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78. We are NOT at war -
The Constitution says that ONLY CONGRESS can declare war.

And they have not done so, therefore -

We are not at war.


(I know, I know - they've trashed the Constitution, I just always remind people of this fact because it's useful in arguments with the deceived.)
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  -NSA Bill would make it a crime to report President breaking the law enough  Mar-12-06 09:00 AM   #0 
  - Please ask your Congressman and Senators to vote against the NSA bill  Eric J in MN   Mar-12-06 09:03 AM   #1 
  - VOTERS in Maine: Don't RE-Elect Olympia Snowe this 2006!!!  file83   Mar-12-06 12:25 PM   #41 
  - I am honestly shocked by her involvement in this  LostinVA   Mar-12-06 02:49 PM   #79 
  - She's always been sneaky. (nt)  w4rma   Mar-12-06 03:09 PM   #81 
  - But she usually isn't totally psycho...  LostinVA   Mar-12-06 03:26 PM   #85 
     - Her #1 motiviation has always been loyalty to the Republican Party  w4rma   Mar-12-06 03:49 PM   #88 
  - I looked at her website. She doesn't seem like a repuke. see my letter.  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 04:42 PM   #93 
     - You are so right, Tigress DEM  deb98126   Mar-12-06 08:59 PM   #136 
  - I heard that Snowe  disndat   Mar-12-06 09:17 PM   #140 
  - Gee we'd love to toss her out  mainegreen   Mar-13-06 08:45 AM   #151 
  - Tell them to vote against the bill while they can.  readmoreoften   Mar-12-06 02:40 PM   #76 
     - Candle Light Vigil open to all  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 06:26 PM   #125 
  - The press insists on using the WH label: "terrorist surveillance program"  Roland99   Mar-12-06 09:20 AM   #2 
  - rather than "illegal wiretapping" which is what it is  Stephanie   Mar-12-06 09:22 AM   #3 
  - Well technically, that is correct.  Kierkegaard   Mar-12-06 10:27 AM   #24 
     - heh  Roland99   Mar-12-06 10:31 AM   #25 
     - ROFL  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 04:08 PM   #91 
     - ROFC (Rolling On Floor Crying)  file83   Mar-12-06 07:17 PM   #127 
  - Yet another neo-CON ATTACK on our Constitution. Why do they HATE  WePurrsevere   Mar-12-06 09:24 AM   #4 
  - Meanwhile,  formercia   Mar-12-06 09:28 AM   #5 
     - True, This "bill" should NOT even be considered in the first place though.  WePurrsevere   Mar-12-06 10:04 AM   #18 
        - It is illegal, and they know that it is illegal, but they think they will  NCevilDUer   Mar-12-06 05:20 PM   #98 
           - *ush = Ceasar? No. More like Nero.  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 05:49 PM   #107 
           - I agree & have been saying that this is an assault on ALL Americans &  WePurrsevere   Mar-12-06 06:32 PM   #126 
  - the phrase we need to use = republican SECRET POLICE  msongs   Mar-12-06 09:32 AM   #6 
  - GESTAPO GESTAPO GESTAPO  hobbit709   Mar-12-06 10:00 AM   #13 
  - Now, now. We can't have the president breaking the law.  Benhurst   Mar-12-06 09:40 AM   #7 
  - He's gonna party like it's 1984. nt  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 04:05 PM   #90 
  - the "legalize watergate" bill.  unblock   Mar-12-06 09:42 AM   #8 
  - Unconstitutional, according to First Amendment / Bill of Rights  wordpix2   Mar-12-06 09:44 AM   #9 
  - That's never stopped Bush before.  ReadTomPaine   Mar-12-06 12:33 PM   #46 
  - Sigh. So true. So true. nt  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 05:49 PM   #108 
  - New phrase: "DEconstitutional" - the deconstruction of the U.S.C.  file83   Mar-12-06 12:46 PM   #55 
  - Major breach of First Amendment Rights.  The Backlash Cometh   Mar-12-06 09:47 AM   #10 
  - Let them just try to enforce  C_U_L8R   Mar-12-06 09:51 AM   #11 
  - You think this is bad? Its only going to get much, much worse.  juliana24   Mar-12-06 09:55 PM   #144 
