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- Dieseler, on 02/15/2008, -1/+81Finally a Congressman with Balls...
- savetheusa1, on 02/15/2008, -3/+75I know its been cold, but holy ***** did hell freeze over?
- shug7272, on 02/15/2008, -1/+66The Constitution is alive!!!! I doubt any action will back up the words, but it is nice to hear someone tell Bush he is NOT "The Decider."
- sockpuppets, on 02/15/2008, -8/+72What is AMD's stance on this matter?
- inactive, on 02/15/2008, -6/+60Did the person who wrote this article know that there's a company called Intel?
- NightWisp, on 02/15/2008, -1/+49Bravo. About time someone in Congress stood his ground.
- slopartdotcom, on 02/15/2008, -4/+50I guess Bush has no choice now but to attack us again.
- Erich100, on 02/15/2008, -1/+39It's about time someone told him where it's at.
- babcat, on 02/15/2008, -0/+31I would rather be killed by evil terrorists than have my rights violated by evil politicians.
- 711Security, on 02/15/2008, -2/+29I like how he implies that Bush's policies make Bush seem like a big fat pussy in this statement:
"We are a strong nation. We cannot allow ourselves to be scared into suspending the Constitution. If we do that, we might as well call the terrorists and tell them that they have won." - icegoddess13, on 02/15/2008, -1/+27Where can I find this guy so I can give him a hug? We need more people in Congress to step up like he has.
- katiejacob, on 02/15/2008, -1/+22Finally a ray of hope in a very dark seven years. Congress said no to Bush. Reyes action was heroic.Conyer's letter to Fielding was a f---ing valentine.
- inactive, on 02/15/2008, -1/+20From what I read, there needs to be a revision of FISA to take away some more of the administrations ability to spy on Americans. The three points touched by Reyes in the letter make me think that this ***** about "terrorism" is simply this year's model of the "commie" boogiman used to stuff money into the war industry's pockets since the 1940s. It's time to take away the President's power, return the military to a sane size and root out the corruption of the war industry.
- noself, on 02/15/2008, -1/+19DavidYeah,
What the ***** are you smoking? How have you managed to misconstrue reality to the point of the laughable fiction you just posted? You sincerely equate domestic spying with wiretapping. Patriotism with unconstitutional Orwellian measures? Do you trust your government so much so that you are willing to hand over your very own privacy?
Let's break this down. First, courage. Is it more courageous to stand up for freedom, justice, and morality under threat of death. Or is it courageous to pass laws that can be misused by people who you have no logical reason to trust with your well being? Do you not examine history? Do you think the fascist regimes of the past are something humans no longer need to be wary of? Do you understand that our founding fathers actually believed "give me liberty or give me death"? When you say FDR meant "we should not fear our government when it tries to spy on us for our own safety" instead of "don't ***** give into fear, listen to reason and stand bravely against evil"?
Dude, seriously. Stop and read the rhetoric you are spewing. Do you really believe it's best to let the government listen to your phonecalls since you have nothing to hide?
Privacy is the last refuge of freedom. If our country begins to slip into a military dictatorship, we will need every bit of privacy we can afford. We will need to be able to communicate our ideas freely in order to remain free. And passing laws that make it OK for the government to spy on us is a serious step in the wrong direction. If we do not protect democracy, it will fail.
And when it does, chances are many Americans will have "something to hide". Fascism does not breed intellectual nor moral expression. Do you want to live in a country where the road has been opened to distinguish the political, spiritual, and personal ideologies via behind curtain's surveillance?
"For you see, if you want to imagine the future of the human race, it's very simple: A boot stomping on a face, for all eternity" - UnstableMind, on 02/15/2008, -4/+22Hmm, at first I thought Intel was the chip-maker and the chairman of that company wrote a letter. My first thoughts of that were, wow, now we have a corporation with some weight that is on our side....then I read the article. Good job btw!
- Dieseler, on 02/15/2008, -14/+31My bad. Forgot about Dr. Paul
- bobartig, on 02/15/2008, -0/+17When you volunteer to be held without a trial, without charges, without any recourse or ability to contact the outside world, have your assets seized by the government for no reason, and, when you submit to torture and inhumane treatment for YEARS - because you were willing to suspend your rights for the greater good, then we will talk. As it stands, the government doesn't need evidence, it doesn't need probable cause, and doesn't operate with any oversight. Innocent people are being incarcerated and interrogated for no reason. How is this any worse than what the terrorists want? Once you've had your rights stripped away, your life ruined, your mind raped repeatedly, what have you got left to protect? What have you won? How is this different from what the terrorists want?
Reyes' point is that there are costs to the methods that Bush is using to fight terror that are too dear to be paid, and, that the intelligence agencies have the tools they need to fight terror, but that the administration is not backing them up properly. - Gryffydd, on 02/15/2008, -2/+19And Kucinich
- enclaved, on 02/15/2008, -0/+16You're a tool.
- JDove6, on 02/15/2008, -1/+15Listened to is one thing douche. Everything you(or whoever uses your computer) types in a search engine, every text message, everything used to communicate with others can be used against you. Whether you did anything to warrant it or NOT. That my friend is none of the federal governments business IMHO. Get real, this is the head of Intel saying that we are getting carried away, and you, with no real insight into anything but the media propaganda, are going to sit here and defend the worst President in the history of this Great Nation.
- TTURabble, on 02/15/2008, -0/+14Hell yeah, lets all move to China and North Korea...100% Terrorism FREE!
- jimchou, on 02/15/2008, -0/+14You go DavidYeah! No one ever got on the No-Fly list without a reason either! And I'm sure everyone in Guantanomo is guilty, Bush says so! Damn those people who believe in due process!
- agentsmith1, on 02/15/2008, -2/+16I'm sure he (intel chair) won't mysteriously be let go of his position. Now that wouldn't happen....
