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rec'd from Democracy for America 2 hours ago ?????
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dear ,
Call Senator Reid and your own senators and demand they stand up to President Bush.
What is wrong with our Senate leadership?
Three times now, DFA members like you and me have made phone calls demanding Senators stand up to the Bush administration and pass a FISA bill without granting immunity to telecommunication companies who spied on innocent Americans.
Each time, Washington insiders predicted that we would fail to stop it. And because of you, each time the insiders were wrong.
But President Bush is determined to get telecom immunity passed before he leaves office because he knows the lawsuits against AT&T and Verizon are America's last chance to hold the Bush administration accountable for spying on you. He's even promised to veto any FISA reform bill that doesn't let his cronies off the hook.
How many Americans will die in Iraq while the Senate spends another worthless day fighting over a flawed bill that only the President and his friends want passed? How many children will continue to go without health insurance because the Senate is too busy helping AT&T instead of fighting to expand S-CHIP or provide health care for all?
Why is a "get out of jail free" card for Verizon more important than stopping global warming?
It's time to take FISA reform off the table until America elects a new President next November. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could end this once and for all -- today.
Call Senator Reid right now and demand: No new FISA reforms while President Bush is still in office.
Democratic Majority Leader
Senator Harry Reid
(202) 224-3542
Suggested Script:
"Take telecom immunity off the table. Pull the FISA reform bill and extend current law until President Bush leaves office. The U.S. Senate has more important work to get done than figure out how to let AT&T get away with spying on Americans."
Please report your call here:
www.DemocracyforAmerica.com/reportfisacalls
Wait! Don't stop there. Contact your senators too! They need to know where you stand. Senator Reid is more likely to stand strong if your senator stands with him. Please call your senators now:
Senator Wayne Allard
(202) 224-5941
Senator Ken Salazar
(202) 224-5852
Don't forget to report how your calls went here:
www.DemocracyforAmerica.com/reportfisacalls
Washington insiders say we can't stop this bill. Maybe they are right, but we've heard it before. Let's see what they are saying after you and I and our progressive community make thousands of calls today.
We will stand up to President Bush today. Together, we'll demand the Senate follows our lead.
Thank you for everything you do,
-Charles
Charles Chamberlain
Political Director
[emphasis mine]
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I don't get it. Why am I just getting this. The Senate concluded its votes before this was sent. What's going on? Anyone know?
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Kitt
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've now tried Reid's office three times. busy... busy... busy...
I have no clue what's up. Unless... Reid really can make a unilateral decision to pull the bill.
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Ondelette
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Maybe you're right. But, the link to Kos regarding the conference call reported by mcjoan is also confusing.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/12/144425/116/317/455317
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adnoto
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm off for a 6 mile run. Why don't you join me? It's a good deal healthier than sneering at the folks here. You don't have to approve their methods at this point, but when it's time to riot - truly time to riot - they'd have your back and mine.
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Various
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Paul Daniel Ash: Although, I suspect Glenn was correct, I got a heck of a chuckle out of your colorful response to adnoto upthread. As I recall, adnoto also got fed up with Chris Floyd when Chris substituted for Glenn awhile back. Seems everyone disappoints adnoto. 'Course it's pretty easy to get disappointed in others, and tell them how disappointed you are, than to effectively do anything yourself.
EJ: Salazar was predicted. He is like the Holiday Inn commercial; no surprises. Webb, Nelson (FL), and Whitehouse, however, did surprise me.
adnoto: I almost agree with you about internet activism crowding out various forms of public civil disobedience. I can't guess at how old you are, but in '68 we had a different press and a different culture than we do now. Today, I daresay, the press wouldn't have even reported the goings-on outside of the 1968 convention. And, were they to report it, the populace would only shrug, rather like they do at college town free-for-alls after big, nationally televised college football games. The war in Iraq has been all but erased from our media. That's a damned sight different than having it in our living rooms every night like VietNam. I remember Watts, and Newark, and Kent State. I really do wonder, were those events repeated today, whether they'd warrant more than a blip on the 5 o'clock news, with minimal details and no film footage at 10.
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I don't know, Kitt
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Perhaps. A year ago I'd have agreed with you. Now? Maybe, but I don't feel it's certain. And, I suspect, it's uncertainty that constrains much of what the media reports - or, fails to report. Will anyone miss it, if we don't include it?