  - Covering their lying behinds..they KNOW they've broken the law..  Blaze Diem   Mar-12-06 09:56 AM   #12 
  - But he said on TV at least 30 times, if I do it, it's OK. I'm the pRes...  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 05:51 PM   #110 
  - oh we are so fucked nt  natrat   Mar-12-06 10:00 AM   #14 
  - No, THEY are the ones that are fucked. If they keep this up...  file83   Mar-12-06 12:18 PM   #35 
  - Surveillance Nation- All Systems Go  Clara T   Mar-12-06 10:01 AM   #15 
  - !  Blue State Native   Mar-12-06 04:50 PM   #96 
  - They've signed their pledge to him already.  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 05:58 PM   #111 
     - Gee, why does all this sound so familiar....kind of like we were warned  file83   Mar-12-06 07:21 PM   #128 
  - Has anyone ever read the book of Revelations?  Brothaman2k   Mar-12-06 09:09 PM   #139 
  - Who cares?  meganmonkey   Mar-12-06 10:02 AM   #16 
  - Outrageous  gemdem   Mar-12-06 10:04 AM   #17 
  - like your voted counted anway not  natrat   Mar-12-06 10:42 AM   #26 
  - You Got To Be F'in Kidding Me.......  global1   Mar-12-06 10:07 AM   #19 
  - This bill is the tipping point. If it passes, everything else is lost.  file83   Mar-12-06 12:37 PM   #50 
     - No offense, but aren't we ALWAYS at some "tipping point" with them?  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 04:46 PM   #94 
        - Sort of, but this Bill is the most insane of them all...  file83   Mar-12-06 07:32 PM   #129 
  - The Fourth Reich is alive and well.  lpbk2713   Mar-12-06 10:07 AM   #20 
  - Junta disregards laws until they get caught , so make catching 'em illegal  havocmom   Mar-12-06 10:07 AM   #21 
  - THE "INCOMPREHENSIBLE" ESPIONAGE ACT OF 1917  Clara T   Mar-12-06 10:13 AM   #22 
  - Re: Section 3 -  Nostradammit   Mar-12-06 01:29 PM   #66 
  - It was an Executive Order  TorchesAndPitchforks   Mar-12-06 02:04 PM   #72 
     - We are NOT at war -  Nostradammit   Mar-12-06 02:47 PM   #78 
        - Congress was banned haven't you heard  Clara T   Mar-12-06 03:32 PM   #87 
  - Gag.  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 04:51 PM   #97 
  - (&%#ing scary.  DarkTirade   Mar-12-06 10:25 AM   #23 
  - another outrageous Bush act!!!  NVMojo   Mar-12-06 10:59 AM   #27 
  - So, let me get this straight...  area51   Mar-12-06 11:10 AM   #28 
  - Bottom line ....  lpbk2713   Mar-12-06 12:25 PM   #42 
  - And here I was...  rambler_american   Mar-12-06 11:23 AM   #29 
  - This just STINKS of fear  JackintheGreen   Mar-12-06 11:25 AM   #30 
  - They should call it  Mythsaje   Mar-12-06 12:00 PM   #31 
  - They're REALLY scared that people are going to know who they've spied on.  Marr   Mar-12-06 12:08 PM   #32 
  - This bill begs the question....just how much SPYING is really going on?  file83   Mar-12-06 12:16 PM   #34 
     - The way this form of "tapping" works, they monitor pretty much everyone.  ReadTomPaine   Mar-12-06 12:31 PM   #45 
        - A friend of mine used to work for Qwest, the phone company in  file83   Mar-12-06 01:27 PM   #65 
  - Sig Heil Mein Führer! You can do no wrong!  file83   Mar-12-06 12:13 PM   #33 
  - Halliburton?  NJCher   Mar-12-06 12:55 PM   #58 
  - This is getting more terrifying by the minute.  TheGoldenRule   Mar-12-06 12:21 PM   #36 
  - The descent into darkness.......  Bob K   Mar-12-06 12:26 PM   #43 
  - There is darkness...  TheGoldenRule   Mar-13-06 10:01 AM   #154 
  - Relax. When the time comes to act, we will all instinctively know  kestrel91316   Mar-12-06 07:53 PM   #133 
  - Thanks for the positive words.  TheGoldenRule   Mar-13-06 09:58 AM   #153 
     - I think when Bush attacks Iran he will find that he has gone  kestrel91316   Mar-13-06 10:47 AM   #155 
