A Ray of Sanity among the Right-Wing? We here at the Rising Hegemon are just as surprised as all of you readers to see that there are some members of the GOP who see the Patriot Act for what it is, an unwarranted and extreme overreach of Mr. Preznit and police in this country (wow, doesn't that sentence almost seem like a right-wing rant? Who would have thunk it?). But it does appear that some Idaho republicans have proposed counters to the Patriot Act called the SAFE Act. Hmmmmmm... what does it mean for the GOP when Idaho republicans are among the more moderate members of the "grand old party?" Maybe its time for some moderate thinkers to take back the party from the extremists and religious righters who have highjacked it. Yeah, like that is going to happen.