Patriot Act Extended But NOT Permanently

In a second win for the good guys in two days the senate has extended the so called "patriot act" for ONLY six months, so they can work on further changes. Bush wanted it passed as is, with no compromises, but Dems say that "as is" leaves it too open to misuse by law enforcement. I am all in favor of preventing further terrorist attacks, but at the same time I don't want to allow the ambiguous wording to permit misuse of authority. Take this blog for example. While I am in no way a threat to ANY government, the patriot act as it stands now would allow law enforcement to wiretap my phones with no more cause than my use of my right to free speech. Am I unhappy with present government? Certainly. Am I capable of, or willing to join forces with Al Queda or some other "subversive" group? Certainly not. Anyone can see that, but under the present patriot laws they needn't do the necessary work to find this out. No, as it stands now they can just place "surveillance" on EVERYONE and sort it out later. This kind of action is the same as placing all Arabs in interment camps indefinitely as was done with many America's Asian population during World War II, and was done with ALL Indians in this country. In fact Indians are still in interment camps, only its called "reservations" and I have serious "reservations" about trusting the American government, currently led by "right things" to do the "right thing." If you have ever disagreed with the way the American government is run, you too are in danger of being "watched", of having your freedoms unnecessarily violated