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Why do Feinstein and Wyden sound much different on the torture issue now?

The two Senators spent the year emphatically insisting that the CIA's interrogators comply with the Army Field Manual. With Democrats in control, they're not so emphatic any longer

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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 04:22 PM

    What would nonviolent revolution in America look like?

    Heru, I posed the question to Adnoto, but I'll engage your answer (Heru, you're not off the hook).

    Massive, widespread, non-violent civil disobedience.

    Or, just no one goes to work or pays any bills for one month. That would be total havoc.

    Or, everyone goes to work but pays no bills for 3 months. Buy gas and food in cash and spend nothing else.

    I was asking for specifics. Anyone can describe general conditions, which would be the putative outcome of the necessary specifics. How, specifically would that occur, what would be the catalyst, and how - again, specifically - could you get the critical mass of such people to agree on the official purpose and demands behind the action?

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