The "Divided Dems" Rear Their Ugly Heads Again
And they wonder why their approval rating is lower than George Bush's:Divided by their liberal and moderate wings, congressional Democrats return from a monthlong recess without consensus on how to...
View ArticleWhite House Leaks To Save Warrantless Wiretaps, Another Handy Leak ?
The AP is reporting they have been told that it took 9 hours to set up a tap on those insurgents they think kidnapped 3 of our Soldiers last Spring. A Unnamed source. It's a good spin as they go, but...
View ArticleWho's ready to defend the Constitution? A plea for defensive filibuster.
The New York Times is reporting here that the Dems will cave on warrantless wiretapping.I say, that is freakin' bullshit.Why did we elect these people?To STOP George Bush.And now, they want to give him...
View ArticleDodd's DNA & America's DNA
In Tuesday's FISA live chat at Fire Dog Lake, Senator Dodd talked about how caring about the Constitution is in his DNA:I feel so strongly about this. It’s part of my DNA, in a sense. Some of you may...
View ArticleThe Big Lie
The more I think about it, the madder I get. Here are the Republicans wasting our time again with another big lie. The big lie is that Congress can give immunity to the telecomm companies for their...
View ArticleIf you followed FISA in the media...
Reading Daily Kos is like reading the newspaper a month in advance.Reading Daily Kos is like reading the newspaper a week in advance.Reading Daily Kos is like reading the damned newspaper... used to...
View ArticleWarrantless wiretaps and telecom immunity makes the Constitution a Lie
...and makes a liar out of me.My 10 year old asked me about warrants this week. He wanted to know what they are and how they fit in this world.We went through the Citizenship chapter of the Cub Scout...
View ArticleFISA Fight: Get Ready for Round 3
Chris Dodd won round 1 back in December, we all went down in round 2 thanks to a handful of Democrats who somehow have missed how the Republicans play politics, or maybe they were just really hoping to...
View ArticleFISA: Dodd Schools the GOP
Once again, thanks Senator Dodd."The idea that members who have substantive ideas and thoughts and amendments should somehow stick them back in their pockets, accept the product of the Intelligence...
View ArticlePlease sir, can I have some more?
The best new FISA legislation is NO new FISA legislation.(It's a FISA update AND a commentary—it's two, two, two diaries in one!)
View ArticleFISA Fight: Dems didn't cave!
The Senate leadership has reached agreement with Republicans on how to proceed with the surveillance bill, and they held tough. According to leadership sources, these key Democratic amendments will get...
View ArticleStop the Whitehouse-Spector Substitution amendment
Upon reading the synopsis of the so called Whitehouse-Spector substitution amendment, it immediately became apparent the real reason behind the amendment. By shifting the legal obligation to the White...
View ArticleOlbermann on FISA - Bush is beyond treason
For those of you that didn't catch it. Here's Keith Olbermann last night on a nice "little" (a full 9 mins and 41 secs) rant about the telcom immunity/amnesty.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/... I love a hot...
View ArticleFISA Fight: How predictable was this?
Right on cue, Fred Hiatt turns real estate on his editorial pages over to the lies and fear mongering of everyone's favorite Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell. Point by point, every...
View ArticleFISA Fight: Here's what happens when you tell the truth
Yesterday House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said this:Now, the president asserts that the expiration of the protect America act will pose a danger to our country. The former National Security Council...
View ArticleFISA Fight: Is it that hard?
Terence Hunt, of the Associated Press, please, please do your research.WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Saturday that lawmakers' failure to renew an eavesdropping law will make it more difficult to...
View ArticleThe FISA Law and our multi-national telcoms
Yesterday there was an 6 minute interview (video) with Mike McConnell and Chris Wallace from Fox News. All of those who have followed this saga story know that the Bush/Cheney administration has...
View ArticleFISA Resolution Trial Balloon Surfaces
From Open Left It looks like someone is looking for lipstick for a pig. Or maybe it is a fig leaf (albeit much too tiny). Or maybe just political cover before they Roll Over and Capitulate. Updated
View ArticleBush guts Advisory Board's oversight of illegal intelligence activities
On Friday afternoon the White House posted without fanfare a new Executive Order that revamps an important though little known intelligence board. There are a few minor changes, but the most radical...
View ArticleWhistleblower: Warrantless Backdoor For Cell Phones Leads to Quantico
Many of us have had these suspicions for a long time. Now a Tech. has confirmed some of our worse fears. The compilicity of the Telecoms is undeniable when you look at how it is being done. According...
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