unamericanrevolution.com— The FISA debate is rousing passions like few before it, but today, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama crossed the line.
Dec 17, 2007View in Crawl 4
Hmmm...I don't recall either the Bible or Qu'ran including procedures whereby the congregation can revise the text. Not to say that certain religious groups haven't, but they usually call that a schism and the two groups separate and call each other heretics for the rest of their existence. We've managed to amend the Constitution quite a bit and only have one Civil War - and we even managed to stay together after that one.
I would rather have a president who's stated objective is to preserve freedom of religion, unlike Ron Paul who's stated objective is to raise his church above the state. Sometimes they really do mean what they say. Sometimes you should listen to those you would put into high office.
Senator Feinstein wants the best of both worlds in her letter to me today in reply to my request to not vote for any immunity:"I introduced an amendment on the Senate floor that would limit this grant of immunity. Under my amendment, cases against the telecommunications companies would go to the FISA Court for judicial review. The Court would only provide immunity if it finds that the alleged assistance was not provided, that assistance met legal requirements, or that a company had a good faith, reasonable belief that assistance was legal.I believe that this approach strikes the correct balance: it maintains court review and a judicial determination of whether companies provided assistance that they should have known violated the law.I have also filed an amendment to restore FISA's exclusivity, to ensure that no surveillance program can proceed outside the law in the way that the Terrorist Surveillance Program did for more than five years.Rest assured that I will make every effort to ensure that new FISA legislation will protect the privacy rights of all Americans without restricting the intelligence community's ability to protect us from attack.Again, thank you for writing. I hope that you will continue to write on matters of importance to you. Best regards.Sincerely yours,Dianne FeinsteinUnited States Senator"
phiz187Dec 18, 2007
"National Security Republicans," are just pants-pissing cowards.
babywookieDec 18, 2007
Except for Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel.
blindhammerDec 19, 2007
... or treason ...
johnnickDec 19, 2007
Hmmm...I don't recall either the Bible or Qu'ran including procedures whereby the congregation can revise the text. Not to say that certain religious groups haven't, but they usually call that a schism and the two groups separate and call each other heretics for the rest of their existence. We've managed to amend the Constitution quite a bit and only have one Civil War - and we even managed to stay together after that one.
joevetDec 20, 2007
I would rather have a president who's stated objective is to preserve freedom of religion, unlike Ron Paul who's stated objective is to raise his church above the state. Sometimes they really do mean what they say. Sometimes you should listen to those you would put into high office.
joevetDec 27, 2007
Explain his attempt at banning freedom of religion, the right to privacy, and the right to due process under the law.... <a class="user" href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-300">http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill= ...</a>
eyespyproJan 22, 2008
Senator Feinstein wants the best of both worlds in her letter to me today in reply to my request to not vote for any immunity:"I introduced an amendment on the Senate floor that would limit this grant of immunity. Under my amendment, cases against the telecommunications companies would go to the FISA Court for judicial review. The Court would only provide immunity if it finds that the alleged assistance was not provided, that assistance met legal requirements, or that a company had a good faith, reasonable belief that assistance was legal.I believe that this approach strikes the correct balance: it maintains court review and a judicial determination of whether companies provided assistance that they should have known violated the law.I have also filed an amendment to restore FISA's exclusivity, to ensure that no surveillance program can proceed outside the law in the way that the Terrorist Surveillance Program did for more than five years.Rest assured that I will make every effort to ensure that new FISA legislation will protect the privacy rights of all Americans without restricting the intelligence community's ability to protect us from attack.Again, thank you for writing. I hope that you will continue to write on matters of importance to you. Best regards.Sincerely yours,Dianne FeinsteinUnited States Senator"