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- ChristPissed, on 01/24/2008, -5/+103Immunity for telecom's crimes = Immunity for bush administration's crimes.
- arrogantprick, on 01/24/2008, -4/+75Dodd and Kucinich seem to actually give a damn about this country. No wonder neither has a real shot at the presidency.
- Napoleone, on 01/24/2008, -5/+38AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-mobile made a combined profit of over $20 BILLION dollars last year. They make that much money year in and year out.
Ask yourself, how deep are their crimes that they feel they could lose ALL THAT MONEY and be bankrupted by lawsuits? - bsgunn, on 01/24/2008, -5/+38What do you know about Trial lawyers?
Why don't you comment on the post instead of posting inflamatory remarks.
I personally applaud Sen.Dodd for standing up against telecomm immunity. I wish more senators from both sides of the aisle would do the same. - swaddict, on 01/24/2008, -3/+29OMG, a Democrat with BALLS!
- askjeffro, on 01/24/2008, -2/+24Fellow diggers,
We need to do more then cheer on Senator Dodd from the sidelines. If you care about this issue, I implore you to contact your state senator TODAY and voice your support (or lack thereof) for Senator Dodd and for preventing immunity.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/ ...
Don't delay, we really only have tonight to make the people's voice heard within the halls of the Senate. - nblsavage, on 01/24/2008, -1/+19Well, I'll be, looks like the Telcoms distributed the funds pretty evenly amongst the parties. Including Nancy "***** worthless" Pelosi.
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/pacrecips.as ...
I am amused to see 'olTed "tubes" Stevens at #2. - Linua, on 01/24/2008, -1/+18This man is a patriot, pure and simple.
- theNazz, on 01/24/2008, -2/+17They need to make the bill 'retro-active' because what the telco companies have done thus far is criminal... and Nancy Pelosi still has impeachment off the table... I vote to hang the Bush Administration and start over.
- nblsavage, on 01/24/2008, -3/+18Care to see how much the telcoms donated to the republicans?
- aliengoods, on 01/24/2008, -2/+15Nice rhetorical question. I'll respond with one. How much are your rights worth? YOU can't put a value on MINE.
- thefirstenemy, on 01/24/2008, -1/+12"Senator Obama unequivocally opposes giving retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies and has cosponsored Senator Dodd's efforts to remove that provision from the FISA bill. Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect. Senator Obama supports a filibuster of this bill, and strongly urges others to do the same."
Senator Obama had vowed to filibuster the bill with Dodd, then Senator Reid had pulled the bill from congress, and Obama had left the capital to resume campaigning and Reid added it again leaving Obama no time to return to the capital. Then Dodd threatened a filibuster and Reid quickly pulled it. - bxblox, on 01/24/2008, -2/+12Dodd is probably the only thing thats been standing between bush and telecom immunity, hopefully he can keep it up
- T8erT0T, on 01/24/2008, -1/+11A good number of democrats really caved on this vote and it's amazing that Dodd is doing this. Next time you watch a Democratic debate, look around the stage. Everyone at a podium doesn't fight nearly as hard as Dodd or Kucinich to stop this nonsense from taking place. Hopefully Dodd will say his piece and there won't be a quick vote to end his filibuster.
- inactive, on 01/24/2008, -2/+11God I love this guy. Even more since he's out of the presidential race.
- bskrabak, on 07/08/2009, -1/+10Dodd to the rescue again
- DooM, on 01/24/2008, -2/+11Warrantless wiretapping - that would be illegal... and doing something illegal would beeeee... go with me here - a crim.
- Loonacy, on 01/24/2008, -1/+9The highest law: The Constitution.
Specifically, Amendment IV. - winston1138, on 01/24/2008, -2/+9Go Dodd Go!!!!!!!
- GRTWHT, on 01/24/2008, -1/+8Reply is your friend - try it.
- danielsan1701, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7I just finished listening to the entire video. I'm proud to be represented by this man.
- AnEmpress, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7Too bad the media ignored him while he was a candidate for the presidency.
- pintomp3, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7men of honor and action like dodd and kucinich are ignored by the corporate media and not given a fair shot at the presidency.
- hseldon, on 01/24/2008, -0/+6Great speech. Thank you Chris!
- GRTWHT, on 01/24/2008, -2/+7Actually, I'd be interested - please post any good stats you've collected. Be sure to include the source as I would love to see how much they've contributed to all the professional liars - I mean politicians.
