Our founding fathers weren't naive. They knew that a president, once elected, could turn tyrannical. That's why they gave us a system of checks and balances, and separation of powers to rein in the president and keep him from oppressing his own people. Unfortunately, in the wake of 9/11, Americans got so scared, that, instead of protecting our democracy from President Bush, we gave him the keys to the kingdom. We handed over our rights like a trembling child hands over his lunch money to a school yard bully. It is tragic for America that the people and Congress didn't put up more of a fight to preserve our liberty. But, liberty is not for the weak. Russ is the rare exception -- he's a true Patriot. It's a shame there aren't more like him. May those of us fighting for our liberty prevail. And, all you ditto-heads -- you can thank us later.
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What's the status of your amendments? It's been suggested that in the consent agreement to allow debate, Republicans are allowing straight majority votes only on amendments they know will fail—including yours.
We're trying to make a record here, and to show who voted for what. My prediction is this thing will go through; it will be challenged and go through the courts. And eventually a Supreme Court with something like seven Republican-appointed judges will strike down the worst parts of it. This is a long-term battle to protect the rights of the American people.
In the modern political climate you're more likely to hear about amnesty with respect to undocumented workers than you are about the amnesty for the phone and Internet companies who helped the government break the law before the act was passed.
Oh, I think there's tremendous feeling that there's a problem here. In some ways I think it goes deeper than immigration. People see their own personal liberties affected. And we've seen that the telecom immunity does offend people. People may be nervous about giving a free pass [on immigration]. But what's gonna bother them even more are the types of things I'm describing here: the level to which their privacy is being subjected to a "trust me" government that impacts their daily freedom and privacy. It really is disturbing to people with any kind of common sense at all.
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