EFF saying it best: Epic Fail in Congress, USA Patriot Act Renewed
Story from EFF here. Congratulations, under your changemore of the same president, we have been guaranteed the continuation of spying on Americans and the ability of the government to completely abrogate your civil rights just by suggesting you may be a terrorist.
**No, I do not believe that either Bush nor Obama is as bad as Hitler. Not even close. I am just pointing out that we were promised change and one thing that seemed to offend Americans was the erosion of civil liberties that occurred under Bush’s watch — enough that posters such as this were made… I am just pointing out, civil liberties haven’t gotten better yet.
The chance to live free and to make our own success are things we are losing (quite possibly have lost). It seems a strong president with a will to change these things is what we need to reverse these paths — If we have that, it hasn’t been demonstrated yet 
. Sadly, the legislature is too obsequious to special interests to ever make a change for the common good just because it is for the common good…