I thought it was sarcasm. Unless Omar was being sarcastic...

When did this place get so meta...?

and I will donate to the moneybomb in Phase II. I could really use the money for other things (like food, fuel) but this is even more important. I want these sons of bitches to bleed for their perfidy. I want political heads to roll come November. I'd rather see the Dems lose control of either or both houses of Congress than let them get by with cutting the thinist sliver from the Bill of Rights.

Enough! No more! Rollback!

Trained? Goodness, how authoritarian. Heh.

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I am rather passive with my blog comments....normally I love to read others educated opinions vs. posting my own as I already know what they are. Today, I am rather baffled at the low volume of comments here. Is everyone too busy writing letters to elected officials regarding the impending FISA vote? Why else has the cat caught everybody's tongue???

So what is the next most useful step-Glen et al, in addition to ontinuing to send money and letters?

You kids...anything to start a fight.

Heady days. Omooex agrees with L.W.M., a new genius of political theater is discovered, Glenn smites 'em hip and thigh, and we all cry havoc and let slip the contents of our wallets. I haven't had so much fun since 1968!

Thanks, Glenn, and thanks to everyone else at UT, not just the usual suspects. Really....

~100K in less than 48 hours. Damn but we're good. Congratulations to all.

I know many folks are sacrificing what few discretionary dollars they have. Me, too. It'll be PBJs for a bit, but I couldn't be more proud to be a participant sharing this space with everyone here. Win, lose, or draw - it's amazing. And, awe inspiring. And, humbling. Gives me goose bumps.

Thanks.

"So what is the next most useful step-Glen et al, in addition to continuing to send money and letters?"

Well, fwiw, it would be very helpful if Obama would say something on this--so pressure on him would be useful. He's not just going to volunteer this kind of thing. He must be pushed. This can be done through his website, but also at his events, and through MoveOn. I don't know if MoveOn has been contacted about partnering, but if they spoke, I think Obama would listen. They are helping him quite a bit and raising money for him.

I wondered about the lack of letters as well, especially while considering the response yesterday.

It might be due to the fact that when the main Salon page loads, beside the main featured article include one discussing "Can Lil Wayne save Hip Hop" and how to turn your doodles into cartoons.

Hey Salon, need a qualified Web Analyst?

Good works, everyone. Thank you all, and of course, Glenn.

The Beltway establishment needs to be trained.....

Trained? Goodness, how authoritarian. Heh.

No, it's the opposite of authoritarian.

It's the exact opposite: constituents working to change the opinions of government officials, rather than the other way around. If congressmen and senators talked about "training" voters, that would be authoritarian.

I ask again, shooter: what has happened to your brain? You used to be worth debating; you used to make points that made sense. (I rarely agreed, but they were coherent arguments). By contrast, this is the third post of yours I've read today that's total gibberish. Are you drunk?

I have been (and will be) a conservative all my life. I have no party...I don't need to comment on the neo-cons and the Libertarians are hopeless. The Dems are a bit too liberal, but guess what?

I sent money anyway.

Thanks Glenn

and retreading comments made here over the last week, but here's the note I sent to Obama this evening:

Senator Obama,

Over the last two days I've made donations to ActBlue.com. I would have liked to have sent those donations to you, but there's an issue arising this week that must claim priority for my very limited funds.

As I'm sure you're aware, Steny Hoyer and others in the House leadership are attempting to ram a "compromise" FISA bill through before the July 4th recess. This bill is a transparent sham that gives a criminal administration and it's corporate enablers everything they want, at the cost of our liberty and Constitutional protections. There is no compromise here, only an appeasement to Dick Cheney and the CEOs of the largest telcoms, hiding their illegal actions against the American people.

I can not believe that we're forced to continue fighting this issue (ongoing since at least last October) when it is abundantly clear that the vast majority of American citizans do not approve of telcom immunity or expanded government surveillance powers. The only fault in FISA can be corrected with a very minor and contained change; the vast re-write in Hoyer's bill is dangerous and totally unnecessary -- and the telco immunity it grants is utterly unconscionable, a terrible weakening of the rule of law in our country.

Far preferable to passing this bill is to do nothing. The existing FISA law is strong enough protection. Any major revisions should await your new administration and the Congress that will meet next year. There is absolutely no reason to give this administration anything that it wants, especially extraordinary and permanent powers, and immunity from legal action for those who cooperated with them in breaking the law.

Senator Obama, I am frankly dismayed at your lack of action on this vital issue. You are now the leader of the Congressional majority party. A word from you in concert with Speaker Pelosi is all that it would take to shut this down before it gets to the floor of the House. I urge you to speak that word and prevent this bill from ever seeing a vote. I deeply believe in your progressive vision for our country. I don't believe that that vision is advanced by shredding our Constitutional protections as Steny Hoyer, Jay Rockefeller, Dick Cheney and others are all too desirous of doing.

Please use all of the powers already available to you to get Hoyer's bill tabled, and end the attempts to rewrite FISA to suit a corrupt administration and it's discredited supporters. Let the lawsuits against the telcos proceed so we can understand and correct the grievous damage they have done to our country.