Letters to the Editor
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Research topic before next Senate vote?
I don't know who to ask for this kind of information, but it seems to me that, before the Senate next publicly debates telecom immunity, it would be really useful to have a survey and summary compilation of telecom contributions to senators. A graph showing increases/decreases over time could be instructive, too.
And having had the opportunity to tune in sporadically to the Senate proceedings on Monday, may I just say that Ted Kennedy's speech regarding the immunity issues was very moving and appreciated by this citizen. His impassioned articulation of the pernicious, imperious and utterly immoral lawlessness of Bush's threat to veto any FISA bill that omits immunity provisions -- thus obviously placing the whitewashing of his administration's illegality over the "Americans will die" rhetoric that he so readily threw at Congress in August when insisting that more surveillance authority was needed -- was brilliant and compelling.
I am looking forward to the possibility that between now and January there could actually be some kind of mainstream recognition that there are some truly outrageous actions that the Bush administration has been pulling, and that Senator Dodd's courageous stand (which in a sane universe would not be seen as courageous, rather just doing the job we elect such people to do on our behalf) will be supported by a growing groundswell of appreciation and support. We can hope, right?