GOOD NEWS: Bush's Spy Bill Approved By Senate!

[doh_phooey]

Wardtime President: A president who turns America into a police state via warrantless domestic wiretaps, warrantless searches and seizures, suspension of habeas corpus, secret military tribunals, and indefinite detention of citizens without charge.


Senate approves surveillance authorization
By Lara Jakes Jordan
Associated Press
08/04/2007

WASHINGTON - In a high-stakes showdown over national security, the Senate voted late Friday to give President Bush temporary authority to eavesdrop on foreign terrorists without court warrants.

The White House applauded the Senate vote and urged the House to quickly follow suit.

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_6543563





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[derby378]

1. And this is good news BECAUSE...??

:shrug:

[acmavm]

2. I think we were supposed to 'understand' the sarcasm. He should have

used the little thingy. You know :sarcasm:

[derby378]

3. Maybe, but I'm still waking up...

It's been one of those weeks. Hell, one of those months.

[doh_phooey]

6. Because anytime Bush gets more power it's good news

for DICTATORSHIP.

The Rule Of Men prevails!

(Constitution is just a g'damn piece of paper.)

:sarcasm:

[Hubert Flottz]

4. Good news for the terrorists!

America is another giant step closer to being a third world country. The terrorists terrorize to destroy our democracy and to take away our freedom and liberty. Their objective is to CHANGE America for the worse and their plan is working like a fucking charm.

Soon the nazi slap and "Where Are Your Papers Swine," will be as common in your neighborhood, as it was in 1939 Germany...

[doh_phooey]

7. who hates freedom more, Bush or Osama?

(remember Bush's "they hate us for our freedom"?)

[Breeze54]

5. LMAO! Great pics!!

Thanks!!

:patriot:

[doh_phooey]

19. he's watching us

[Beelzebud]

8. I'm so proud of our Dems for standing tall with our fearless President in this dangerous time!

Woo HOOOOOO!!!!!

Yeah!

Way to go Democrats!

Stand tall and proud with Bush and Gonzo!

They'll keep you safe at night from the evil-doers!


America - FUCK YEAH!!!!

[doh_phooey]

10. there's still one last chance to stop it

In the House:

http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml

[doh_phooey]

9. we were WARNED!

Gore: Resist Bush's 'excessive power grab'

Former vice president calls for probe into warrantless wiretaps

Monday, January 16, 2006; Posted: 7:57 p.m. EST (00:57 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Vice President Al Gore called on Congress and the public to resist what he called "a gross and excessive power grab" by the Bush administration amid the war on terrorism, declaring that "our Constitution is at risk."

Gore said the use of the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans without court approval shows that President Bush "has been breaking the law repeatedly and persistently."

"A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/16/gore.constitution/

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. Freedom is slavery

what freedom?

[doh_phooey]

12. freedom to worship

... Bush

[doh_phooey]

13. "I'll be watching you!"

[doh_phooey]

14. More "good" news: House Follows Senate

House Approves Broader Surveillance Legislation

By Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, August 4, 2007; 10:54 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/04/AR2007080401744.html

[Norwood]

15. Why dont they just say it, This is a dictatorship....

What the preznit wants he gets no matter what. The congress will do nothing to stop this madman because they're all scared the meanie repukes will say bad things about them. Whenever he wants something passed, it gets past, no compromise. I'm just so tired of watching our 'leaders' lay down and give up at the times they need to stand up and fight! Just so tired of it.

[doh_phooey]

16. he did say it

"A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it."

-- Washington, DC, July 26, 2001, commenting on negotiating with Congress

http://www.thedubyareport.com/quotes.html

[doh_phooey]

17. Enough Already with the Pathetic Excuses

Meteor Blades

You leaders don’t have to explain about the paper-thin majority. You don’t have point out that it’s important to choose your fights. Understood. But this isn’t about corn subsidies, or earmarks or resolutions establishing Soap Carvers of America Day. Constitutional protections are at stake. Most people won’t blame you for losing if you put up a good fight. But how can you expect to avoid blame when you don’t?

There comes a time when giving in to the demolition of constitutional protections can no longer be considered a matter of being weak or unthinking. Rather it must be considered complicity.

http://www.dailykos.com/

[doh_phooey]

18. Rove is a happy camper today

Despite the administration’s assurance that political abuses wouldn’t happen, the capability would be a huge temptation for political strategists like Karl Rove who have made clear that they view anyone not supporting Bush’s war on terror as a terrorist ally.

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/9124

[doh_phooey]

20. ACLU Responds

ACLU Condemns Senate for Passing Spy Law Changes (8/4/2007)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: [email protected]

WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union today condemned the House and Senate for bowing to pressure from the Bush administration and rushing to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The administration lobbied heavily to alter the legislation before Congress recessed. The White House pushed for sweeping changes to the spy law after a FISA court judge recently rejected its use of wide-scale, untargeted surveillance. The bill was passed in the Senate by a vote of 60 to 28, and the House is poised to take up the same legislation late tonight.

“We are deeply disappointed that the president’s tactics of fearmongering have once again forced Congress into submission,” said Anthony Romero, executive director of the ACLU. “That a Democratically-controlled Senate would be strong-armed by the Bush administration is astonishing. This Congress may prove to be as spineless in standing up to the Bush Administration as the one that enacted the Patriot Act or the Military Commissions Act.”

The legislation that passed would allow for the intelligence agencies to intercept – without a court order – the calls and emails of Americans who are communicating with people abroad, and puts authority for doing so in the hands of the attorney general. No protections exist for Americans whose calls or emails are vacuumed up, leaving it to the executive branch to collect, sort, and use this information as it sees fit.

“It seems that political cover is more important to our senators than the rights and privacy of those they represent,” added Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. “The administration is on the verge of reviving a warrantless wiretapping program even broader than the illegal one it conducted before. Though lawmakers claim these changes are temporary, we’ve just witnessed their lack of backbone today and, unfortunately, may soon see it again. Luckily, the sunset expires in the midst of primary season – so the voters will be able to keep lawmakers at their word.”

To read the ACLU’s letter to Congressional leadership on FISA changes, go to:
www.aclu.org/safefree/general/31154leg20070731.html

To read the ACLU’s Myths and Facts about FISA, go to:
www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/31144res20070731.html


http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/31194prs20070804.html