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Dodd's Filibuster Threat Stalls Wiretap Bill
otakuj462 sends in an important followup to this morning's story on telecom immunity legislation. "Senator Chris Dodd won a temporary victory today after his threats of a filibuster forced Democratic leadership to push back consideration of a measure that would grant immunity to telecom companies that were complicit in warrantless surveillance... [T]he threat of Dodd's filibuster... persuaded Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, to table the act until January. A compromise on the immunity will ostensibly be worked out in the interim period."
the point is that it's out of the hands of those who conspired to violate our Constitutional rights.
No its not. It's just a socialist joke. The Democrats HAVE had companies do the same things themselves, and, in point of fact, demanded legislation to allow far more draconian searches than Bush has ever envisioned. You do recall Clinton's insistence that the FBI have all keys to any crypto system.
So, searches are going to go on. They aren't going to stop. And what's going to happen is that Dems are going to kill two birds with one stone - first, they'll keep the power of the government, because at the end of the day, that's what they want, and they'll eliminate another business and create yet another class of sheeples dependent on government services, to gain even more power.
It's just about power, and if you think its anything else, about "your constitutional rights", then, the proof is very simple: Let's see Democrats introduce legislation to repeal the USA PATRIOT Act. WHERE THE HELL IS IT? WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A F--ING YEAR FOR IT.
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Ron Paul believes government is not functional, and therefore is unlikely to be able to run a functional government.
Ron Paul wants to gut social programs people have worked hard over the last 50 years to get.
Ron Paul would want to abolish our dept of education(student loans), the IRS, dept of homeland security, FEMA, participation in the UN, participation in NATO, and contributions to unicef.
Ron Paul is no savior for this country, he is just another republican looking to weaken the government.