Who’s Listening to Your Phone Call?

Feingold is a true American hero. He is one of the only politicians in Washington that continues to safeguard Americans from this tyrant (Bush). His voting record stands for itself. The only senator to vote against the Iraq War (he believed we needed more intelligence). Boy was he right. Russ was one of the only senators to vote against the Patriot Act. He wanted to protect our civil liberties (as did our founding fathers). He has worked across party lines to reform corrupt politics. I am proud that Russ Feingold is a US senator that believes in the rights of the people he serves. For all of you skeptics, please read his book Feingold a New Democratic Party. You???ll then understand what a marvelous thinker this man truly is. He will always receive my vote here in North Carolina.

What short memories........9/11 what is that? Just a small incident ......forget it. That is what Russ F. wants us to do. The old expression if one doesn't learn from the past then you will repeat the horror a second time. So it will take another incident like a dirty bomb to get us to debate the issue....that is if we are alive to discuss the matter. Like it or not taking away this right to intercept all calls is penny wise and pound foolish.

Sen. Fiengold: It would be amuzing how anti-government you are when it suits your thinly veiled political agenda if ultimately it wasn't so tragically dangerous to the security of the Nation. You have intellectually dishonestly framed the issue and dishonestly mischaracterized the administration's position vis-a-vis the PAA wherein you state the administration's poistion as: "'If we're not given these powers immediately, we will be attacked." A fair and honest characterization of the administration's position is that if it is without these necessary and effective tools, our hands are tied in fulfulling our constitutional duty to secure the safety of the American people making the possibility, indeed, likelihood that another terrorist attack will be visited upon us in the future as indisputably and expressly promised by a wide array of very elusive Islamic fascists. Your thinly veiled pandering framing of the issue and irresponsible blind eye to the reality of this unprecedented war may buy you votes in the short run, but will cerrtainly expose my family and yours to a heightened likelihood that 9/11 will be repeated in the long run, and when it does, I'll bet my bottom dollar you will be the last person to accept responsibility for failing in your constitutional duty to secure our safety. Wise up, Senator and quit trying to pulling the wool over the eyes of We the People!

"This is about the bulk sucking-up of information by the government. " Really Mr. Feingold? What do you call fingerprinting, iris scanning, computer data banks, lugage searches, body searches, x-ray, and video cameras? This is just more of the same imposed by a government that has entered the arena of usurping the rights of the American people "for the common good" or "to protect Americans." These incursions into freedom also include stealing our money, stealing our property, destroying our sovreignty, stealing our retirement funds, dictating our personal habits, deciding what our children will be taught, deciding how our children will play, and restricting our speech. Next you will be telling us what we should weigh, what we should eat, and how we should care for our health. You and your Congressional friends are swine who would be dictators. None of you is the slightest bit concerned about the freedoms of the American people and all of you make me sick.

"This is about the bulk sucking-up of information by the government. " Really Mr. Feingold? What do you call fingerprinting, iris scanning, computer data banks, and video cameras? This is just more of the same imposed by a government that has entered the arena of usurping the rights of the American people "for the common good." These incursions also include stealing our money, stealihng our property, destroying our sovreignty, dictating our personal habits, deciding what our children will be taught, and restricting our speech. Next you will be telling us what we should weigh, what we should eat, and penalizing us if we do not have health insurance. You and your ruling class friends are swine who would be dictators. You are beneath contempt.

Watching the machinations of this government for the last eight years, my one question is: "Who is going to jail?" Short answer as usual is that no one will be going to jail or at best the wrong person. I don't recognize the current United States of America anymore. A country and its citizens which used to be admired worldwide has now become a country of questionable elections and what's worse, a country where somehow existing freedoms and guarantees continue to be broken, twisted and thrown away. For what? Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheny's version of a safe and perfect America? Wake up, look at these people and what they have done.

Canabylane - What about when they then "interpret" that conversation as a "code" for a terrorist attack against Bush and you are swept up by the government and locked away. May sound far fetched, but that is what can happen, and precisely why can't let them get away with this type on infringement on our privacy and freedom.

If they want to listen to my friends and I discuss what an arrogant, ignorant idiot Bush is then have at it.

Our elected officials job is the defense of our constitution and the rule of law.
All elected government officials are sworn to do so.
By executitive order and congressional act the constitution has been nullified and the honor of all of us has been forsaken, The laws have been broken and twisted to serve the few. The dollar devalued by 50% and the Treasury Robbed to give Iraqi's Freedom, Pork the Budget, Fatten Wall Street, Bailout Bush Buddies and throw you a bone. We have been shamed by our Complicity in the horror, deceit, corruption and incompetence. We can either show that we object, by impeachment proceedings. And get to the bottom of these crimes. Or Accept that we deserve the criticism of the world for not having the courage to try to stop them.
Call, write and e-mail congress tell them to do their duty "Restore the Constitution and Impeach Bush and Cheney". Or be included in the criminal charges and suffer at Home and in the Elections. Wake up America. Or continue to shame all those who died in war and embrace Fascism!

There is a big difference between being "protected" and being "exploited". Those are spelling words President Bush missed the meaning of and difference between apparently when he created the "Patriot" Act, which gives him the right to videotape us and listen to us in the privacy of our homes for his entertainment. I don't feel very protected these days, but I feel very, very exploited and taken advantage of by all the people who get to be in his big boy"club"......... which one is our right as a citizen, again, I have forgotten, it has been so long since I felt "protected" as a free woman by him, thank God I had a good lawyer who was truly a gentleman to restore my faith in the integrity of men............skd500

It's funny how the Republicans, with their shoot-and-spend excesses, will accuse the Dems of wasting money, despite the Republicans creating the biggest national debt ever. And it's equally funny how the Republicans will spout platitudes about smaller government and getting the government out of our lives and will then try to vote in measure that make government even bigger and more intrusive.

Why are so many Republicans such hypocrits?

Nothing to hide? Why not get strip searched before you go into a bank or on an airplane. Anyone who supports this legislation has their head where it would only be found if they were strip searched.

Nothing to hide? No reason to be concerned about the government using technology that taps into international communications to insure our safety. Just another scare tactic by those in office who like to get their names in the headlines while pretending to be interested in our freedoms, etc. What a crock! This is just another Bush bashing party that has gone on and on since 2000.

Actually, it's the Bush administration who thinks we are idiots. Listening to every international phone call will not protect us from anything. Oh the horror, a FISA judge would have to review the phone tap of terrorists or affiliated organizations of which ZERO have been blocked since the mid-1970's. Seems like the government can't live within the laws we have and are willing to sacrifice freedom to listen on millions of calls for no good reason.

SO THE SEN. IS SAYING WE ARE ALL UNINFORMED IDIOTS WITH NO COMMON SENSE IF WE DON'T SEE IT HIS WAY.
PC,NH