Letters to the Editor
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Disgraceful
Disgraceful beyond words.
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Campaing. Finance. Reform.
Final proof that "US democracy" is a complete fiction, and what a what a tragedy for your beautiful constitution. The Dems are wolves in sheep's clothes. Maybe, just maybe, a resounding Obama victory will signal such an outright rejection of this nonsense that campaign finance reform actually stands a chance, but I have little hope for such a result..
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Support CindyforCongress.org
Once again, the Democratic "leadership" has failed us. And while Glenn's piece focuses on the Senate, I think it's important to hold the Democratic "leaders" of both houses to account. After all, it's Pelosi who said impeachment is off the table.*
So I'm supporting Cindy Sheehan's run for Congress, and I hope you will consider doing the same. (If there was a viable, liberal opponent for Harry Reid, I'd give them my money in a heartbeat.) Even if Cindy doesn't win, her mounting a vigorous campaign will give pause to the other Democratic "leaders."
*I can understand, though disagree with, Pelosi's "pragmatic" rationale for not impeaching Bush. However, her announcing up front that she wouldn't is nothing other than a pathetic form of abdication.
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While those fine Senators are in the mood for amnesty...
I feel that we should do everything in our power to "liberate" them from the Senate. Those Democrats who vote against Dodd's amendment to strip retroactive immunity from the bill, who vote for cloture on the bill if it has not been amended to remove immunity and/or who vote for the bill with immunity need to be listed and publicly humiliated on a daily basis.
What should they be called?
Killers of Privacy
Defenders of Tyranny
The list could go on, but above all else, I would simply call them Failures. They have failed their country. They have failed to live up to the oath they swore when they took office.
Primary opponents need to be found, groomed and funded for opposing these failed Senators. I intend to spend a good deal of energy in the coming years on this very issue. I think Senator Dodd has rightly identified this issue as one of historic importance. If we are to sacrifice the rule of law for political expediency, I think the only alternative is for us to make sure that the act is less expedient than they expect.
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This...
This is just crazy...
What's next? Retroactive immunity for Wall Street for shaking down so many retirees? Retroactive immunity (as if they need it) for the Enron (and other high flying) leaders?
This country isn't going to shit It's ALREADY THERE!!!
I'm voting republican in this election. At least I know what I'm getting: a back stabbing, vicious, manipulative animal with no regard for anyone but themselves and those that pay them. Add craven and coward to that list and you describe way to many in the 'opposition' party.
What the hell, the pendulum seems damned and determined to swing to the fascist right so hard, lets do it! BRING IT ON!!! I'm tired of having my hopes dashed on the rocks of cowardice. Lets get it over with. Maybe in my lifetime I'll see the next Church Commission forever take the tools for despotism out of the hands of those that treat liberty, justice and freedom with such contempt.
Now, after I got that out of my system... What are the chances that a 'new administration' could undo this? Well, I have to ask... Given that the spooks are already not paying their telephone bills, what makes the telco's think this is a 'great deal'? How interesting if the administration now stops paying for any cooperation now that they 'own' them lock stock and barrel... A Faustian bargain? This could get interesting...
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Chris Dodd went to the Senate floor last night ...
... and gave another eloquent and impassioned speech, warning of the consequences for our country from telecom amnesty. He specifically focused on the permanently and comprehensively suppressive effect it will have on efforts to investigate what the Bush administration did in illegally spying on Americans. (Glenn G.)
We have passed the point where the freedom of the people matters to either party. Reading you for all this long time has shown that our 'leaders' care not about the common man, rather, they care about power. Same with the press, except it is access to power they crave.
Perhaps time has come to apologise to King George III for giving him all that trouble since our own presidents have worked against the cause of freedom more than he ever did.
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Lawfare.
I'm loathe to admit that I actually took advice from Joe Klein but it's true. I'm currently reading "The Terror Presidency" by Jack Goldsmith, the Assistant Attorney General OLC from 10/03 to 6/04.
Because, I haven't yet gotten to the point where he gets disgusted and quits, I'm currently on the part where he's defending the unitary executive theory.
What strikes me more than anything is the degree to which his core (unstated) assumptions are so directly opposite my own.
Without going into too much detail, one of the basic premises he operates under is that the law is a weapon and it's being deployed against US forces. My reaction on the other hand is a resounding "yeah, so?...."
It seems that the administration fears accountability more strenuously than most Americans fear terrorists. They literally lump lawyers and judges into the same category as spies and saboteurs. In that environment, it's not surprising that they are attempting to erase a law after the fact. It's more surprising however, that they appear poised to get away with it.
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When?
When will we, as Americans, retake our government from these self-serving miscreants?
When will We The People wake up to just how bad it's gotten in our country?
Will we wait until the tanks are rolling down our streets?
How many words must be written, in how many venues, to shake us out of our lethargy?
The people in this country who fought so hard to uphold the precepts of our Constitution will have died in vain.
When?
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Step 628
It is too bad it has come to this, too bad but not at all unexpected. Total information awareness is the grand goal of all governments in the surveillance age, passing amnesty for the telecoms is just another step along the way. THEY WILL SPY ON US! THEY HAVE BEEN SPYING ON US! These are highly shadey times, times devoid of ethics and rights for the people. And of course it is all TO PROTECT US because the people have been turned into a bunch of cowering dogs. Basically, we've been played like violins, and a dark symphony is heard.
Be prepared friends, the abuses will not cease.