Is the fact that Republicans have now said "we'll block all bills", unless Bush era tax cuts are extended?

Big Government isn't just a Democrat Problem, but mostly it's a democrat Problem. Some provisions in the Patriot act are important to security, like listening to calls from Over Seas & known terrorists. This should not have to go for a warrant.

Where in country calls are concerned between citizens then we should have a Warrant. That is what Obama did away with when he made the Patriot act more invasive. That should go.

Non citizens should expect absolutely no right to privacy.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.