone to death. Sometimes you just have to use whatever weapon is available to you.

So I find myself in an entirely new position also, in working with a terrorist to stop terrorist violence. For what it is worth Assad, at least seems to have some logic behind his motications and I think that maybe I can work with him for a bit. I did manage to stop one terrorist bombing on a train, by kicking the scum out the back of the car as he was in the process of triggering his bomb. I'm still a bit weak from all those months of prison camp life, otherwise I'd have snapped the guys wrist and gotten that detonator from him right away. At least no one but the terrorist died.

So while I am smack dab in the middle of another nasty nasty crisis, maybe I can find some way to work through this one and be with my girlfriend and my daughter once this is over. There's a small dim light at the end of the tunnel, and that's going to keep me going.

Plus, to all my fans and supporters, I want to thank each and every one of you for all the love and support while I was trying just to exist over in China. You all helped me keep going, when things looked like there wasn't much reason to go on, except that I just couldn't find it in myself to simply give up.  

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Serious use for Silly String

STRATFORD, N.J. - In an age of multimillion-dollar high-tech weapons systems, sometimes it's the simplest ideas that can save lives. Which is why a New Jersey mother is organizing a drive to send cans of Silly String to Iraq. 

American troops use the stuff to detect trip wires around bombs, as Marcelle Shriver learned from her son, a soldier in Iraq.

Before entering a building, troops squirt the plastic goo, which can shoot strands about 10 to 12 feet, across the room. If it falls to the ground, no trip wires. If it hangs in the air, they know they have a problem. The wires are otherwise nearly invisible.

Now, 1,000 cans of the neon-colored plastic goop are packed into Shriver's one-car garage in this town outside Philadelphia, ready to be shipped to the Middle East thanks to two churches and a pilot who heard about the drive.

"If I turn on the TV and see a soldier with a can of this on his vest, that would make this all worth it," said Shriver, 57, an office manager.

The maker of the Silly String brand, Just for Kicks Inc. of Watertown, N.Y., has contacted the Shrivers about donating some. Other manufacturers make the stuff, too, and call their products "party string" or "crazy string."

"Everyone in the entire corporation is very pleased that we can be involved in something like this," said Rob Oram, Just for Kicks product marketing manager. He called the troops' use of Silly String innovative.

The military is reluctant to talk about the use of Silly String, saying that discussing specific tactics will tip off insurgents.

But Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, said Army soldiers and Marines are not forbidden to come up with new ways to do their jobs, especially in Iraq's ever-evolving battlefield. And he said commanders are given money to buy nonstandard supplies as needed.

In other cases of battlefield improvisation in Iraq, U.S. soldiers have bolted scrap metal to Humvees in what has come to be known as "Hillybilly Armor." Medics use tampons to plug bullet holes in the wounded until they can be patched up.

Also, soldiers put condoms and rubber bands around their rifle muzzles to keep out sand. And troops have welded old bulletproof windshields to the tops of Humvees to give gunners extra protection. They have dubbed it "Pope's glass" — a reference to the barriers that protect the pontiff.

In an October call to his mother, Army Spc. Todd Shriver explained how his unit in the insurgent hotbed of Ramadi learned from Marines to use Silly String on patrol to detect boobytraps.

After sending some cans to her 28-year-old son, Shriver enlisted the help of two priests and posted notices in her church and its newsletter. From there, the effort took off, with money and Silly String flowing in. Parishioners have been dropping cans into donation baskets.

"There's so much that they can't do, and they're frustrated, but this is something they can do," said the Rev. Joseph Capella of St. Luke's Church in Stratford.

The Shrivers said they would not mind seeing the string as standard-issue equipment, but they don't blame the military for not supplying it.

"I don't think that they can think of everything," said Ronald Shriver, 59, a retired salesman. "They're taught to improvise, and this is something that they've thought of."

Marcelle Shriver said that since the string comes in an aerosol can, it is considered a hazardous material, meaning the Postal Service will not ship it by air. But a private pilot who heard about her campaign has agreed to fly the cans to Kuwait — most likely in January — where they will then be taken to Iraq.

Shriver said she will continue her campaign as long as her son is overseas and she has Silly String to send.

"I know that he's going come through this. I hope they all do," she said.

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24 - SEASON 6 Extended Trailer
Current mood: anxious
Category: Life

24 - SEASON 6 Extended Trailer

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September 11th
Current mood: enraged

Well, I got a chance to get on here today, when my Chinese guards left for a bit to go do whatever.  I was thinking about the Attacks on America 5 years ago, by hate-filled terrorists and what kind of life experiences would have led them to be so filled with evil, that they would devote every waking hour to planning ways to kill people half a world away.  Its strange, it's sad and it deplorable.  What a bunch of sick twisted people they are.

I wanted to get on here and quickly send my love and support to all the victims, the relatives and friends of victims of that horrific event, and to all the soldiers, intelligence workers, firemen and policemen that strive to keep us as safe as we can be in this country, day in and day out.

I know that we have lost a lot of our innocence after the events of September 11th, but there are so many great things about this country, worth fighting for, and yes even dying for. I have put my life on the line any number of times for the greater good. That's the essence of the American spirit, that makes this country what it is.

I hope that everyone out there, is having a good and rewarding life, except for the terrorists. I hope they are hiding in vermin ridden holes, eating bad food and trying to cope with all manner of physical ailments and diseases that are well-deserved. May you be relieved of your miserable existances at the earliest possible opportunity.