- tspellman, on 02/15/2008, -1/+14My father put his life on the line for the Bill of Rights you insult. If you don't like our Bill of Rights, move somewhere else.
- ayeroxor, on 02/15/2008, -3/+15Preemptive: "Don't feed the trolls."
- AdonisEffect, on 02/15/2008, -0/+12Intel makes hips?
- geomon, on 02/15/2008, -0/+12I think the point is, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution are what distinguish us from the people we are fighting against. If we are willing to throw away freedoms that the Founding Fathers were willing to give up their lives to provide for us, what does that say about the future of our Republic? Even more importantly, if we are willing to adopt the methods and tactics of our enemies, as Bush would suggest vis-a-vis torture, then why not just adopt *all* the policies of our enemies?
At that point, what if anything distinguishes us from the enemy? Why not join them and call the whole war off?
Your willingness to deliver up so easily the Bill of Rights and the Constitution that their passage required is more a sign of "cut and run" than any policy of unilateral withdrawal from Iraq proposed by any US politician or political party. - razor150, on 02/15/2008, -1/+12First off, you're an idiot.
Second, if we demolish the Constitution to save it then we've already lost. The Right to Privacy isn't the only Right Bush is attacking.
Third, terrorism isn't the big boogeyman you cowards like to hype it up to be. Do you need more security to prevent attacks? Yes we do, and Bush has done nothing to actually make us safer. Everything he has done has been window dressing to perpetuate governmental power. Do we need to forget who we are as a people to do to prevent terrorism? Absolutely not. What we need most of all is sane policies regarding the Middle East and stop coddling Middle Eastern dictators and quit defending Israel every time they do something exceedingly stupid. - sockpuppets, on 02/15/2008, -0/+11It's lame duck season. This is just the beginning.
- inactive, on 02/15/2008, -2/+13thank you Congressman Reyes
- Jadinlee, on 02/15/2008, -2/+13This gives me hope that what we stand for as a country is not completely lost... at least, not yet.
- rtbguy, on 02/15/2008, -1/+11Love the tone and the content of the letter. The verbal equivalent of a baseball bat to the side of the head.
- babcat, on 02/15/2008, -1/+11The constitution has already been suspended. Every day people's rights are violated. Free speech zones exist, there are laws against "hate" speech, the second amendment is violated, various government agencies spy on US citizens all the time in violation of the fourth amendment, we went to war with Iraq without a declaration of war, and the tenth amendment reserving other powers to the states is constantly ignored.
Obama, Clinton, Bush, and McCain are all big government monsters who do not care about the constitution. - Nonplussed, on 02/15/2008, -0/+10Does the person above me know that it is the headline writer's responsibility to avoid possibly confusing constructions such as this?
- Infidelcastr0, on 02/15/2008, -0/+10You are the worst kind of scum.
- Infidelcastr0, on 02/15/2008, -0/+10Our military is quite capable of fighting against another military force. We proved that when we mowed over Saddam's army like a bunch of ants. Every real "MILITARY ENGAGEMENT" in recent history has been a decisive victory for our forces. The problem is we are not currently faced with an opposing army, but a decentralized group of guerrillas in what is essentially a long-term police action. This is where we fall short, we are not fighting the organized forces of another country we can simply wipe out with firepower and technology. Our troops have more than proved their mettle in real warfare.. policing the world is not what they are trained for.
- fmaxwell, on 02/15/2008, -1/+11How can you be such a coward? Osama Bin Laden must love reading stuff like that from you and the other right wing wimps. You live in fear of another 9/11. You are willing to throw out the entire Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and everything that brave Americans fought and died for just to lessen that one in a billion chance that you might be harmed by a terrorist.
You're so trusting and stupid that it makes our heads hurt. There are people on the no-fly list because they have names that sound similar to the names of some terrorists. Do you think that every person on that list has done something wrong? If not, why should they be stopped and searched beyond what other passengers go through? What makes you think that warrantless wiretaps are any more accurate in their targeting? - o0joshua0o, on 02/15/2008, -1/+10Bush needs to hear this kind of thing more often. Everyone's always afraid to stand up to him, as if he's some kind of god.
- masterwalls69, on 02/15/2008, -1/+10i cant wait til Dictator Bush is GONE..now we just gotta worry about his followers..the rest of the politicians.
- rickyx2001, on 02/15/2008, -1/+9Well said, congressman! I love one the final sentences: "I, for one, do not intend to back down – not to the terrorists and not to anyone, including a President, who wants Americans to cower in fear."
- geomon, on 02/15/2008, -1/+9So to disagree with you means *we* must leave?
Sorry, but this is still the US and we are still granted a free, if now limited, speech right.
Take your authoritarian ***** to where it it welcome: Iran. - madmonkey300, on 02/15/2008, -0/+8Wow he represents my state just like Ron Paul. Ain't I the luckiest person ever?
- StinkBait, on 02/15/2008, -0/+8You have it.
- breckinshire, on 02/15/2008, -1/+8Snap!
- DavidYeah, on 02/15/2008, -3/+10Nobody puts baby in a corner.
- iassocuwinun, on 02/15/2008, -2/+9Nice to see someone still has a set of balls left in Congress. It will be interesting to see what kind of scare tactics they start using on this guy to get him to shut up and conform. *Cough! Cough! Kucinich*
- nickweston, on 02/15/2008, -0/+7The problem is that we still have 28% of the population who still buy the 5th grade explanations this administration gives for expanding it's Executive powers. So many illiterate idiots who get their "information" from Fox News and comedian Rush Bimbaugh.
- inactive, on 02/15/2008, -2/+8God bless you Congressman Reyes!
- nowherekido3, on 02/15/2008, -1/+7i have a new hero
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