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Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:00 AM

George Bush's latest powers, courtesy of the Democratic Congress

Congress is going to decree that the president has the power to order private citizens to break the law, as well as to spy on our telephone calls and e-mails with no warrants.

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  • Thursday, June 19, 2008 01:28 PM

    Here's a line to take on amnesty and spying

    http://daltonator.net/durandal/blog/?p=129

    The new FISA law will allow Bush, Cheney and the rest of their perverts, criminals and thugs to read your e-mails and listen to your phone calls. And those of your family and friends. Supposedly, this is to stop “terrorists”, but given the large number of creeps, perverts and psychopaths working for the Cheney-Bush Junta, what assurance do you have that your kids’ e-mails and phone calls aren’t going to be passed around to the likes of Congressman Mark Foley, who was caught cyberstalking adolescent boys, of Jeff Gannon and who knows how many others just longing to grease up their palms and spread their Guckert all over your family’s privacy? None. In fact, it’s almost a certainty that your privacy will be sold or given away if it hasn’t already.

    Call your senators and ask them to filibuster this abomination.

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