  - Thats what they want you to feel. Fear and more fear.  juliana24   Mar-12-06 09:51 PM   #143 
     - I hear you-Thanks for the pep talk!  TheGoldenRule   Mar-13-06 09:53 AM   #152 
  - Sounds like it's time for Sybil Edmunds to come forward with Dem sponsors.  ReadTomPaine   Mar-12-06 12:22 PM   #37 
  - But..but..it's for our protection from tyranny.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Mar-12-06 12:22 PM   #38 
  - Note well the probable election year set-up.  TahitiNut   Mar-12-06 12:43 PM   #54 
  - Not to mention - they will be protecting their most valuable...  file83   Mar-12-06 12:52 PM   #56 
  - Exactly right!  Blutodog   Mar-12-06 05:33 PM   #102 
  - Yes. And, the rollover wing of the Dems will vote for it.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Mar-12-06 12:55 PM   #57 
     - Yep. Let's never underestimate the duplicity, hypocrisy, and cynicism ...  TahitiNut   Mar-12-06 01:39 PM   #69 
     - Ur right!  Blutodog   Mar-12-06 05:34 PM   #104 
     - EXisting laws already make their acts illegal because they...  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 06:18 PM   #120 
  - Touche!  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 05:59 PM   #112 
  - I sent this to all the major media outlets  rg302200   Mar-12-06 12:23 PM   #39 
  - Good Job 00rg302200 !!  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 06:20 PM   #122 
  - Eavesdrop this MOFOs: I confess I am guilty of thoughtcrime  Generic Other   Mar-12-06 12:23 PM   #40 
  - Heil Bushler!  leftofthedial   Mar-12-06 12:30 PM   #44 
  - Tell the good Senator from Main what is on your mind...  file83   Mar-12-06 12:35 PM   #47 
  - O.K., Maybe it's time to start talking about Impeachment of Congressmen!  Up2Late   Mar-12-06 12:36 PM   #48 
  - Sign me up!  file83   Mar-12-06 12:40 PM   #53 
  - Concerned voters of these states need to remember these names......  lpbk2713   Mar-12-06 12:36 PM   #49 
  - There's Ohio again.  ReadTomPaine   Mar-12-06 12:38 PM   #51 
  - Curious that OHIO would want to protect criminal government activities...  file83   Mar-12-06 12:39 PM   #52 
     - Since they've been doing it so well for so long, yes.  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 06:21 PM   #123 
  - "What have you got to hide?" I got a cover up for that, ya know.  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 06:13 PM   #118 
  - I will Not comply  proud patriot   Mar-12-06 12:57 PM   #59 
  - This is the only way the reign of madness will end.  ReadTomPaine   Mar-12-06 01:47 PM   #70 
  - !!  Jack Rabbit   Mar-12-06 05:34 PM   #103 
  - As a law-abiding citizen, that is a law I would truly be proud to break.  spanone   Mar-12-06 12:57 PM   #60 
  - This ticks me off.  Laelth   Mar-12-06 01:18 PM   #61 
  - What. The. Fuck?!  sakabatou   Mar-12-06 01:21 PM   #62 
  - Welcome to your new Fascist Dictotorship.  Beelzebud   Mar-12-06 01:21 PM   #63 
  - Brilliant!  Octafish   Mar-12-06 01:22 PM   #64 
  - The dictatorship is coming along quite nicely :((  cassiepriam   Mar-12-06 01:31 PM   #67 
  - WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING TO AMERICA?  liberal N proud   Mar-12-06 01:34 PM   #68 
  - Well, it sure ain't secret if they go blabbing about it...  electron_blue   Mar-12-06 01:49 PM   #71 
  - Hmmm. Impeachment would be difficult.  Festivito   Mar-12-06 02:06 PM   #73 
  - Don't worry about this guys. This is so arrogant...  Independent_Liberal   Mar-12-06 02:25 PM   #74 
  - But  Emit   Mar-12-06 02:37 PM   #75 
  - I can't remember how many times I've said that  SofaKingLiberal   Mar-12-06 03:24 PM   #83 
  - Something being arrogant, insane, criminal or all the above is no  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 06:06 PM   #115 
  - I remember how confident I was that Abu Ghraib was the death  long_green   Mar-12-06 03:29 PM   #86 
