rawstory.com — The day after Congress enacted reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, President Bush said he would seek more authority from Congress, especially to protect telecommunications companies who "allegedly assist" the government in spying.
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apothekariAug 7, 2007
Maybe we can trick them {Bush & Cheney}into becoming Genies!It worked for Iago and Jafar."PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS!""itty bitty living space."
iradikAug 7, 2007
We need to wake up and realize that both parties are owned by the New World Order. The two-party system is designed to completely enslave us. The Dems ought to be shutting down every power this President has until he pulls out of Iraq, it proves that everything they do is just for show, a psych tactic designed to keep us at bay thinking they will do something. How stupid do they think we are?
bobzibubAug 7, 2007
I think that the regular American is busy waving flags, supporting the troops, being generally doing his or her best to be patriotic. Few Americans will critique a government policy without the "while I love my country" catch-phrase. Why is that? I Don't remember English, Canadians, Germans, South Africans, etc. saying that. It isn't just because Americans are patriotic and everyone else is not; that is clearly not the case. But regular Americans are *fearful* of being portrayed as unpatriotic. I would argue that patriotism has turned into suppression of speech and ideas, in the US. If you want an example of a free speech zone, look at England, and not simply "speakers' corner". While there are cameras everywhere, they do have politicians that say things even regular people would never, ever say here. Yet their constitution guarantees no such right.The regular terrorist, however, knows that all electronic communication is watched. Even way back from the Echelon days. OBL always used human couriers, if I recall.Btw, I'm a Canuck, so reply at your own peril. You could be (legally) watched by your government.
johnnyxmasAug 7, 2007
Also known as the AT&T Bill.
hippyinasuitAug 7, 2007
You do know then don't want you to have kids, correct? Who will fight them when you're dead? Are we going to just give them the entire world?
crashmodemAug 7, 2007
I don't get it, the American public voted this assh**e to be their president twice.
slmdmdAug 7, 2007
I seriously doubt this guy would simply give up his powers in 2008. Watch history repeating itself. I am no expert but it looks like WWII Germany is now WWIII USA
ahawksAug 7, 2007
OK, well let's start with how Bushy could have done things better, and I'll even ignore the strong possibility that he either knew about 9/11 and did nothing, or even orchestrated it.- Drop what he was doing (reading children's books) and start acting when he heard- Arrest every Bin Laden family member on U.S. grounds instead of giving them flights back home, while all air traffic was grounded- use them to find him. Do not stop until you have his body.- Do not go after random countries like Afganistan and Iraq (and Iran?) simply so you can have an oil pipeline put through the region. - Don't admit that you don't spend very much time worrying about OsamaFurther, I could give a rat's ass if another 9/11 happens. Those who are willing to surrender their freedom for safety will lose both and deserve neither. I'd rather risk the 1/100000000 chance of dying in a "terrorist attack" than having my civil liberties eroded away day after day for 8 solid years.
ggogleAug 8, 2007
"An evil exists that threatens every man, woman and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland."-George W. Bush when announcing the Department of Homeland Security to the american people"An evil exists that threatens every man, woman and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland."-Adolf Hitler when announcing Gestapo to the german people