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Support Senator Dodd
Sen. Chris Dodd is threatening a filibuster of the new bill that would expand FISA to grant retroactive legal immunity for telecoms (AT&T, etc.) for spying on us at the behest of the Bush Regime. (And you know who's first in line to stop him from doing so? Our "Democratic" Majority leader, Harry Reid. Jayzus.)
Not that you've heard about it from the mainstream media. It's all over the blogs... but not the "news".
Go here to sign up your support for Sen. Dodd. I mean, unless you really want BushCo and the phone companies spying on your calls. In which case, bluntly, you're full of shit. This isn't partisan. This is yet another impingement upon our freedoms.
(I am not yet really supporting any candidate for president. Edwards is closest on my list. But he's dropping the ball on this kinda stuff, and if Dodd runs with this one and a few others....)
Not that you've heard about it from the mainstream media. It's all over the blogs... but not the "news".
Go here to sign up your support for Sen. Dodd. I mean, unless you really want BushCo and the phone companies spying on your calls. In which case, bluntly, you're full of shit. This isn't partisan. This is yet another impingement upon our freedoms.
(I am not yet really supporting any candidate for president. Edwards is closest on my list. But he's dropping the ball on this kinda stuff, and if Dodd runs with this one and a few others....)
You're Very Welcome -- but....
See, this is precisely the problem. It's not on the networks; it's not in the NYT or WaPo or Chicago Trib or LA Times or any fucking where. Example #47,817,906 why I want to bitch-slap anyone who dares to invoke the spurious bullshit propaganda term "liberal media" anywhere near me.
Re: You're Very Welcome -- but....
However, the third link I posted (formatting screwup, sorry) is to a NYT editorial. Some searching on their website (on "dodd hold") turns up two additional recent articles (on 19 and 20 October) that mention Dodd's hold:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/us/nationalspecial3/20nsa.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/washington/19nsa.html
And if you look at the Washington Post, they have a couple of articles (as well as several other items) as well:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802482.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802620.html
Granted, the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times don't have squat. And it's reasonable to ask where the NYT and WaPo articles are in the print editions (no idea, but probably not on the front page). But I do think that the NYT and the WaPo deserve some credit for covering (and following up on) this story in a timely fashion...even if they aren't promoting it as much as they arguably should be. (And I actually give the NYT a lot of credit for having addressed this issue in an editorial...which page does get a lot of eyeballs.)
Re: You're Very Welcome -- but....
:)
Re: You're Very Welcome -- but....
I had a rant about this, but it's turning into a post in its own right.
Cliff's Notes version:
"The facts are what they are; truth is not biased."