The More Things Change

Here is a clip from, of all things, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 in which Moore asks some people from congress whether they had actually read the 2001 PATRIOT Act before they voted on it. Of course they hadn't. (Note especially Representative Conyers's condescending answer to the question.)

Fast-foward eight years: Once again we are seeing the passage, and attempted passage, of massive bills threatening civil and other liberties without anyone having read the entire thing. Plus ca change.