Comments on: Fun and Games With FISA http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/18/fun-and-games-with-fisa/ Making the World Safe for Liberalism Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:36:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Doug Hughes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/18/fun-and-games-with-fisa/comment-page-1/#comment-330159 Doug Hughes Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:55:08 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2202#comment-330159 Can anyone explain to me WHY the Democrats would consider amnesty for the Telecoms in any revised FISA legislation? Other than campaign contributions, I mean. I read Glen Greenwald and I have one question. How much money were the Telecoms paid to sell out their clients and customers? Can anyone explain to me WHY the Democrats would consider amnesty for the Telecoms in any revised FISA legislation? Other than campaign contributions, I mean. I read Glen Greenwald and I have one question. How much money were the Telecoms paid to sell out their clients and customers?

]]> By: felicity http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/18/fun-and-games-with-fisa/comment-page-1/#comment-329961 felicity Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:18:40 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2202#comment-329961 Didn't the original FISA bill contain provisions that a warrant could be obtained within 72 hours AFTER the fact and/or within 15 days AFTER the fact depending on certain circumstances? That said, last week the Dem argument supporting Bush on FISA was because should there be a terrorist attack any Dem voting to not support Bush etc. would be blamed for the attack. Nevermind the face-value idiocy of that excuse, nobody blamed Bush for 9/11 in spite of the fact that it happened on his watch. He even got re-elected. Apparently the Dems missed that little fact when they contrived the argument to support him. Brain-dead is all I can say. Didn’t the original FISA bill contain provisions that a warrant could be obtained within 72 hours AFTER the fact and/or within 15 days AFTER the fact depending on certain circumstances?

That said, last week the Dem argument supporting Bush on FISA was because should there be a terrorist attack any Dem voting to not support Bush etc. would be blamed for the attack. Nevermind the face-value idiocy of that excuse, nobody blamed Bush for 9/11 in spite of the fact that it happened on his watch. He even got re-elected. Apparently the Dems missed that little fact when they contrived the argument to support him. Brain-dead is all I can say.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/18/fun-and-games-with-fisa/comment-page-1/#comment-329860 Bonnie Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:21:31 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2202#comment-329860 America has been betrayed by the people who are supposed to be working for America. I agree, vote them all out of office. America has been betrayed by the people who are supposed to be working for America. I agree, vote them all out of office.

]]> By: c u n d gulag http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/18/fun-and-games-with-fisa/comment-page-1/#comment-329716 c u n d gulag Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:14:42 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2202#comment-329716 None of this should come as any surprise - least of all the telecom amnesty. The Corporatist's who are our legistlator's can't look out for the peoples welfare because they're too busy lining their pocket's for future elections where they'll need more cash. "Children, can you say "Quid pro quo? I knew that you could..." Granting these companies amnesty before knowing what they did is a travesty of justice. Though we think we know what they did, we'll never know. It's like having a suspect in police custody and giving them amnesty before the detectives can investigate what was done. We have two choices to save America: 1. Vote them all out. 2. Public financing of elections. There's a third choice, of course. But I'll leave it at that... None of this should come as any surprise – least of all the telecom amnesty.
The Corporatist’s who are our legistlator’s can’t look out for the peoples welfare because they’re too busy lining their pocket’s for future elections where they’ll need more cash. “Children, can you say “Quid pro quo? I knew that you could…”
Granting these companies amnesty before knowing what they did is a travesty of justice. Though we think we know what they did, we’ll never know. It’s like having a suspect in police custody and giving them amnesty before the detectives can investigate what was done.
We have two choices to save America:
1. Vote them all out.
2. Public financing of elections.
There’s a third choice, of course. But I’ll leave it at that…

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