Jack  

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24 - The Movie
Current mood: anxious
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Jack Bauer's bad days are about to get longer, and a lot bigger.

Following a lengthy dose of behind-the-scenes speculation, 20th Century Fox has inked a deal with the creators of 24 to turn the fast-paced Fox series into a feature film.

Details haven't been hammered out yet but, according to Variety, the proposed movie will focus more on the travails of  Kiefer Sutherland's character than on the ominously ticking clock.

"It's something that we would like to shoot in between the sixth and the seventh season," Sutherland told E! Online TV columnist Kristin Veitch last month at the network upfronts in New York, when the idea of a 24 film was still a gleam in Fox's eye. "We would be able to travel a lot more, and show some different locations, and all of those things are exciting for us."

It's nice that he can maintain such a sunny outlook on exotic locales, considering the always-under-the-gun Jack appeared to be off to China at the end of season five for another bout of torture and suffering at the hands of international terrorists.

Sutherland hasn't technically signed onto the film as yet, but he told E! Online that it was "absolutely" something he wanted to be a part of. The Golden Globe winner has a series contract that keeps him up in arms until at least 2009, so while Los Angeles--and the world!--are going to be in mortal danger at least three more times, Bauer will be thwarting the evildoers at every turn.

The film's plot will reportedly take off from wherever season six leaves off, but it won't be too intertwined with the series so that people who don't watch 24 regularly can't enjoy the big-screen version. Perhaps there's no need to worry about making the plot too involved--ratings for season five were up about 14 percent from the previous year with the action drama pulling in close to 14 million viewers a week.

Series creators Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow are expected to start cranking out a script later this summer. Showrunner Howard Gordon is also on board, and he, Cochran and Surnow will produce the pic with Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer.

This will not be the first time that 24 has changed screen size. Last year Fox pioneered the "mobisode" with 24: Conspiracy, a spin-off tailored for teeny-tiny cell phones. Yes, there were 24 installments. Episodes of 24 are also available for downloading from Apple's iTunes Music Store and via MySpace.com.

Another Fox show making its long-awaited big-screen debut is The Simpsons, slated for a summer 2007 release. A teaser featuring a scantily clad Homer hit theaters in March. If the studio tries a similar tactic featuring Jack Bauer, it will probably go over pretty well.

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37% believe in me... Hmmmm

37% of Americans Believe Jack Bauer is Real - February 20th 2005

In a recent poll surveying public feeling towards national security it was discovered that over 58% of Americans felt they were under no danger whatsoever and that should any terrorist actions threaten their country again that they would be saved just in time. Whilst the results were initially a little bit puzzling, the following investigation revealed why this was the case:

37% of Americans stated that they trusted the abilities of CTU agent Jack Bauer to step in and intervene before the terrorists were able to carry out their actions. 14% of those surveyed stated they believed that whilst the terrorists would be successful, that the Enterprise would then come back in time to prevent it from happening. Most surprisingly, however, were the remaining 7% who said they thought all the terrorist attacks in the last 5 years were just a new cable show on Fox.

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vacation
Current mood: crushed

While I am very happy with a lot of the things that I accomplished today, and the peoples lives that were saved, it looks like I'll be taking a quite extended vacation to China for the forseeable future.   Of course, as soon as it looks like I might be able to spend some time with Audrey, something like this happens.  DAMN!!!  

but, I'm not dead yet, so who knows what I may be able to do if I keep my head.

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Way to go Yemen!
Current mood: determined
Category: News and Politics

SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni court jailed 14 Yemeni Islamists on Wednesday for planning to kidnap Americans to negotiate the release of prisoners.

The state security court in Sanaa handed down jail terms of between 18 months and seven years to the men, who were also convicted of plotting to attack military and security installations in Yemen.

The defendants were not charged with belonging to al Qaeda.

"Unjust, invalid!" screamed some of the defendants' relatives as the judge pronounced the verdict. The men chanted Islamic hymns.

During the trial, the defendants said they had been planning to travel to Iraq and fight a holy war against U.S.-led forces there. They denied all the other charges.

Scores of tourists and foreigners working in Yemen have been kidnapped over the past decade by tribesmen demanding better schools, roads and services or the release of jailed relatives.

Yemen has vowed to crack down on kidnapping and has already put to death two convicted hostage-takers this month.

The impoverished country hopes to boost its tourism, but attacks by al Qaeda linked militants and kidnappings by disgruntled tribesmen have scared off many travelers.

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House Renews USA Patriot Act
Current mood: annoyed
Category: Life

House Renews USA Patriot Act

WASHINGTON - Law enforcement officials get to keep their antiterror tools, but with some new curbs, under the USA Patriot Act renewal passed by the House in a cliffhanger vote.

The 280-138 vote Tuesday evening passed by just two votes more than needed under House rules requiring a two-thirds majority for legislation handled on an expedited basis.

The vote ended a months-long battle over how to balance privacy rights against the need to defeat potential terrorists.

Unfortunately, they left off the amendment that I asked for, which I had emailed to my congressman, that stated that I should be allowed to shoot anyone that I think deserves it in my single-minded pursuit of terrorists, or information that may help stop terrorist plots in this counrty.

I was so sure that they would feel this was an important addition to the overall intent of the Patriot Act. I love my country, but my government sometimes.... Yeesh.  

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