  - If this sort of shit was going to bring them down  NCevilDUer   Mar-12-06 05:31 PM   #100 
  - Nonsense...  Stand and Fight   Mar-13-06 02:31 PM   #157 
  - THE PRESIDENT IS BREAKING THE LAW  Jack Rabbit   Mar-12-06 02:46 PM   #77 
  - That's CRIMINAL!  Hubert Flottz   Mar-12-06 02:50 PM   #80 
  - Just thought you would like to know.  gordianot   Mar-12-06 03:18 PM   #82 
  - Something popped into my head just now.  Independent_Liberal   Mar-12-06 03:26 PM   #84 
  - I agree with you. I have had a feeling for a few weeks now that this  DaytonOHDem   Mar-13-06 06:09 PM   #159 
  - The second amendment is sounding more and more important  Lucky Luciano   Mar-12-06 03:57 PM   #89 
  - Why do Republicans  muntrv   Mar-12-06 04:14 PM   #92 
  - K & R - extremely important. Media blast and Congress blast on this  Nothing Without Hope   Mar-12-06 04:48 PM   #95 
  - Letter to MN Senator Mark Dayton  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 05:27 PM   #99 
  - Nixon was not impeached for saying that  Jack Rabbit   Mar-12-06 05:32 PM   #101 
     - My bad.  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 06:10 PM   #117 
  - Letter to Senator Norm Coleman MN  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 05:44 PM   #105 
  - oops - should have said "alleged crimes committed in office"  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 05:46 PM   #106 
     - That's OK, Tigress DEM, you'll be in good company. You  CLW   Mar-12-06 06:03 PM   #114 
        - Thanks, this was my "nicest" one so far.  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 06:09 PM   #116 
  - Bush has spoken of "fifth columners"  Neil Lisst   Mar-12-06 05:50 PM   #109 
  - HOLY F*#*@)! S#(!  berni_mccoy   Mar-12-06 06:02 PM   #113 
  - Its the new Democracy (aka Despotism)  Mrspeeker   Mar-12-06 06:16 PM   #119 
  - Gosh aren't we supposed to have a FREE PRESS?!  mzmolly   Mar-12-06 06:19 PM   #121 
  - They thought that meant it was FReE to do TheIR bidding. nt  Tigress DEM   Mar-12-06 06:22 PM   #124 
  - Big Brother Is Listening  Clara T   Mar-12-06 07:33 PM   #130 
  - If the U.S. Constitution were a ship....this Bill would be the Ice Berg  file83   Mar-12-06 07:40 PM   #131 
  - UN-FUCKING-CONSTITUTIONAL!!!!  ih8thegop   Mar-12-06 07:44 PM   #132 
  - You're not allowed to call it that anymore.  rucky   Mar-13-06 04:24 AM   #148 
  - its sounds like the law would violate the first amedment and be unconst.  madmark   Mar-12-06 07:57 PM   #134 
  - I predict  Bushladen   Mar-12-06 09:04 PM   #138 
  - Totalitarianism...  marmar   Mar-12-06 08:42 PM   #135 
  - Letter to my Senator  Brothaman2k   Mar-12-06 09:02 PM   #137 
  - What next? making it a crime to read the Constitution perhaps  nolabels   Mar-12-06 09:32 PM   #141 
  - There's no stopping the Reich is there?  savemefromdumbya   Mar-12-06 09:42 PM   #142 
  - Yet another reason Republican voters will stay away from the polls.  McCamy Taylor   Mar-12-06 09:59 PM   #145 
  - Isn't this an Ex Post Facto Law???  Leopolds Ghost   Mar-12-06 10:35 PM   #146 
  - Wonder how this ties in with the 2004 stolen election?  Old and In the Way   Mar-12-06 11:07 PM   #147 
  - hard to claim this is about terrorism when this language is included  salin   Mar-13-06 06:16 AM   #149 
  - I guess Diebold has already chosen the next president...  Pryderi   Mar-13-06 08:26 AM   #150 
  - It is amazing to me  Debau2005   Mar-13-06 11:51 AM   #156 
  - Maybe they do see long term...  Stand and Fight   Mar-13-06 03:15 PM   #158 
     - Good point!  Debau2005   Mar-13-06 06:17 PM   #161 
  - The enabling act?  usregimechange   Mar-13-06 06:11 PM   #160 
  - Cartoon: "Pee-Yew Nuts" or "Barry Goldwater Turns in His Grave"  McCamy Taylor   Mar-13-06 08:35 PM   #162 
 

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