Democratic Senate Votes To Expand Warrantless Surveillance

[spanone]

that's right folks our fearless leaders gave the lying shit gonzales power over over lives last nite.

The Senate bowed to White House pressure last night and passed a Republican plan for overhauling the federal government's terrorist surveillance laws, approving changes that would temporarily give U.S. spy agencies expanded power to eavesdrop on foreign suspects without a court order.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/03/AR2007080302296.html?hpid=topnews

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. Why is it that a Republican majority can do WTF they want?

And when we have a majority, the Republcians still get to do whatever the fuck they want? It's making me add credence to the idea that there's only one party in US politics.

[tecelote]

2. Just goes to prove that we are not of concern anymore.

America is a corporation and we are not the stockholders.

[bearfan454]

4. That is sad but true.

Very sad but true.

[bearfan454]

3. Foreign suspects ?

You know these piece of shit criminals will use it on US citizens too. They probably have been using it on US citizens this whole time anyways.

[spanone]

5. More power for the lying Alberto Gonzales....good move Senators

boy, intelligence is not a requirement to be a senator, obviously.

[kurth]

6. It's HARD WORK to call a judge for a rubberstamp

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. OMG. They did it again! They let the freakin' repukes scare them and forced them to make a rushed

decision because WE COULD BE ATTACKED AT ANY TIME...fear! fear! fear! you must pass this before you leave on your recess or we will blame an attack ON YOU, spineless Democrats!

Well, this goes to the House today. Right? Maybe they'll KILL THAT PIECE OF SHIT LEGISLATION! I'm not holding my breath though. I am SO FREAKIN' MAD right now!!@#$%$#@ NOT a good way to start my day. What the hell is wrong with these people?! Don't they see what they're doing?

[CanonRay]

8. I can't believe after all Gonzalez's lies, they'd give him more power!

[spanone]

10. that part of it is breathtakingly pathetic.

[spartan61]

9. I wrote a scathing letter to my Democrat Senator , Bill Nelson of FL

letting him know how disgusted I am with his vote to expand these powers. I also wrote:
Senate Dems blink...give Bush his spy bill.

Senate Dems blink...give him his Iraq funding.

Senate Dems blink...no timetable.

Senate Dems blink...at everything they promised last November.

Senate Dems will blink repeatedly when they wake up at the NEXT election as private citizens.

Well folks, once again, it doesn't really matter what we the people want, it's only what the prez and Congress wants. I guess our only hope for this right now is the House. Will they cave too?

[WA98296]

11. Can anyone explain why we should support these "dems" at all? They're an embarrassment.