The PATRIOT Act was steamrolled into law with the American public not understanding the limitations of constitutional rights within it. Ultimately, its outcome will be like the Sedition Act of 1918, hopefully -- Congress repealed the Sedition Act on December 13, 1920.

For the record, I did contact several Senators including the then presiding Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman and certain key members of that committee -- all I got were a few patronizing replies unfortunately -- I tried in vain but I did at least try.

But tell me, what did you do then besides possibly express an opinion here -- an opinion that no member of congress would at least hear?

You may say it is "only the Internet" but we (AC Webconnecting and myself) derive most of our revenue from the Internet. That world wide revenue is measured in millions of dollars monthly. So, it's just the Internet I find rather critical.