Wa Jour cspan talking of Feingold Censure Resolution

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1. someone just called Feingold a coward

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2. Pedro asking callers about how feel about 2 Senators supporting Feingold

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3. Pedro reading some of Feingolds resolution.

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4. A caller says since Dems couldn't win an election--we now do the Censure

bit. cocky guy!

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5. reading part of art--saying lawyers/physicians may not be exluded from

NSA's spy program.

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8. here is one article that was posted on DU

....DOJ: NSA Could've Monitored Lawyers' Calls


WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency could have legally monitored ordinarily confidential communications between doctors and patients or attorneys and their clients, the Justice Department said Friday of its controversial warrantless surveillance program....

Since the program was disclosed in December, some skeptical lawmakers have investigated the Bush administration's legal footing, raising questions including whether the program could capture doctor-patient and attorney-client communications. Such communications normally receive special legal protections.

"Although the program does not specifically target the communications of attorneys or physicians, calls involving such persons would not be categorically excluded from interception," the department said.

The department said the same general criteria for the surveillance program would also apply to doctors' and lawyers' calls: one party must be outside the United States and there must be reason to believe one party is linked to al-Qaida. The department's written response also said that these communications aren't specifically targeted and safeguards are in place to protect privacy rights....


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060325/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/e...

[electropop]

34. GOP SOP: Call the bravest cowards.

:eyes:

[stray cat]

37. A coward for standing up to the people in power?

A strange definition of cowardice. Cowards sound like the feeble republican leaders who are afraid to say anything that contradicts the powers that be.

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6. caller saying to spy on us is to controll us.

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7. Also saying the fear instilled by Repugs allows us to hide under a table a

nd let the gov do what it wants. (He did not approve)

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9. Ask C-span to cover Intell Committee Censure Hearing next week

I posted this elsewhere on DU also:---but since it relates to this topic, now is a good time to email them.


Suggest Events: Submit a public event that you think C-SPAN should cover - [email protected]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060324/pl_nm/security_eave ...
Senate hearing set on move to censure Bush

15 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Friday it would hold a hearing next week on a call by a Democratic lawmaker to censure President George W. Bush for his domestic spy program.

In a one-sentence notice, the panel said the hearing would be held next Friday by the order of its chairman, Republican Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record) of Pennsylvania, who has opposed censure.

Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record) of Wisconsin introduced a resolution last week calling for a Senate censure of the president, charging that Bush's warrantless domestic surveillance program was illegal. Revelation of the once-secret program has triggered a political uproar.

"Some Democrats in Congress have decided the president is the enemy and the terrorist surveillance program is grounds for censuring the president," Vice President Dick Cheney told a Republican fund-raiser in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, adding, "The American people have already made their decision. They agree with the president.".......

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
"Glory Days"

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10. a caller said for Dems to 'get over it'--We lost the election.

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11. caller says the pres. is trying to protect us and disagrees with censure

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12. reading article saying political blogs will be excempt from FCC rules.

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13. they believe the gop spin that the spying

is limited to communications with suspected alqeada members. However that isn't the case - there is no caveat - only trigger is that the communication is with someone outside of the country - though Cheney told us that it wasn't likely that they would be interested in our conversation with Aunt Millie in France. Sorta admits that we just have to trust them that it is only about suspected alqeada.

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14. "it wasn't likely " If Cheney did say this--then door is WIDE open!

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15. reading article: Fema breaks promise on recovery work (no bid contracts)

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38. Cheney said something very close to those words

just after the story broke. Something along the lines that we wouldn't be much interested in.... (not that it was not allowed in the program to ...) The door is WIDE open.

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16. Feingold just cranky

because he's going through another divorce? :rofl:

PS I love my Senator Harkin :loveya:

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19. well, I am hoping he stays 'cranky"

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20. Howdy neighbor (and I love my Senator Feingold)

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17. caller referring to Harpers magizine article!! GREAT (on impeachment)

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18. Pedro directing him back to censure --but te he--man says--a bunch of

spineless people in Congress--like Lapham says.

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21. caller says that the Censure Res. opens up dialogue. YES, good.

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22. also saying to read the Harpers article.

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23. repug caller saying He believes in censure--talking about buying China

computers- (cause it costs less says the gov).

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24. hey--this Repug says Dems NOT against monitoring Terrorists!!

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25. says he voted for Bush but this country is in BIG trouble! whow. HOPE is

on the horizen folks.

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26. Pedro reading some of Feingolds resolution. good

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27. caller saying everything Pedro just read was WRONG! --as it has not

gone to SC yet (so do not know if broke law)

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28. for this women I think Cheney's fear mongeling has set in deep.

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29. caller talking about the supposedly 'authority of the Pres" does not

supercede specific laws (FISA).

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30. caller says he is old enough to recall the McCarthy era and radio Edward

R. Murry who was brave enough to stand up to him.

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31. Check this out

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/03/24/ganging_up_on_feingold.php
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Only a conscienceless bully—like the one dissected in the movie “Good Night, and Good Luck,” about Edward R. Murrow’s television crusade against McCarthy’s serial abuse of the public trust—could have come up with the disgustingly misleading radio ads now attacking Sen. Russ Feingold. And only the chickenhearted—or those henpecked by consultants—would fail to back up this courageous figure.

On Wednesday, taking its cues from remarks by President George W. Bush, the GOP launched radio ads against Sen. Feingold in his home state of Wisconsin, with these words: "President Bush is working to keep American families safe…But some Democrats are working against these efforts to secure our country…Their leader is Russ Feingold.”

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35. conscienceless bully— love it. and thanks.

[adigal]

32. Thanks for doing this!!

I missed it, so I appreciate you doing this. :)

[kentuck]

33. I propose a "War on Ignorance"...

Forget the "war on terror, the war on drugs, the war on poverty" etc...

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36. yup, i am with you on this one!