- askjeffro, on 01/24/2008, -2/+7The correct address is being cutoff, I apologize.
you can either:
1. Google "Senator Contact Information"
2. Or add "senators_cfm.cfm" to the link listed above to get the proper page. - stinkymonkey, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5If just one presidential candidate went to the Senate floor and had the passion that Dodd has, they would WIN in November. But they are to busy campaigning and have better things to do then fight for our rights. Go Dodd - I wish there were more like you.
- BadseedJR, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5They tend to do that to all of the candidates who make sense.
- deslock, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4I love how republicans like to cry out blaming democrats for these issues not having enough spine.
Rather than howling at the ones that either committed the crime in the first place or they covered it up and defend it.
Democrat politicians are guilty of negligence on duty. Republican congress is guilty of the crime - mlfoley, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4They're pushing for security - security of our civil liberties and right to privacy against Big Brother.
- Terr01, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4Dont' forget to check the 2006 stats for back when the controversy was breaking:
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/pacrecips.as ...
Much more money involved. I'd suggest the recent slew of Democratic donations in 2008 is due to the slight tip in legislative power, and new faces not-yet-bought-off as the old ones. - pintomp3, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4kucinich dropped out? when? i know he has been excluded from the debates, but haven't heard of him dropping out.
- AnEmpress, on 01/24/2008, -2/+5I was a member of the Dodd Squad until he dropped out...*sniff*
- h3lx, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/50/usc_sup_01_5 ...
- deathguppie, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3my god, I'd love to respond, but your comment doesn't apply to the context, doesn't matter.. and you are relegated to nothing more than a blabbering idiot
- Zuggy, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Also a nice summary of the illegal wiretaps for those that have been living under a rock, or watching Fox News.
- AshScholl, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3FISA debate live blogging currently here: http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/24/fisa-live-debate ...
- Terr01, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4@norman619: While unrelated to the FISA bill, I also recommend reading about some of the soviet-style arrests, with my current-favorite example being the treatment of Jose Padilla during the years 2002-2005.
- norman619, on 01/24/2008, -2/+5Found this bit of info and was hoping someone here would know how accurate it is and if it applies here.
"The amendment applies only to governmental actors; it does not guarantee to people the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures conducted by private citizens or organizations. The Bill of Rights only restricts the power of the federal government, but the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the Fourth Amendment is applicable to state governments by operation of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court has said that some searches and seizures may violate the Fourth Amendment's reasonableness requirement even if a warrant is supported by probable cause and is limited in scope. Conversely, the Court has approved routine warrantless seizures, for example "where there is probable cause to believe that a criminal offense has been or is being committed."
It's from wiki and well, I know how inaccurate the thing is. - h3lx, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4The law states you get a warrant, you can get one retroactively over a select number of days... the only reason not to obtain a warrant is that the activity fails to meet the criteria necessary to obtain a warrant... searching without a warrant is illegal and a violation of the 4th Amendment.
That should be crystal. - mtjohnson, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Simple, providing customer records and allowing phone taps without a warrant.
- kshakir, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Mahn. I just finished the video too (31 minutes- and this is just the *threat* of the filibuster‽). Dodd makes excellent points, the biggest being that they can pass the FISA enhancements WITHOUT turning a blind eye to the (probably) illegal assistance from AT&T et al.
Oh, and for the confused people wondering about "retroactive warrants", etc., I suggest brushing up on FISA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_ ...
Under FISA, top secret warrants were perfectly available, even available AFTER wiretapping had already begun. But as far as we know, the warrants were never applied for. (Who knows, maybe they were told "no".) I haven't heard any defense as to why the executive branch and telecoms circumvented the judicial branch, as was laid out by the legislative branch with this law. - lrdntwnd, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2The Bush administration already has immunity. He got Congress to pardon him before the Dems took over....
- carbbomb, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Wow - just got done listening to the speech and he is a bad ass. Calls out everyone that needs to be called out and supports his argument with fact. Very well spoken and applaud him. People like him make me proud to be an American.
- Sentinel88, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2But they do stand up for the big guy. So at least they stand up for someone.
:p - AnEmpress, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2I put off changing my residency to NY State for all 4 years I was in college, even though I knew I was eventually going to live here in New York, just because I wanted to vote for him at least once.
- redone, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3Unfortunately, the rest of the dems folded like a house of cards. The vote to invoke cloture was 76-10, and Dodd was denied the floor for more than 2 hours. Is it possible that the dems will *ever* get up the balls to resist the dismantling of our civil rights?
- kday, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Kucinich dropped out. He plans to make a formal announcement tomorrow. Why digg davewashere down?
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/24/ku ... - kaytrio, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2anyone know if it's possible to download this video?
- Sentinel88, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2Those are only to be used after a warrant is issued. Not saying that they are used correctly, but that's the idea.
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