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House Votes For Telco Immunity; Obama Will Support?
We discussed telecom immunity yesterday ahead of the House vote. It passed by 293 votes to 129. Only one Republican voted against the bill; Democrats were evenly split. It now goes to the Senate. Reader Verteiron points out that Glenn Greenwald has up a post titled "Statement of Barack Obama supporting Hoyer FISA bill." It says that Obama will try to get the immunity provision removed, but failing that will vote for the overhauled wiretapping bill anyway. I couldn't find this on Obama's official site. Anyone seen a position from the McCain camp?
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I find it slightly ironic that between this post and yesterdays' preceeding thread on the same subject there have been countless individuals writing to express their disappointment in government, the political duopoly that controls it; and, for many, their avowed independence of both.
Yet, for all the mention of BBarr/RPaul and the Libertarians (whom i generally respect) and a minor tip-o-the-hat to the greens; no one person
has brought up the ghost in the machine: good old Ralph!, the great
spoiler.
Allowing that his bombastic nature is derived from decades of outrage and
trying to keep the smoke between his ears, this guy is the only one
with a proven track record of both anti-corporatism, an uncanny ability
to organize due to the inherent righteousness of his causes
(i.e. public safety in the true sense, not more LEA legislation), and
in his track record of getting those laws passed.
One need only look at the mines, the "dirty jobs" to see the impact
of his efforts. And yet, even those people who have directly benefited
from his labors (most all of us) write him off as some nutjob.
Is this because, as he alleges, the media and the duopoly have /. are not unawares.
cast him into a black hole; successfully silencing him? Seems
possible to me. But we here on
So why the absence of his name on the 'alternative' list?
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