Posts Tagged ‘FISA’

Obama on Ethics and Responsibility

Filed under: Obama Administration — by Will Kirkland 01/21/2009 @ 8:56:37 PM
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Listening to this clip will set you off on a good day. You could play it at the breakfast table for everyone. We’ve got ourselves a very … [Keep reading >>]

FISA and YOU

Filed under: Action! | Civil Liberties | Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 07/2/2008 @ 9:20:54 PM
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Please go and pitch your voice.

Blue America is launching a call tool today to help you get in touch with Senators regarding the FISA bill. We’re trying to … [Keep reading >>]

Friends of Obama Amping Up the Protest

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 07/2/2008 @ 12:07:46 PM
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Even James Risen in the NY Times takes notice, albeit on page A12.

In recent days, more than 7,000 Obama supporters have organized on a social networking site on Mr. Obama’s … [Keep reading >>]

FISA: Senator – Represent Us

Filed under: Civil Liberties — by Will Kirkland 06/28/2008 @ 8:38:52 PM
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Dear Senator Feinstein:

I write to you today to express my concerns, and the concerns of the members of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, regarding the FISA/telecom immunity bill that … [Keep reading >>]

The Candidate and The Court

Filed under: Law | Presidential 2008 | Supreme Court — by Will Kirkland 06/28/2008 @ 2:47:39 PM
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Besides the wild fires burning out of control all over California, and for us in the Bay Area most especially those threatening Big Sur, there was significant news last week, … [Keep reading >>]

Obama and FISA

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 06/27/2008 @ 9:25:15 PM
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There is a lot to be said, and being said, about Obama and the FISA scandal. I’m gathering up some of the best writing I’ve seen and will try … [Keep reading >>]

Why The Footsoldiers Are Pissed at the Standard Bearer

Filed under: Blogs | Civil Liberties | Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 06/25/2008 @ 9:50:27 PM
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Good article at Politico:

“The FISA debate marks the presumptive Democratic nominee’s first serious break from the liberal Netroots in the general election. He is still their candidate, but the FISA … [Keep reading >>]

A Glimmer of Hope for Stopping the FISA Bill — All but Out

Filed under: Civil Liberties — by Will Kirkland 06/25/2008 @ 8:15:35 PM
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Update Below With Names…

Chris Dodd’s Speech and a Glimmer of Hope for Stopping the FISA Bill

by Glenn Greenwald

Back in December, Harry Reid’s plan was to have the Senate quickly … [Keep reading >>]

Courage Campaign to Senator Feinstein

Filed under: Action! | Civil Liberties — by Will Kirkland 06/25/2008 @ 6:55:57 PM
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“Retroactive immunity for telecoms — and for the Bush Administration — is simply unacceptable.

As Charlie Brown — a Democratic candidate for Congress in the rural, conservative 4th district of California … [Keep reading >>]

Senator Dodd on Abuse of America

Filed under: Civil Liberties | Congress — by Will Kirkland 06/24/2008 @ 8:52:49 PM
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I am here today to implore my colleagues to vote against cloture in the morning.

And let me make clear, at the outset of this debate, that this is not … [Keep reading >>]

FISA: It’s The CYA

Filed under: Civil Liberties — by Will Kirkland 06/23/2008 @ 9:35:59 PM
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Feingold: “I do think this is a total farce with regard to the immunity [for telecommunications companies]. It basically guarantees the immunity,” Feingold said. “It doesn’t simply have the … [Keep reading >>]

Dear Senator Obama

Filed under: Action! | Democrats | Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 06/22/2008 @ 1:23:03 PM
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Update Below

Dear MoveOn member,

On Friday, House Democrats caved to the Bush administration and passed a bill giving a get-out-of-jail-free card to phone companies that helped Bush illegally spy on innocent … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Tom Paine

---"Dissertations on First Principles of Government," 1795


RepublicanGomorrah

Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party, by Max Blumenthal.


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